Quality of Life Small Grants Scheme 2025
The Quality of Life - Small Grants Scheme is aimed at encouraging voluntary organisations to implement in practice, projects and initiatives, with the aim of improving the quality of life within our communities.
QUALITY OF LIFE – SMALL GRANTS SCHEME 2025
1. Aim
The Ministry for Inclusion and the Voluntary Sector (MIV) is launching a small grants scheme, aimed at encouraging voluntary organisations to implement in practice projects and initiatives with the aim of improving the quality of life within our communities.
2. Eligible Applicants
Voluntary Organisations registered and compliant with the Office of the Commissioner for Voluntary Organisations (OCVO) by the time of submitting their application for the grant.
3. Possible Projects and Initiatives
Improving quality of life through initiatives aimed at:
a) Rendering the environment around us more accessible
b) Organizing inclusive social activities in our community
c) Reduction of social inequalities
d) Further inclusion in leisure, culture or sports activities
e) Encouraging further involvement and inclusion of end beneficiaries, particularly persons in situations of vulnerability, in voluntary work
f) Providing services and support to persons finding themselves in situations of vulnerability
g) Inclusion and participation of persons with disability in the community
h) Promoting the use of technology as a means towards inclusion
i) Actively supporting skills development, and the engagement and empowerment of communities
j) Advocacy, outreach and networking efforts in line with the disability/voluntary policies
k) Research in line with the local disability/voluntary policies.
Application Form, Submission and Queries
a) The application form is available in both Maltese and English versions and be accessed through https://vofunding.org.mt.
b) Applications for Proposed Projects for financing under the Quality of Life Small Grants Scheme 2025 are to be submitted only online through the above link.
c) E-applications must include a detailed estimated budget (included in the e-application form) in which all prices are given in Euro (€) and corresponding quotations.
d) Any e-application which exceeds the maximum limits will not be automatically excluded but will be scaled down within the limits set by the Guidelines.
e) Applications that do not follow these Guidelines, or which lack information requested on the Application Form, shall be rejected.
f) Any queries in respect of this Scheme should be addressed by email to skemi.miv@gov.mt.
Guidelines
