Call for Proposals: Lauritzen Fonden Grant Program (Denmark)

Focus Areas

• Well-being is expressed through the child’s joy of life, curiosity and willingness to go.
• Education is about the skills and attitudes that equip children and young people to be active and take responsibility for themselves and participate in communities.

Target Group

• The focus areas of well-being and education support initiatives and projects that facilitate children and young people’s path into education and employment. In Denmark, approximately 8% of children and young people grow up in low-income homes, which according to various research:
  • Thrive less well – both physically and mentally
  • Go to leisure activities less often than other young people
  • Feel lonely more often
  • Often do worse in primary school and at the 9th grade final exam
  • Start secondary education less often
  • Generally receive less education
  • Receive a lower income as adults
  • Have a higher risk of becoming unemployed
  • Have a higher risk of receiving early retirement

Ineligible Costs

• Students not connected with the Lauritzen Group. Meaning that in order for the student to apply for a grant, they must have a familiy-related linkage to the Lauritzen Group
• Study trips for persons not connected with the Lauritzen Group
• Social support for individuals
• Theatre, film, TV and video projects
• Publication of magazines and books
• Publication of music
• Concerts and exhibitions in Denmark and abroad
• Conferences, meetings and seminars in Denmark and abroad
• Project expenses already incurred at application date

Eligibility Criteria

• Employee
  • You are employed in DFDS A/S or in a company in which the Lauritzen Group has a 50 % holding or more and your company may be anywhere in the world. Denmark is the reference/starting point with respect to the general details given in this website. Multiplicity is a general theme – nationality is no limitation.
  • You have at least 1 year seniority in the company.
• Employee’s child(ren)
  • The parents have at least 1 year seniority in the company.
• Former employees
  • Applications are basically considered on the basis of need and the latest annual tax statement must be submitted. Generally, former employees must have had at least three years of service but left within the past five years and not have a regular job.

For more information, visit Lauritzen Fonden.