A Guide to Northern Ireland Trusts

Welcome to A Guide to Northern Ireland Trusts. We aim to include information on all charitable trusts which give, or have the potential to give, at least £1,000 a year to organisations in Northern Ireland. Organisations which give much more than this in the country, but as a fair proportion of their UK-wide support have not been included as we wish to include only those trusts with a particular interest in Northern Ireland.

The guide contains 33 organisations which have over £27 million available to Northern Ireland organisations each year. While it may appear disheartening that the guide contains less than 10% of the number in our A Guide to Scottish Trusts, its worth noting it contains the equivalent of £16 worth of funding for every inhabitant of Northern Ireland. This reflects very postively compared to the £7.90 per person available in Scotland and is nearly four times the level available from local trusts in England.

The guide should not be seen as simply being a mailing list for people to apply for funding as the trusts have certain criteria for what they will, and will not, support. Reading the entries fully takes a lot less time than completing applications which cannot be supported and will lead to a much higher success rate for fundraisers. Courses and publications regarding fundraising are available from DSC, please see the relevant sections of www.dsc.org.uk for further details.

All the trusts included in this guide were contacted by our researchers between January and March 2003 and we would like to thank everybody who helped us to compile these entries. Good luck.

The Anne Duchess of Westminster’s Charity
Arts Council of Northern Ireland
BBC Children in Need Appeal
The Belfast Association for the Blind
Blackburn Trust
The Denis Buxton Trust
The William A Cadbury Charitable Trust
Celtic Charity Fund
Church of Ireland Priorities Fund
The Community Foundation for Northern Ireland (formerly the Northern Ireland Voluntary Trust)
The Edith M Ellis 1985 Charitable Trust
The Enkalon Foundation
Ford of Britain Trust
The Garnett Charitable Trust
Integrated Education Fund
Inter-Church Reconciliation Fund For Ireland
The Ireland Fund of Great Britain
The Ireland Funds
The Irish Youth Foundation (UK) Ltd
King George VI Youth Awards
The Lawlor Foundation
Lloyds TSB Foundation for Northern Ireland
The Esmé Mitchell Trust
John Moores Foundation
The Presbyterian Orphan and Children’s Society
The Sydney Stewart Memorial Trust
C B & H H Taylor 1984 Trust
Ulster Garden Villages Ltd
Ultach Trust
Victoria Homes Trust
The Westcroft Trust
The Whitaker Charitable Trust
Women Caring Trust

The Anne Duchess of Westminster’s Charity

Grant total: £19,000 (2001/02)
Beneficial area: UK, with preference for Cheshire, Scotland and Ireland.

Youth, health and welfare, general

In 2001/02 the trust had assets of £696,000 and an income of £18,000. Almost £19,000 was given in grants. No further information was available for this year.

In 1998/99 the trust had assets of £696,000 and an income of £37,000. Grants, ranging from £10 to £2,700, totalled £19,000. Half of the grants were for £100 or less. The largest grants included £2,700 to Riding for the Disabled Association, £1,100 to PDSA, £1,000 to Royal British Legion, £750 to Eccleston & Pulford PCC, £700 to Blue Cross and £500 each to Anchor Housing Trust, Clwyd Special Riding Centre, NSPCC and Royal National Mission to Deep Sea Fishermen.

Exclusions No grants to individuals.

Applications In writing to the correspondent.

Contact details and other information
The Grosvenor Estate
Eaton Estate Office
Eccleston
Chester
CH4 9ET


Correspondent Miss A Stubbs, Secretary

Trustees J M Marshall; T J Marshall; D Ridley.

Information available Accounts were on file at the Charity Commission.

Arts Council of Northern Ireland

Grant total  £5.5 million (2001/02)
Beneficial area  UK and Ireland (but projects must benefit people of Northern Ireland).

Arts

The Arts Council of Northern Ireland National Lottery Fund aims to increase opportunities for access to, participation in and practice of the arts by all the people of Northern Ireland.

Applications are welcomed from the widest range of organisations in Northern Ireland, whether community, amateur or professional, or for projects which benefit Northern Ireland. Applicant organisations must have a constitution, set of rules or other legal entity, and should operate on a non-profit distributing basis. Commercial organisations may apply for projects which are for public benefit rather than private gain.

In 2001/02 the ACNI had assets totalling £5.8 million and an income of £9.2 million. Total grants over all progammes amounted to £5.5 million.

Large grants included £4 million over three years to Omagh District Council for a new arts centre, £2.5 million over three years to Conway Mill Preservation Trust to refurbish an existing building to create craft studios, £468,000 to Grand Opera House to refurbish the auditorium and front of house areas and £300,000 to Ulster Orchestra Society for an audience development programme.

Other beneficiaries included Feile and Phobail (£75,000) to increase participation by people with disabilities in its festival activities, Old Museum Arts Centre (£23,000) for an exhibition of work by ‘Ten Men Artists’ and Spanner in the Works Theatre Company (£14,000) to produce three short drama pieces for women.

Exclusions Projects which have commenced, have been completed, or which are for private gain are not supported. No grants are made to individuals and no loans are made.

Applications Guidelines and application forms are available from correspondent or on the website.

