Professional Development for Community Educators

Description

1) Objective

The Rothschild Foundation Hanadiv Europe is a philanthropic foundation that supports a range of projects across Europe to ensure Jewish communal life and cultural heritage are sustained for future generations.

They give Jewish communal organisations the opportunity to enhance the Jewish education and professional expertise of its personnel by devising and implementing high quality professional development training programmes for their staff and volunteers. The programme will have a strong Jewish learning component at its core. The aim of the programme is to enhance the breadth and depth of educational programming within the community, incorporating quality Jewish content, Jewish materials, and vocabulary in their activities.

2) Eligibility

The organisation’s activities must be deemed charitable under UK charity law, and they will require proof of its charitable status. This includes organisations which are either not-for-profit or publicly funded e.g., state or private libraries, archives, museums, research institutes, universities, cultural centres or non-profit organisations.

3) Location

Actions must take place in Europe including Ukraine, Russia and Belarus.

4) Budget

Requests for funding should range from a minimum of £15,000 per year to a maximum of £40,000 per year for up to 3 years (maximum total of £120,000). They will fund up to 70% of the project budget and at least 30% of the cost of the project will need to come from other funding sources.

5) Application

They have various grant rounds throughout the year (i.e., in autumn and spring). Applications must be submitted via the online portal.