Euphemia Inina waters their market garden at her home in Mabayi, Cibitoke, Burundi. As part of the Graduation Programme all participants are given seeds and training on how to grow food in their gardens. Photo: Abbie Trayler-Smith / Concern Worldwide

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Bespoke programmes

Concern works directly with a select group of trusts and foundations to deliver bespoke programmes, designed and chosen to meet each trust’s needs and priorities.

These can range from small-scale pilot projects to test innovative new approaches, to comprehensive programmes that take a multi-pronged approach to tackling extreme poverty. Bespoke programmes allow trusts to support the work that matters the most to them.

Two local men, Naaju and Rajesh are talking to each other happily while drinking water from water plant installed by Concern Worldwide. Photo: Black Box Sounds/ Concern Worldwide.

Two local men, Naaju and Rajesh are talking to each other happily while drinking water. Pakistan. Photo: Black Box Sounds/ Concern Worldwide.

Nyayany Boh is part of the Concern Worldwide supplementary feeding programme in Gambella, Ethiopia. Here she is with Solomom Tibebu, an outreach worker tending to her garden. Photo: Jennifer Nolan/Concern

Nyayany Boh is part of the Concern Worldwide supplementary feeding programme in Ethiopia. Photo: Jennifer Nolan/Concern

Elizabeth attends St Francis School thanks to a cash transfer provided by Concern to her parents - Nancy Wanjiku (34) and husband Eric Karanja (38) who work on the Dandora dumpsite. Kenya. Photo: Abbie Trayler-Smith/Panos Pictures for Concern Worldwide.

Elizabeth attends school thanks to cash transfers from Concern. Kenya. Photo: Abbie Trayler-Smith/Concern Worldwide.

Christela Louis inside the bakery (supported by Concern) where she has worked since May. Christela is confident that through working here, she will be able to grow her business and start saving money. Haiti. Photo: Kristin Myers/Concern WW

Christela works inside the Concern-supported bakery that she works in. Haiti. Photo: Kristin Myers/Concern WW

Trusts and foundations supporting a bespoke programme will receive:

Dedicated team member and tailored proposal

You will have the chance to work with a dedicated member of our Trusts and Foundations team to select a project, and will receive a tailored proposal, along with all the information you need about the work.

Regular update reports

Travel opportunities

To find out how you can work with Concern, please contact our Trusts and Foundations team.

How your donation is used

85.4%
Overseas programmes

85 pence in every pound donated goes towards our emergency response and long-term development programmes, working together with people living in the most difficult situations to bring about lasting change to lives, livelihoods and communities.

Asma Begum (37) and her husband Abdul with their three daughters Lamia (18), Sadia (16) and Maria (5) and their grandmother Kulsum Begum (72) started CRAAIN in 2020. Asma Begum started as a lead farmer, received training and seeds. Before, she did agri activities but wasn’t very successful. She had received one ring composter from the local gov but no training on how to use it. As a lead farmer, she has supported 400 households in this area. She used to rely on her husband but is now totally reliable.

11.8%
Fundraising
This is money we spend to raise more funds for our overseas work.
2.6%
Policy, advocacy and campaigns
We invest money to campaign, lobby governments, run petitions and put pressure on decision-makers to tackle the underlying causes of extreme poverty and push for change.
0.2%
Governance
These are funds we spend to ensure that Concern is compliant and adheres to the highest standards.

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