Contact details and other information
MacNeice House
77 Malone Road
Belfast
BT9 6AQ
Tel  028 9038 5200
Fax  028 9066 1715
email  lottery@artscouncil-ni.org
Website  www.artscouncil-ni.org

Trustees Council Members: Prof. Brian Walker, Chair; Ms Eilis O Baoill, Vice Chair; Ms Maureen Armstrong; David Boyd; Martin Bradley; Dr Maurna Crozier; Ronald Dunn; David Hyndman; Ms Judith Jordan; James Kerr; Dr Tess Maginess; Prof. Brian McClelland; Ms Gerri Moriarty; Aidan Shortt; Mrs Margaret Yeomans.

Information available Annual reports and further information are available from the website.

BBC Children in Need

Grant total  £2.8 million in Northern Ireland (2002/03)
Beneficial area  UK, with a proportion of grants made in Northern Ireland.

The charity makes nearly 2,000 grants a year, categorised as follows
in 2002/03:

• family support, welfare and care for children living in poverty or deprivation (£7 million)
• family support, welfare and care for children experiencing illness, distress, abuse or neglect (£4.1 million)
• involving children, many with physical and learning ifficulties, in activities such as sport, drama, music and play (£5.8 million)
• young people in trouble due to homelessness, drugs or solvent abuse, alcohol problems or eating disorders (£3.9 million)
• playgroups, nurseries and other services for disadvantaged children under five (£1.8 million)
• schools, hospitals and social services for activities and equipment for children which are in addtion to those provided by the state (£628,000).

Grants are allocated twice a year, for amounts ranging from a few hundred pounds to a normal maximum of about £100,000. They are made for specific projects which directly help disadvantaged children and young people (aged 18 and under). About half of all applications result in a grant (though no doubt the success rate is higher for smaller applications and the amount given even in successful cases may often be less than the full amount requested).

Although most grants are for £5,000 or less, more than half the money goes in larger awards of over £35,000. Around half of its funds are given in one-off grants, the rest payable over two or three years.

The charity distributes the proceeds of the BBC ' s annual Children in Need appeal. The appeal in 2002 raised £25 million, £5 million more than in the previous year, which included £1 million donated from Sport Relief. It also had substantial further income from interest on the cash balances awaiting distribution, amounting to £2 million. This more than covers the £1.4 million in administrative costs.

General
The appeal gives grants to organisations working with disadvantaged children and young people who must be aged 18 years and under, living in the United Kingdom.

Their disadvantages will include:

• illness, distress, abuse or neglect
• any kind of disability
• behavioural or psychological problems
• living in poverty or situations of deprivation.

The application should demonstrate how your project will change the lives of children for the better. It should be entirely focused on children. Where possible and appropriate it should take into account
children ' s views and involve them in decision-making. '

[In the case of the following] we only give one-year grants for:

• capital projects
• seasonal projects e.g. holiday playschemes
• holidays and outings
• equipment.

Applications are welcomed from properly constituted not-for-profit organisations. These may be:

• self-help groups
• voluntary organisations
• registered charities.

Organisations may hold only one grant at a time. This includes organisations with dependent branches. We require organisations to have a written child protection policy.

Advice to applicants
Organisations apply to us for a wide range of grants. The purpose and amount can vary enormously. From our experience we think that the following information might help an organisation to make a more effective application for a grant.

During the assessment of your application we will want to know more about:

• how your project was planned and what it hopes to achieve for children
• the child protection measures that are in operation
• the basis for costing equipment, services or activities
• job descriptions, person specifications and expected salary levels
• the timing of other decisions with regard to multi-funding or complex projects.

We are committed to making sure our grants bring about changes for the better in children ' s lives and we want to support work that can do this.

The most important step in making a good application takes place before you even start to fill in the application form, and that is to plan your project well.

Good planning means:

• identifying in advance what difference you want to make for children
• realistically defining how the project will achieve this difference
• knowing how you will recognise whether the project has made the difference you want to make.

If you are applying for staff salaries:

• Please state whether a salary is for a new post or an existing one.
• Make sure your costs include all the extras involved in employing staff e.g. recruitment, NI contributions, pension costs, inflation etc.
• Enclose a job description, person specification and a first year work plan.
• New posts funded by BBC Children in Need (except short term or sessional staff) must be publicly advertised.
• During the assessment we will enquire about the organisation 's skills to manage staff effectively. '

The application form itself has useful further uidance on completing individual questions.

Applications are assessed by a team of freelance assessors. Most of them are then considered, and grant decisions recommended, by advisory committees and staff at country or regional level.

The assessment reports cover five main areas:

• The eligibility of the application
  Are the children disadvantaged?
  Is the organisation charitable?
• The acceptability of the project
  Is it well organised?
  Does it take child protection into account?
  Does it involve children, where relevant?
• The organisation ' s ability to carry out the project
  What is the organisation ' s capacity?
  What is its track record?
  What are its linkages with others, especially the local authority?
• The organisation ' s finances
  Is the organisation adequately managed financially?
  Are the project finances sensible?
• The mission
  What differences will be achieved for the children?
  How will this be monitored/evaluated?

