Enabling community groups and organisations throughout Wales to access funding for Wales-Africa projects
About the fund
The Wales and Africa grant scheme is a flagship initiative of Welsh Government’s Wales and Africa programme. The scheme enables community groups and organisations in Wales to access funding for small-scale projects that contribute to Wales’ delivery of UN Sustainable Development Goals and deliver benefits to Wales and Africa.
Applicants can apply for funding between £5,000-£25,000 for a 12 month project. If you wish to discuss a project outside of this funding range, please contact the WCVA grants team.
What will be funded
Working with Sub Saharan African partners, projects must make a tangible contribution to one of the four following themes:
- Health
We seek to contribute to protecting the mental and physical health and wellbeing of communities in Africa through our grants. Examples of this could include:
- Supporting knowledge and skills sharing between health institutions in Wales and Africa for mutual learning and benefit
- Supporting healthcare professionals in Africa to access small scale training and support from Wales
- Lifelong Learning
We will support individuals or groups of young people or adults in Wales and/or Africa to gain skills and knowledge. Examples of this could include:
- Supporting the educational needs of disadvantaged children in Africa and sharing that experience with school pupils in Wales, contributing to their global citizenship education
- Supporting people in Africa to learn practical/vocational/artistic skills to improve their livelihoods
- Climate Change and Environment
We will support initiatives that reduce environmental degradation and biodiversity loss in Africa. We’ll also support strategic and practical work to reduce emissions of greenhouse gases and to protect people from the impacts of climate change on food supplies, water availability or safety. Examples of this could include:
- Activities which support African farmers to adapt to a changing climate
- Projects engaging people in Wales with climate change issues as they affect Africa
- Sustainable livelihoods
We seek to promote realistic and sustainable livelihood opportunities in Wales and Africa, ensuring that marginalized individuals are included in grassroots economic and social development. Initiatives that we support include:
- Community-led, income generating cooperatives that have benefit to Wales and Africa
- Engaging the public through Fair Trade campaigns, advocacy or policy
Safeguarding
Safeguarding considerations will form a part of the assessment process, we encourage you to join Hub Cymru Africa’s training, to help you identify all safeguarding considerations before you submit an application. If this is not possible, all grant recipients will be required to attend training upon grant award.
Hub Cymru Africa offers four levels of training:
- Safeguarding Essentials: for all staff, volunteers, and partner staff who have not yet completed training, or completed training more than two years ago
- Safeguarding for Focal Points and Trustees: Safeguarding Essentials is required before attending this course
- Safeguarding Refresher: for anyone who has completed training in the past two years who would like to refresh their practice through discussion of case studies
- Health Partnerships Safeguarding: training specific to health partnerships on request. Please contact advice@hubcymruafrica.wales
Hub Cymru Africa and WCVA also offer 1:1 safeguarding surgeries to discuss any aspect of your practice.
To register for a training course, please visit the Hub Cymru Africa website.
Eligibility
The grants scheme can be accessed by groups in Wales who work in collaboration with Sub-Saharan African partners to deliver a diverse range of activities. The lead applicant must be based within Wales.
All activities should clearly demonstrate a benefit to Wales and a fit with one or more of the four thematic areas. Please refer to the scheme guidance for the full eligibility criteria and a list of the types of organisations we will fund.
Timescales
The application window is open from 22 September 2025, closing at 11.59 pm on 31 October 2025.
The earliest activity can begin is 19 January 2026.
How to apply
To apply for the funding, you will need to register with WCVA’s Multipurpose Application Portal (MAP). If you have previously registered with MAP, you can log in by entering your username and password on the home screen.
Organisations can register by visiting the website map.wcva.cymru.
If you need help registering on MAP, please follow this video.
Hub Cymru Africa
Hub Cymru Africa can assist with project support and development and ensuring you have all the correct supporting documents in place for your organisation. They are also able to assist in looking for funding from other funding streams for projects linking Wales and Africa.
You can contact the Hub Cymru Development and Support Team at: advice@hubcymruafrica.wales
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