Scale Accelerator
Organisations building for impact at scale
Since 2019, our Scale Accelerator programme has worked with more than 120 mission-driven organisations across 14 countries. Together with our funding partners, we've supported them to build serious, sustainable strategies for impact at scale."
SCALE ACCELERATOR IN NUMBERS
120+
Organisations
14+
Countries
7
Years running
FUNDING PARTNERS
Every Scale Accelerator runs in partnership with funders who share our ambition for impact at scale. Their support has helped organisations reach millions. Funding multi-year Accelerators they help organisations turn great solutions into lasting change.
Organisations building for impact at scale
The Health Foundation supported the Exploring Social Franchising programme, helping four teams understand how social franchising can work in the NHS and spread health innovations across the UK.
2017 - 2020
Exploring Social FranchisingOrganisations building for impact at scale
The Oak Foundation supported two accelerators with broad geographic focus, enabling selected organisations to scale their impact through deep consultancy and training support. Both Accelerators provide multi-year support.
2024
Preventing Childhood Sexual Violence - Learn more about the Accelerator and the cohort
2026
Preventing Childhood Sexual Violence - Live Accelerator. Learn more here.Organisations building for impact at scale
Sport England supported a Scaling Programme enabling five volunteering organisations to scale approaches that engage a more diverse range of people to volunteer in sport and physical activity in the UK.
2020
Scaling ProgrammeOrganisations building for impact at scale
The National Lottery Community Fund supported three accelerators, enabling organisations across multiple sectors in the UK to scale their impact.
2019 | 2020 | 2021
Scale AcceleratorOrganisations building for impact at scale
Tanya's Dream Fund supported NGOs in Bulgaria to sustainably scale solutions that keep children safely with their families, alongside a community-led Social Innovation Lab tackling family separation in Roma communities.
2023
Scale Accelerator: Solid Ground for Children - Learn more about the Accelerator“"What's impressive about the Scale Accelerator is the ability to back ambition and organisations that have vision but perhaps not the time or the tools to develop that scale thinking."
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OUR ALUMNI
Organisations building for impact at scale
Accelerator year: 2023 | Focus area: Primary healthcare | Geography: South Africa
Part of the Scale Accelerator: Women's Empowerment cohort co-funded by private philanthropy, Unjani Clinics is a South African nonprofit that empowers black women as professional nurses to own and run clinics that deliver quality, affordable primary healthcare in low-income communities.Organisations building for impact at scale
Accelerator year: 2025 | Focus area: Maternal and child health | Geography: Tanzania
Part of the Scale Accelerator: Women's Economic Empowerment cohort co-funded by private philanthropy, WAJAMAMA is a women-led grassroots organisation in Zanzibar dedicated to improving access to reproductive, maternal and child healthcare in marginalised communities, particularly during the first 1,000 days of life.Organisations building for impact at scale
Accelerator year: 2023 | Focus area: Gender-based violence | Geography: South Africa
Part of the Scale Accelerator: Women's Empowerment cohort co-funded by private philanthropy, MOSAIC is a South African nonprofit organisation dedicated to ending gender-based violence, providing survivors with access to justice, healing and support alongside prevention work in communities.Organisations building for impact at scale
Accelerator year: 2020 | Focus area: Homelessness | Geography: United Kingdom
Part of the Scale Accelerator cohort funded by The National Lottery, Social Bite is a charity and social business working to end homelessness across the UK by providing homes, jobs, food and support.Organisations building for impact at scale
Accelerator year: 2023 | Focus area: Preventing child sexual violence | Geography: Finland
Part of the Scale Accelerator: Preventing Childhood Sexual Violence cohort funded by the Oak Foundation, Protect Children is a Finnish nonprofit organisation dedicated to preventing all forms of sexual violence against children, combining research with survivor-centred advocacy and prevention work, particularly in the online environment.Read their case study.
PAST ACCELERATORS AND PROGRAMMES
2025: Women’s Economic Empowerment, East Africa
Supporting NGOs and social enterprises to sustainably scale solutions that strengthen economic resilience for women working in agriculture and other rural sectors in Kenya, Uganda, and Tanzania.
Supported by private donors and foundations.
2023: Women’s Empowerment, Southern Africa
A programme for ambitious, locally-led NGOs in Southern Africa, giving them the skills, tools, and support to work out how to scale and deliver their great work to more people.
Supported by private donors and foundations.
2023: Solid Ground for Children, Bulgaria
Supporting NGOs in Bulgaria to sustainably scale solutions that keep children safely with their families, alongside a community-led Social Innovation Lab tackling family separation in Roma communities.
Supported by Tanya’s Dream Fund, Swiss Philanthropy Foundation.