In 2001/02 it had assets of £15 million and an income of £28 million, of which £25,000 came from public donations, wills and legacies, including £1 million in funding from people who supported Sport Relief as some of the grants for this work is supported through BBC Children in Need. The investment income and royalities of the foundation, which is generated whilst the funds are sat in its back account waiting to be dispersed to applicants covered the management, adminstration and publicity costs and produced a surplus of just over £1 million, which more than justifies the trust ' s comments that every penny it receives in donations is spent on grants (it actually shows that for every pound the public donates, £1.04 is available to the childrens charities). Grants went to 1,792 organisations and totalled £27.6 million, broken down as follows:

The largest Northern Ireland grants were £104,000 to Children ' s Law Centre NI, £98,000 to Newpin Northern Ireland, £91,000 to Parents Advice Centre - Belfast, £78,000 to Pakt Lurgan, £75,000 to Ballymore Open Centre, £69,000 to Women ' s Aid Craigavon and Banbridge, £62,000 to Carers Association Newry and Mourne, £61,000 to Young Independents Group, £60,000 to Positive Futures Family Project, £57,000 to YMCA Carrickfergus, £51,000 each to Children ' s Commission Derry and Sure-Start Inner City South Belfast, £48,000 to Methodist Church - Dundonald, £46,000 to Chinese Welfare Association, £45,000 to Stadium Youth and Community Centre and £43,000 to Travellers Support Group - Belfast.

Medium-sized grants included £39,000 to Women ' s Group ookstown and District, £37,000 to First Step Drop-In Centre, £36,000 to Cormer House Cross Community Family Centre, £31,000 to Plumbridge Community Toy Library, £30,000 to Conway Education Centre, £25,000 to Hazelbank Residents Action Association, £24,000 to Whiterock-Westrock Residents ' Association and £21,000 to Roden Street Community Development Group, £18,000 to Presbyterian Church - Mountpottinger and £11,000 to Belfast Central Mission.

Smaller grants included £9,800 to Ionad Uibh Eachach, £8,000 to Hill Croft PTA, £6,000 to Citywise, £5,000 to Irvinestown Preschool Playgroup, £4,900 to Down Community Arts, £3,000 to Orchard Community Playgroup, £2,500 to Creggan Pre-School and Training Association, £2,000 to Home-Start Ards Peninsula and Comber, £1,400 to Mount Vernon Tots to Teens Workshop, £1,200 to Woodvale Community Centre Committee, £1,000 to Drumaness Cross-Community Playgroup, £850 to Mettican-Glebe Residents Association, £600 to Gingerbread Group - Ballymena, £250 to Morton Community Centre Committee and £100 to Downs Syndrome Parents Support Group - Ballyowen.

Exclusions
Grants are not made for trips or projects abroad, medical treatment or medical research, unspecified expenditure, deficit funding or the repayment of loans, projects which take place before applications can be processed, projects which are unable to start within 12 months or the relief of statutory responsibility.

Applications
Straightforward application forms and guidelines are available from the appeal at the address above.

There are two closing dates for applications – November 30 and March 30. Organisations may submit only one application and may apply to only one of these dates.

Applicants should allow up to five months from each closing date for notification of a decision. (For summer projects applications must be submitted by the November closing date or they will be rejected because they cannot be processed in time.)

Contact details and other information

Broadcasting House
Ormeau Avenue
Belfast
BT2 8HQ
Tel 028 9033 8221
Email: pudsey@bbc.co.uk
Website:www.bbc.co.uk/pudsey

Correspondent Sheila Jane Malley, National Coordinator

Trustees Sir Robert Andrew; Jane Asher; Colin Browne; David Carrington; Revd Norman Drummond; Christopher Graham; Andrew Greensmith; Alison Reed; Angela Sarkis; Peter Salmon.

Information available Accounts were provided by the trust.

The Belfast Association for the Blind

Grant total £35,000 to organisations (2001)
Beneficial area Northern Ireland.

Medical

This trust supports medical research and equipment in Northern Ireland. Individuals who are registered blind can also be supported.

In 2001 the trust had assets of £870,000 and an income of £63,000. Grants were made to organisations totalling £35,000. Grants to individuals totalled £31,000.

Applications In writing to the correspondent. Applications are considered throughout the year. Individuals should apply through social workers.

Contact details and other information

30 Glenwell Crescent
Newtonabbey
County Antrim
BT36 7TF
Tel 028 9083 6407

Correspondent R Gillespie, Hon. Secretary

Information available Information was provided by the trust.

Blackburn Trust

Grant total £15,000
Beneficial area Northern Ireland.

Children and young people

The trust supports children, young people and families. It will consider grants for parenting initiatives and projects supporting children under 12 and women. It will give grants for start-up costs, for training initiatives for volunteers and parents, for equipment, to groups to enable their services or premises to be accessible to children with learning or physical disabilities, for provision or adaption of space for children and safety issues.

In 1998/99 the trust had assets of £380,000 and an income of £11,500. About £10,000 was given in grants. It gives one-off grants ranging from £250 to £1,000, average grants are between £500 and £750. It does not usually give grants when the donation would be less than 10% of the total cost of the project.

Exclusions The trust does not usually support large voluntary organisations. No grants are given for: individuals, bursaries, annual subscriptions, salaries, adults who are disabled, older people, academic or medical research, medical equipment, travel abroad, festivals, trips, holidays, play schemes, sports groups, general appeals, paying off debts.

