In a new format, with prizemoney of £100,000 to be split between the winners, Ockenden International will award four prizes of £25,000 each, for projects lt deems most effective in supporting self-reliance for refugees and internally displaced people.
The International Prize was launched in 2012 as was a three-year refugee studies fellowship at Oxford University. This important prize for a project that aids refugees or displaced people – as well as the Oxford University Fellowship – honours Ockenden International’s founder Joyce Pearce and the principles on which Ockenden was established.
The cash prizes recognize and reward innovative work that fosters self-reliance for refugees and/or internally displaced people (IDPs) anywhere in the world – the hallmark of Ockenden International since its inception in 1951.
About Ockenden International
Ockenden International began as the Ockenden Venture, one of the first refugee charities to be set-up in the aftermath of World War II.
Established in 1951 by three schoolteachers, its name derives from founder Joyce Pearce’s family home ‘Ockenden’ in White Rose Lane, Woking, Surrey, England.
The organisation became a registered charity on February 24, 1955, under the War Charities Act 1940, its stated objective being to receive young East European people from post World War II homeless persons’ camps in Germany and ‘to provide for their maintenance, clothin... continue reading
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Ockenden Prize
Aim and Benefits of Ockenden Prize
Successful candidates will receive £25,000 each. There are no secondary prizes.
Requirements for Ockenden Prize Qualification
The project should be the focus of the entry. All entries should be made via the online Entry Form and in English. If your access to the Internet is unstable, download the .pdf version of the Entry Form, print, fill and post it to the address below to be received by November 30, 2020.
- rganisations may submit one entry only in each prize year. Unsuccessful organisations are welcome to reapply in future years.
- The project must benefit refugees and/or displaced people with a strong emphasis on promoting self-reliance. The primary focus of the project must be helping refugees and/or displaced people in need, rather than this being an ancillary benefit.
- The organisation must be able to show that the project has been effective with measurable evidence of positive outcomes.
- The project entered must be up and running before 1 April 2019, six months prior to the launch date for the 2019 Prizes.
- Organisations must have high standards of financial and administrative governance. Organisations must include a copy of their latest audited, abbreviated accounts with their application. Where audited accounts are not available, entrants should provide other evidence of sound financial governance.
- Organisations may be asked to provide references or other evidence of the project and their financial and administrative governance during the short-listing process. This may include due diligence on bank accounts nominated by entrants for the receipt of prize money.
- Prize money will only be paid to a bank account held in the organisation’s name. In no circumstances will prize money be paid to a personal bank account. Ockenden International will not be responsible for any bank or transfer fees.
- Prize money must only be used to help refugees and/or displaced persons in need and Ockenden International is required to ensure that prize money is used by a winning organisation for charitable purposes. It is anticipated that, in general, prize money will be used to continue or expand the project referred to in the entry or for a similar future project run by the organisation.
- Prize winners will be required to provide information to Ockenden International about the projects and the use of prize money which Ockenden International will share on its website and in other communications.
- The jury’s decision is final and no correspondence will be entered into.
- By submitting an entry, organisations agree to be bound by these Rules.
Selection Criteria: The judges will, in particular, look for:
- Projects that promote self-reliance among refugees and/or displaced people. These may be projects that are led by or have a high level of participation from displaced people themselves; projects providing education, legal assistance, livelihood assistance; and any other programmes that help refugees and/or displaced people build stable, independent lives.
- Projects that have proved to be highly effective in improving the lives of refugees and/or displaced people.Projects that have led to real change in the lives of refugees and/or displaced people.
- Effective initiatives, with measurable evidence of outcomes.
Application Deadline
November 30, 2020
How to Apply
Interested and qualified? Go to
Ockenden International on www.ockendenprizes.org to apply
It is important to go through the Entry Rules and Judging Criteria before applying.
For more details, visit Ockenden International website.
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