# innovate WASH

- Type: Trust / foundation
- Charity number: 1170858 (https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-search/-/charity-details/1170858)
- Latest income: £245; spending £178
- What it funds: Education / training, Health / saving of lives, Prevention or relief of poverty, Human rights / equality / diversity
- Who it helps: Children / young people
- How it gives: Makes grants to organisations, Provides advocacy / advice / information
- Area of operation: Uganda
- Other names: Talk Education Partnership (previous); Tep (previous); Rural Schools Water Project (previous)
- Trustees: 4
- Last verified: 2026-11-04T00:00:00.000Z
- Canonical URL: https://opengrant.co.uk/funders/innovate-wash

We work with local organisations to devise and deliver water solutions in water-stressed rural schools and communities.

## Open and forthcoming schemes (0)

None in OpenGrant's sources right now.

## Finances by year (Charity Commission)

| Year ending | Income | Spending | Grants to organisations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 31 Aug 2025 | £245 | £178 | not filed |
| 31 Aug 2024 | £15 | £74 | not filed |
| 31 Aug 2023 | £829 | £2,171 | not filed |
| 31 Aug 2022 | £498 | £3,417 | not filed |
| 31 Aug 2021 | £1,068 | £856 | not filed |

## Charitable objects

> For the public benefit, to relieve poverty and suffering in any part of the world through: 1. Ensuring availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all, in particular, but not exclusively, in rural schools and surrounding communities; 2. Promoting healthy lives and raising awareness and understanding of physical and mental health wellbeing for all at all ages; 3. Ensuring inclusive and equitable quality education and promoting lifelong learning opportunities for all; 4. Achieving food security and improved nutrition and promoting sustainable agriculture, and; 5. Promoting the reduction and elimination of inequality, and in particular gender inequality affecting women and girls living in poverty.

## What it funds

innovate WASH is registered under the Charity Commission purposes education / training, health / saving of lives, prevention or relief of poverty and human rights / equality / diversity for children / young people; the register records that it makes grants to organisations and provides advocacy / advice / information. In its latest reported year innovate WASH reported income of £245 and spending of £178. Over its last 5 reported years, to 31 Aug 2025, it spent £6,696 in total.

The Charity Commission register lists its area of operation as Uganda.

## How to apply

OpenGrant has not found an open scheme from innovate WASH in its sources (last checked 4 Nov 2026). It may fund by invitation only, or through programmes that OpenGrant's sources do not cover. OpenGrant does not take applications; always check the funder's own guidance.

## Questions

### Is innovate WASH open for applications now?

Not in OpenGrant's sources as of 4 Nov 2026: no open or forthcoming scheme from innovate WASH is listed. Check the funder's website for programmes that are not yet open or that it does not advertise.

### Where does innovate WASH fund?

The Charity Commission register lists its area of operation as Uganda.

### Does innovate WASH give grants to individuals?

The Charity Commission register records that innovate WASH makes grants to organisations, not that it makes grants to individuals.

### How much does innovate WASH give each year?

The register does not break out innovate WASH's grants for its latest year (only charities with income over £500,000 file that detail). Its total spending in the year to 31 Aug 2025 was £178. Over its last 5 reported years its spending averaged £1,339 a year.

### How large is innovate WASH?

In its latest reported year innovate WASH reported income of £245 and spending of £178.


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