Applications On a form available from the correspondent plus a copy of the most recent, audited accounts and any accompanying explanatory documents. Trustees meet in February, May and October. Applications should be received by January, April and September respectively.

Contact details and other information

Cleaver Fulton Rankin
Solicitors
50 Bedford Street
Belfast
BT2 7FW
Tel 028 9024 3141

Information available Information was provided by the trust.

The Denis Buxton Trust

Grant total £5,900 (2000/01))
Beneficial area Preference to East Africa, Essex, Norfolk, East London and Northern Ireland.

The trust states ' while a bias in favour of the south east is evident, it should be noted that the trust has a strong attachment to the Third World, and to human rights issues in particular. This sympathy for local concerns cannot be taken for granted ' . It prefers to support smaller charities.

In 2000/01 it had an income of £5,100 and gave 105 grants totalling £5,900.

Most of the largest grants went for overseas work. These included
£400 to Disasters Emergency Committee, £200 to UNICEF, £180 to Ockenden Venture, £150 to Action Aid for the Ethiopia appeal, £130 to Farm Africa and £100 each to Books Abroad, Busoga Trust, Matthew Trust and Medical Foundation for the Care of Victims of Torture.

The largest grant in the UK was £180 to Essex Wildlife Trust. Other grants included £60 to New Bridge, £50 each to Leeway Norwich Women ' s Refuge, Tree Aid Bristol and Voluntary Service Belfast, £30 to Chipping Ongar PCC, £10 to Essex County Playing Fields Association and £1 to Norwich Society.


Exclusions No grants to individuals.

Applications In writing to the correspondent.

Contact details and other information

NCL Smith & Williamson
Barlett House
9 - 12 Basinghall Street
London
EC2V 5NS


Correspondent: Robin Boycott

Trustees P W J Buxton; Ms R M Buxton; Ms S F Buxton; Ms C R Dick; F N H Yelin

Information available Information was provided by the trust.

The William A Cadbury Charitable Trust

Grant total £541,000 (2001/02)
Beneficial area West Midlands, especially Birmingham; to a lesser extent, UK, Ireland and overseas.

Background

This is described by the trust as follows:

'William was the second son of Richard Cadbury, who, with his younger brother George, started the manufacture of chocolate under the Cadbury name. He came from a family with strong Quaker traditions which influenced his whole life. It was this Quaker ethos which underpinned his commitment to the advancement of social welfare schemes in the City of Birmingham. William Cadbury established the Trust soon after his two years as Lord Mayor of Birmingham from 1919 to 1921, wishing to give more help to the causes in which he was interested. One such was the building of the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, a medical centre with the space and facilities to bring together the small specialised hospitals scattered throughout Birmingham. He did much to encourage the City Library and
Art Gallery and a wide circle of Midland artists who became his personal friends. Through this charity, he also secured several properties for the National Trust.

As time went on, members of his family were brought in as trustees and this practice has continued with representatives of the next two generations becoming trustees in their turn, so that all the present trustees are his direct descendants.'


General

The trust gives grants in the following fields:

Birmingham and the West Midlands

• Social welfare: community and self-help groups working with the disadvantaged (including young, old, ethnic and religious minorities, women, the homeless and the disabled), counselling and mediation agencies.
• Medical and healthcare projects including medical research.
• Education and training: schools and universities, adult literacy schemes, training for employment.
• The Religious Society of Friends (Quakers).
• Places of religious worship and associated social projects.
• Conservation of the environment including the preservation of listed buildings and monuments.
• Arts: music, drama and the visual arts, museums and art galleries.
• Penal affairs: work with offenders and ex-offenders, penal reform, police projects.

International

• Social welfare, healthcare and environmental projects.
• Sustainable development.

• Cross-community initiatives promoting peace and reconciliation.

• The Religious Society of Friends (Quakers).
• Penal reform.

• individuals (whether for research, expeditions or educational purposes)
• projects concerned with travel, adventure, sports or recreation
• organisations which do not have UK charity registration (except those legally exempt)
• overseas charities not registered in the UK.

Applications Applications to the correspondent in writing, including the following information:

• charity registration number
• a description of the charity's aims and achievements
• a copy of the latest set of accounts
• an outline and budget for the project for which funding is sought
• details of funds raised and the current shortfall.

Alternatively you may fill in and submit a copy of our online application form. Please also forward a copy of your latest set of accounts to the address below.

Applications are considered on a continuing basis throughout the year. Small grants (amounts not exceeding £1,000) are assessed each month. Major grants are awarded at the trustees' meetings held twice annually, normally in May and November. Applicants whose appeals are to be considered at one of the meetings will be notified in advance and asked to complete an application form.

The trust receives far more applications than it can support, which means many eligible projects are unsuccessful.

Contact details and other information

2 College Walk
Selly Oak
Birmingham
B29 6SL
Tel 0121 472 1464
Fax 0121 472 1464

Website www.wa-cadbury.org.uk

Correspondent Carolyn Bettis, Trust Administrator

Trustees Brandon Cadbury; James Taylor; Rupert Cadbury; Katherine van Hagen Cadbury; Margaret Salmon; Sarah Stafford; Adrian Thomas; John Penny; Sophy Blandy.

