Development Aid from People to People UK

Registered charity 1118290 · since 2007dappuk.org·International·Updated 30 October 2026

At a glance

Open to applications

Rolling, no deadlines · unsolicited applications welcome

Key takeaways

Your project fits best if it relieves poverty or supports development, education, training, or environmental work such as agricultural development or renewable energy in a developing country, since projects outside developing countries are excluded.
Organisations whose objectives do not correspond with its guidelines should not apply.
The annual report does not state a grant size or range, so size your request to your project rather than to an assumed figure; a programme called DAPP UK has a budget of £10,000 set for donations, which is the only money figure given.
Applications are accepted on a rolling basis and the trustees assess each one individually against its guidelines, but nothing published says how competitive it is or whether existing relationships matter, so check the annual report before writing.

Overview

Development Aid from People to People UK is a charity registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales (charity number 1118290).

Development Aid from People to People UK is a charity registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales (charity number 1118290) that exists to provide or support education, training and development worldwide aimed at relieving poverty and developing poorer populations. Its stated purposes also include relieving poverty, distress and suffering in any part of the world through emergency and disaster relief, and conserving and protecting the natural habitat for the public benefit. One of its programmes, DAPP UK, makes donations to projects in developing countries, with a budget of £10,000 set for donations. The annual report gives no grant totals or breakdown of how its giving divides between programmes.

What they fund

Priority Areas

The foundation supports organisations whose objectives correspond with its own guidelines and welcomes applications from charities that meet those criteria, assessed individually. It directs its charitable work towards relief of poverty and development among poorer populations, including education and training. Its stated objectives include training teachers to provide high quality education to primary school students in rural areas, community development in villages and support for education in developing countries. It also supports environmental projects, including agricultural development, renewable energy, reducing the carbon footprint and reuse. Its website describes development projects focused on poverty relief, education and development of poorer populations.

Themes

Education
Poverty relief
Environmental projects
Community development
Agricultural development
Renewable energy

Geographic Focus

Worldwide.

What they don't fund

Organisations whose objectives do not correspond with the charity's own guidelines
Projects outside developing countries

How to apply

Charities whose objectives correspond with the charity's guidelines may apply; the trustees assess each application individually.

Who can apply:

The charity supports organisations whose objectives correspond with the charity's own guidelines. The trustees welcome applications from any charities who meet these criteria and they will be assessed on an individual basis.

Application success factors

What the charity says:

The trustees assess each application individually against the charity's own guidelines.

Where they fund

Where it says it funds

International

Similar funders

Funders supporting work similar to Development Aid from People to People UK.

Scott Bader CommonwealthFixed deadlinesGave £339k The Claude and Sofia Marion FoundationInvitation onlyGave £2.2M Be Kind FoundationNo public process The Georg and Emily von Opel FoundationRollingGave £1.9M Kollel Binyan SimchaNo public processGave £214k Essa FoundationNo public processGave £297k Grahame Charitable FoundationRollingGave £266k The Rambourg FoundationNo public processGave £203k The Newstar FoundationNo public processGave £277k BW FoundationNo public processGave £56,999

Five years of accounts

Financial year	Income	Expenditure	Grants paid	Accounts document
year to 31 December 2020	£291,592	£306,822	—	Accounts for year to 31 December 2020
year to 31 December 2021	£465,791	£350,921	—	Accounts for year to 31 December 2021
year to 31 December 2022	£760,306	£748,646	—	Accounts for year to 31 December 2022
year to 31 December 2023	£1,106,836	£1,112,133	—	Accounts for year to 31 December 2023
year to 31 December 2024	£1,349,006	£1,367,828	—	Accounts for year to 31 December 2024

— No grants figure for those years.

Figures from the charity’s filed accounts and its register entry. The document icon links to the charity’s entry on the Charity Commission register, where its filed accounts can be found.