Cisco EMEA Programme - Eligibility Criteria
- This programme is currently available only to eligible UK Registered Charities and Charitable Housing Associations.
- Products will be distributed to eligible organisations only, not to individuals, and within the Cisco Guidelines.
- An organisation must have an annual budget of less than £10 million.
- Organisations which provide the following types of services MAY be eligible to receive Cisco donations through this programme:
- Basic Human Needs, for example:
- Housing & Shelter
- Low Income housing
- Housing for the aged
- Help and accommodation for the homeless
- Refuges and shelters
- Care and housing of children and orphans
- Food & Income
- Food distribution
- Helping meet basic needs inc. finance
- Job training/basic skills training/help into work
- Legal aid and counselling and advice
- Access to clean water
- Mine clearance
- Access to Education, for example:
- Special Needs Education
- Access to basic skills
- Literacy
- Numeracy
- Digital inclusion
- Re-training of long term unemployed
- Access to Health Services, for example:
- Awareness, support and information for sufferers of illness
- Health counselling
- Care for the elderly
- Aid to the handicapped
- Prevention of cruelty to children
- Rescue & Emergency Services
- Rehabilitation services (drugs, alcohol etc)
- The following types of organisations are NOT eligible to receive Cisco donations through this programme:
- Religious organisations without a secular community designation: A secular designation is defined as an organisation separate from the church or religious organisation that provides services to people regardless of their religious beliefs and does not propagate a belief in a specific faith. Example: A food bank with charity status that is run by a church, but is a separate and unique organisation that provides food and meals to anyone who qualifies for services, regardless of religious beliefs.
- Foundations and grant-making organisations
- Schools
- Museums
- Libraries
- Camps
- Zoos
- Cultural and environmental education organisations
- Organisations that advocate, support, or practice discrimination based on age, ethnicity, gender, national origin, disability, race, size, religion, sexual orientation, or socioeconomic background. Organisations must be willing and able to attest that they do not discriminate on any of these grounds in order to receive donations.