Information available Full report and accounts and guidelines for applicants.

Celtic Charity Fund

Grant total  £100,000 available (1999/2000)
Beneficial area  Preference for Scotland and Northern Ireland.

Children, drug-related projects, promotion of ethnic and racial harmony

The fund raises its income through donations from Celtic supporters, staff and directors, the players, corporate clients, the general public and club funds. In addition to cash grants, hundreds of signed footballs, other items and complimentary tickets are also given away for charitable purposes.

The policy was originally to raise money to provide food for the poor of the East End of Glasgow and to encourage positive social integration between the Scottish and Irish people living in Glasgow. Today’s policy reflects these original aims, the three main areas of support are as follows:

• children
• drug-related projects
• promoting religious and ethnic harmony.

It also supports three subsidiary areas which are:

• homelessness
• unemployment
• alleviation of suffering caused by illness and famine and to aid innocent families within areas of war.

During 1999/2000 the fund raised over £100,000 from which grants were made, including those described below.

Children’s needs
A hospital unit for seriously ill children was supported at Glasgow’s Yorkhill Hospital.

Religious and ethnic harmony
‘Celtic’s concentrated effort to combat bigotry and encourage social integration continued … .’ A grant was made to the Equality Goal conference, which focuses on issues of racism and discrimination within sport.

Homeless
Glasgow Simon Community received a grant towards its annual Christmas party for 300 homeless people.

International aid
Beneficiaries included Dhaka Orphanage in Bangladesh, Express Aid International for orphans in Romania and Tickety Boo Tea to support disadvantaged children in India.

Applications An application form should be requested in writing from the trust. Trustees meet to consider grants in July each year.

Contact details and other information

Celtic Football Club
Celtic Park
Glasgow
G40 3RE
Tel 0141 556 2611
Fax 0141 551 8106
Website www.celticfc.co.uk

Correspondent The Public Relations Department

Trustees Eric Riley; Kevin Sweeney; John Maguire.

Information available Information was provided by the trust.

Church of Ireland Priorities Fund

Grant total  €164;603,000 (2002)
Beneficial area The island of Ireland.

Church of Ireland

This fund was established in 1980 to fund worthy Church of Ireland projects anywhere on the island. Funds are donated by individual parishes and are then donated to causes concerned with:

• ministry
• retirement
• education
• community
• areas of need
• reconciliation and outreach.

In 2002 grants were made totalling €603,000, broken down as follows:

Ministry – 9 grants €156,000

The largest grant was €63,000 to House of Bishops for the provision of in-service training for clergy in each diocese. Other beneficiaries included CACTM for the support and training for the ministry (€32,000), Church of Ireland Commission on Ministry as part funding for a three day summit (€10,000) and Church’s Ministry of Healing for the extension of the ministry and course funding (€8,000).

Retirement – 3 grants totalling €16,000

Vicar’s Hill Property Committee – Armagh received €8,200 to help refurbish a property for use by retired clergy or their widows. Church of Ireland Pensions Board received two grants, €6,900 as additional income for people in need and €670 for a retired chaplain.

Education – 22 grants totalling €166,000

The largest grants were €41,000 to Church of Ireland Youth Department to develop a programme to facilitate and deliver a youth ministry nationally, €33,000 to Central Communications Board towards workers expenses in Belfast and Dublin, €25,000 to Church of Ireland Board of Education to develop a new primary religious education programme and €13,000 to Derry & Raphoe Youth Contact for development of its work. Other recipients included Armagh Diocesan Youth Council towards a three-year strategy (€8,200), St Hilda’s Church – Kilmakee towards accommodation for a youth worker (€3,300), Youth Operational Group of Down and Dromore for a website (€2,500) and St John’s Parish – Moira towards running costs (€1,600).

Community – 16 grants totalling €148,000

Church of Ireland Board of Social Responsibility Northern Ireland received €21,000 towards its adoption service and development of social work. Other beneficiaries included Central Belfast Contact Centre (€4,900), Corrymeela Community to train facilitators in the delivery of its Christian education reconciliation programme (€4,100) and Northern Ireland Children’s Holiday Scheme towards a young leaders’ programme.

Areas of need – 9 grants totalling €68,000

Julianstown Union in Meath received €25,000 towards a building project. Smaller grants included €8,200 each to Aghavea Parish towards a new parish hall and Glenavy Parish to develop opportunities for Christian witness.

Reconciliation and outreach – 5 grants totalling €49,000

Think Again Initiative (renewing the Church 2000–2005) received €20,000 for its outworkings in parishes in Down and Dromore. Other recipients included Sydenham Cross Community Group to help with the development of a drop-in centre and community cafe where the local churches can work together with the community (€9,900) and Derry & Raphoe Action to encourage community development processes within rural Protestant communities in Donegal, Londonderry and Tyrone (€8,200).

Exclusions 

The committee make the following choices whilst considering applications:

• people not buildings
  
• new projects rather than recurrent expenditure
  
• mission and outreach rather than maintenance
  
• projects and programmes rather than structure.

Applications 

In writing to the correspondent, by 30 November each year. Applications are considered in February and approved in March.

