Application Deadline: 26 March, 2025
Applications are now open for the 2025 Spring Impact Scale Accelerator: East Africa Programme. The programme offers fully-funded consultancy and training to help organisations develop the strategies and skills to scale sustainably and create lasting change.
Figuring out how to expand your impact to meet the level of need can be overwhelming, particularly when juggling strategic planning with day-to-day operations. If you want to scale, but cannot do it alone, this is for you.
Two programme routes
Participants can take part in either one of two fully-funded programme routes:
1. Expert Consultancy: Up to 2 years of tailored consultancy for a select group of NGOs with a proven solution that has high potential to scale. Our team will work collaboratively with you, providing technical assistance to help you figure out how to achieve scale.
2. Leaders of Scale Training: an online 6-month intensive training programme for a group of organisations. Our team will coach two members of your leadership team in the skills, tools, and frameworks needed so they can build the strategies, plans, and models required to achieve greater impact.
Requirements
The programme is intensive and works best where the organisation is well established, financially stable, and is able to devote significant time to the work.
NGOs, CSOs and coalitions of organisations working in Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda are eligible to apply for the programme.
- Programme, intervention or service must demonstrate clear evidence of impact and have been proven to work, and it should have been running for at least 1 year
- The programme, intervention or service must be a core part of your organisation’s strategy
- Be able to dedicate several days per month for 2-3 staff, including at least one person from the leadership team.
- You should be keen to look at how to take this to new locations, target groups or to have a greater impact on those you are already reaching.
Benefits
Scale Accelerator has helped set over 120 organisations firmly on the road to scaling their vital work. Through hands-on support and expert coaching, you’ll be guided through all key milestones on the way to greater impact:
- Strategy development: Build and test a clear, robust strategy for scale that aligns with your impact goals
- Sustainable impact: Implement approaches that ensure enduring benefits for women working in agriculture and other rural activities
- Up-skilling teams: Optimise internal structures and processes and equip your team with the skills and tools to drive and manage scaling effectively
- Financial sustainability: Develop financial and scaling models for long-term impact, and identify approaches that will ensure sustainability as you scale
- High-quality delivery at scale: Identify partners and design systems for them to deliver with quality
Time commitment
Expert Consultancy: At least 1 day a month for 3 – 4 staff, including at least 1 member of your organisation’s leadership team. For the person leading this work, it will be at least 3 days per month.
Leaders of Scale: At least 1.5 days a month for 2 key staff members, including at least 1 member of your organisation’s leadership team.
Both programme routes are free.
Consulting team
The team is composed of specialised scaling consultants, with expertise in multiple scale pathways, including replication, scaling with government, working in partnership with other NGOs addressing a common goal, facilitating community adoption, and more.
Duration
Expert Consultancy: The consultancy will last up to 2 years, depending on your organisation’s needs. It will commence in April or May 2025
Leaders of Scale: The online training programme with be delivered over 6 months and commence in June 2025
For More Information:
Visit the Official Webpage of the Spring Impact Scale Accelerator: East Africa Programme