Contact details and other information

Church of Ireland House
Church Avenue
Rathmines
Dublin 6
Tel  (353) 1 497 8422

Correspondent  Mrs Sylvia Simpson, Organiser

Information available  Information was available on the fund’s website.

The Community Foundation for Northern Ireland (formerly Northern Ireland Voluntary Trust)

Grant total £4,658,000 (2001/02)
Beneficial area Northern Ireland and the six border counties of the Republic of Ireland.

Community development, social welfare

The Community Foundation for Northern Ireland, formerly the Northern Ireland Voluntary Trust, was established in 1979 with a grant of £500,000 from the government. This was accompanied by a promise to match pound for pound further funds raised independently by the trust.

The trust supports ‘community development and peace building in the divided communities of Northern Ireland. We also encourage and support the difficult task of work between the communities. {It} is non-partisan, non-sectarian and has no political affiliations. It is therefore in the unique position of being able to work across all the divisions within society in Northern Ireland.’

In financial terms, the trust is primarily an independent distributor of statutory funds. Of the 2000/01 income of £7.6 million, just under £500,000 was from its own resources, with over £5 million gained in statutory funding and further sums from organisations including the National Lottery and Save the Children. It is working to create its own permananent endowment funds, but their value so far could not be easily determined from the 2001 accounts.

It is difficult to separate the foundation’s own resources from other sources of funding, so this entry covers both. In 2000/01 the following strategic themes were agreed as priority areas for future grants programmes:

• peace-building
• community development
• social justice
• cross-boarder development
• active citizenship
• social inclusion.

The foundation’s website describes these broad areas as follows:

Supporting People

‘Through the last 21 years the Community Foundation has been supporting people through a variety of programmes, focusing on those who need help most and working for a more equal society.

• Community Arts
• Creating Common Ground
• EU Programme for Peace and Reconciliation (Peace II)
• * Investing for Healthier Communities
• * Northern Ireland Fund for Reconciliation
• * Social Justice Initiatives Fund
• Telecommunity
• The Ulster Bank Sir George Quigley Award Fund
• Your and Your Community Millennium Awards
• Youthbank.

Exclusions No grants for:

• individuals
• ongoing running costs of organisations
• major capital building programmes
• travel
• vehicles
• holiday schemes
• play groups
• sports activities
• housing associations
• promotion of religion
• paying off debts
• retrospective grants
• general appeals
• projects where there is a statutory responsibility or respond to cutbacks in statutory funding.

Applications Most of the grant programmes (excluding Peace II) do not have a set application form. Instead applicants should write a letter of request to the correspondent, who will forward it to the appropriate grants officer. This letter should detail:

• the name and address of your group and the lead contact person
• background information about your group including: why you have set up; what your aims and objectives are; what activities you are currently involved in; and who your activities are for or with
• a description of your proposed project including: where the idea for this project came from; what you hope to achieve through this project; and why it is needed
• how people who are often excluded from activities or programmes will be included
• the costs of the project and how much is needed (if there are other funders supporting the work as well please say who they are and what they are giving)
• how you will record and assess the progress of your project

You should also attach:

• a copy of your group's constitution
• your latest annual report (if you have one)
• a copy of your most recent accounts or, for new groups, a current income and expenditure record.

Contact details and other information

Community House
Citylink Business Park
6a Albert Street
Belfast
BT12 4HQ
Tel 028 9024 5927

Website www.communityfoundationni.org

Correspondent Avila Kilmurray, Director

Trustees Mary Black, Chair; Vivienne Anderson; Maureen Armstrong; Baroness May Blood; Mark Conway; Barney Devine; Sammy Douglas; Mari Fitzduff; Jim Flynn; Noreen Kearney; Philip McDonagh; Mike Mills; Angela Paisley; Ben Wilson.

Information available Annual report, separate guidelines for specific schemes.

The Edith M Ellis 1985 Charitable Trust

Grant total About £30,000
Beneficial area UK, Ireland and overseas.

Quaker, ecumenical, education, peace and international affairs, general

The trust supports general charitable purposes including religious and educational projects (but not personal grants for religious or secular education nor grants for church buildings) and projects in international fields especially related to economic, social and humanitarian aid to developing countries. Ecumenical and Quaker interests are also supported.

Unfortunately only information up to 1996/97 is available from the Charity Commission, when the trust had an income of £49,000 and a total expenditure of £35,000. Research confirms that the trust still exists. Grants appear to total about £30,000 each year. A recent beneficiary of this trust was University of Southampton Faculty of Law which received a contribution towards a conference entitled Restorative and Community Justice: Inspiring the Future.

Exclusions No grants to individuals.

Applications In writing to the correspondent. Telephone enquiries are not invited.

Contact details and other information

c/o Field Fisher Waterhouse
35 Vine Street
London
EC3N 2AA
Tel: 020 7481 4841

Correspondent The Clerk

Trustees A P Honigmann; E H Milligan

Information available Accounts were on file at the Charity Commission but only up until those for 1996/97.

The Enkalon Foundation

Grant total £127,000 (1999/2000)
Beneficial area Northern Ireland.

Community, self-help, unemployed, welfare

The trust seeks to improve the quality of life in Northern Ireland. Funding is given to cross-community groups, self help, assistance to unemployed people and groups helping people who are disadvantaged.

In 1999/2000 it had assets of £1.3 million and an income of £79,000. Grants totalled £127,000 and included: £1,000 each to Dungiven Community Resource Centre, Steeple Community Association, and Youth Initiatives Northern Ireland; and £500 each to Council for the Homeless – Northern Ireland and Tools for Solidarity for a Northern Ireland project.

Exclusions No grants to individuals unless ex-employees. No grants are given outside Northern Ireland or for travel outside Northern Ireland. Normally grants are not made to playgroups or sporting groups outside the Antrim borough area or for medical research.

Applications In writing to the correspondent. Applications should provide the following information:

• description of the organisation and a copy of the constitution and rules
• proposed budget and details of the project
• audited accounts (if available) or statement of accounts for the most recent completed financial year and a copy of the latest annual report
• details of charitable status
• other sources of finance for the organisation at present and for the proposed project
• experience and/or qualifications of staff and committee members
• a list of officers and committee members
• contact address and telephone number.

Trustees meet four times a year and applicants will be advised as soon as practical after a meeting has taken place. All applicants, successful or unsuccessful, will be advised of the trustees’ decision. Applications will not be acknowledged unless accompanied by an sae.

Contact details and other information

25 Randalstown Road
Antrim
Northern Ireland
BT41 4LJ
Tel 028 9446 3535
Fax 028 9446 5733
email enkfoundation@lineone.net

Correspondent J W Wallace, Secretary

Trustees Dr R L Schierbeek, Chair; J A Freeman; D H Templeton.

Information available Information, including full accounts, was supplied by the trust.

Ford of Britain Trust

Grant total  £454,000 (2001/02)
Beneficial area  Local to the areas where the company is situated, namely South Wales, Northern Ireland, Merseyside, Southampton, Midlands, Essex and East London.

General

The objects of the trust are the ' advancement of education, and other purposes beneficial to the community ' . The trust supports organisations in the areas where the Ford Motor Company is based. When this is a town it will support the surrounding area, i.e. where the employees are likely to be living. There is also a preference for charities where a member of staff is involved. Grants are typically one-off. They normally range from £50 to £5,000 but some larger grants are made. The trust prefers to support projects run by registered charities.

Applications for new Ford vehicles are considered when two-thirds of the purchase price is available from other sources. These grants are not usually more than £1,500, but registered charities may be able to arrange a reduction from the recommended retail price. Grants are not available for second-hand vehicles.

The trust ' s income consists of donations from the company, and interest earned on these donations. In 2001/02 the trust had assets of £1.2 million and an income of £689,000. Grants were made totalling £454,000. No further information was available on the size or number of beneficiaries during the year.

In 2000/01 the trust had assets of £1.2 million and an income of £694,000. Grants totalled £490,000. An analysis of the grants for this year by regional area is as follows:

Area	£	%
Merseyside	£93,000	19
Essex & South East (includes London)	£231,000	47
South Wales	£76,000	16
Northern Ireland	£23,000	5
Southampton	£41,000	8
Midlands	£24,000	5
Croydon	£2,000	1
Enfield	nil	0
Total	£490,000	100

The grants were also categorised according to the area of work:

The proportions given in each category are similar to previous years.

Exclusions  Organisations outside the beneficial area and UK-wide charities are rarely assisted, except for specific projects in Ford areas. Applications in respect of individuals (including students), charities requiring funds for overseas projects, and wholly religious or politically orientated projects are ineligible. Major building projects and research projects (including medical) are rarely assisted.

Applications  In writing to the correspondent. Applications should include the following:

• purpose of the project
  
• whom it is intended to help and how
  
• why the project is important and necessary (how were things done before)
  
• how the project is to be carried out
  
• the project’s proposed starting time and time of completion
  
• total cost of the project
  
• how much has been raised so far, sources of funding obtained and expected
  
• examples of fundraising activities by the organisation for the project
  
• the amount being asked for.
  

A brief resumé of the background of the charity is appreciated. Where appropriate, copies of accounts should be provided.

Trustees meet in March, July and November each year. Applications are considered in order of receipt and it may take several months before an application is considered. The trust receives many more applications than it can help; it received 1,300 in 2001/02.

Contact details and other information Room 1/602
Ford Motor Company
Central Office
Eagle Way
Brentwood
Essex
CM13 3BW
Tel  01277 252551

Correspondent  K D Jones

Trustees  R G Putnam, Chair; W G F Brooks; M J Callaghan; Prof. S Hochgreb; S McIlveen; I G McAllister; J H M Norris; P G Knight.

Information available  Information was provided by the trust.

The Garnett Charitable Trust

Grant total  £30,000 (2002)
Beneficial area  South west England and Northern Ireland.

Animal welfare, environmental issues, education, medical research and welfare, the arts and galleries

The objects of the charity are broad charitable purposes but priority is given to animal welfare, environmental issues, medical research and welfare, the arts and galleries. Charities based in Ireland or the southwest of England are given additional consideration. In 2002 it had assets of £274,000, an income of £14,000 and gave grants totalling £30,000.

Larger donations included: £7,400 to All Hallows ' School - Cranmore; £4,000 to National Gallery Trust; £2,900 to Ireland Fund of Great Britain; £1,200 to CARE International; and £1,000 each to Design Museum and St Michael ' s Parish.

Grants below £1,000 included: £700 to Save the Children; £500 each to Barnados and Holburne of Menstrie Museum; £450 to IFAW; £250 each to Happy Land and Next Step; £220 to Tricycle Theatre; £200 to Concern; £100 each to Bat Conservation Trust, Dog Rescue and Gales Theatre; £30 to Kensington and Chelsea CRUSE; and £10 to National Trust.

Exclusions  No grants to individuals.

Applications  In writing to the correspondent.

Contact details and other information Osborne Clarke Solicitors
2 Temple Back East
Bristol
BS1 6EG
Tel  0117 917 3022

Correspondent  Mrs Sandra Brown

Trustees  A J F Garnett; Mrs P Garnett; Mrs S Brown.

Information available  Full accounts were on file at the Charity Commission.

Integrated Education Fund

Grant total  £895,000 (2001)
Beneficial area  Northern Ireland.

Schools

This fund was established in 1992 to support the development and growth of integrated education in Northern Ireland by financing schools with pupils from both the Catholic and Protestant communities during their first few years before they have had the chance to prove their worth for full Department of Education funding. It aims to allow all people the right to attend integrated schools, not just those from communities which are able to make personal contributions to establish such institutions. Support is given to new, existing and transforming schools, in the form of:

• ‘start up’ grants to newly established schools
• recurrent grants for needs not met by statutory sources, including transport costs, salaries, heating and so on
• recurrent grants towards the transformation into integration, such as the salaries of teachers from different religious backgrounds and staff training
• capital grants to ensure schools have good facilities
• recurrent grants towards integrated nurseries
• grants to promote public awareness of integrated education
• research grants into the effects and needs of integrated education
• loans for capital purchases, including land.

The fund’s programmes include:

Promoting a Culture of Tolerance in Schools (PACT) which helps schools in Northern Ireland to identify and implement measures which promote a culture of tolerance and develop paths of reconciliation through education for diversity. One-off grants of between £1,000 and £6,000 as part-funding are available to all schools and school projects (but not playgroups) for projects which will: be operated by one or more named schools or other organisations; promote a culture of tolerance within the schools as part of a wider school policy and contribute to the development and objectives of the school; be a new or pilot project; and be supported by the staff, governors and parents of the school. Funding is not available to: existing projects; projects which can be fully supported from statutory sources; projects which have already happened; or individuals. During the first round of funding in 2001, a total of £74,000 was committed to 17 projects.

The Meet the Challenge Programme which makes grants under four areas: enhancements; promoting excellence; outreach; and innovation. Projects must: increase the number of sustainable places in the integrated sector in a short period of time or increase the demand for places; be completed within three years; be a new or pilot project, or expand or develop existing work in new areas; be a one-off project or self-sufficient when the grant expires; and make the wider community aware of the project and thus promote the integrated sector. Capital grants of between £10,000 and £50,000 are available to existing integrated schools, and groups working in named integrated schools, to help them compete on equal terms with other local schools. Revenue and small capital grants of £5,000 to £25,000 are available to the same organisations to increase people’s awareness of integrated education to improve its reputation. Integrated schools, parent groups, community groups and similar organisations may apply for revenue grants of £5,000 to £25,000 to raise awareness of integration and increase the number of people wanting integrated places. Similar organisations can also apply for small grants of up to £5,000 towards innovative projects which will help the sector to grow. If eligible, a school or group may apply for all four of these types of grants at any one time. Grants are not available from this project to: existing projects; projects which can receive statutory funding; individuals; ongoing projects which cannot be sustained after the grant expires; or salaries, unless the salary is sustainable after the project, or that the post will only exist for the duration of the project. In 2001, this programme committed £820,000 to 25 separate projects.

In 2000/01 the fund had an income of £1.4 million, of which 73% came from donations received and 13% from the European Union for the administration of a grant programme. Total expenditure was £2.2 million, broken down as follows:

Applications  In writing to the correspondent.

Contact details and other information 41 University Street
Belfast
BT17 1FY
Tel  028 9033 0031
Fax  028 9033 0061
Website  www.ief.org.uk

Correspondent  Fiona McGregor, Grants Officer

Information available  Information was taken from the fund’s website.

Inter-Church Reconciliation Fund For Ireland

Grant total  £41,000 (1999)
Beneficial area  Northern Ireland.

Youth and community work, cross-community work

The following is taken from the fund’s Information and Guidelines for 2003:

1. Background

The fund administers monies primarily given by Protestant and Roman Catholic churches in Europe. The fund is administered by an ecumenical committee which consists of official representatives of the Roman Catholic Church and the Irish Council of Churches (the Irish Council of Churches is composed of churches from the Protestant and Orthodox traditions).

‘The primary purpose of the fund is to enable the Irish churches, working through the committee, to promote reconciliation and endeavour to build a new community in Northern Ireland. Grants are only made for projects in Northern Ireland or in relation to Northern Ireland.

2. Who and what has been supported

• ‘Groups and organisations working for peace and reconciliation, good relationships between the two main communities in Northern Ireland, and inter-church understanding
• ‘Youth clubs and youth groups in areas of social need – including help with equipment
• ‘Community associations and community development agencies working in areas of greatest social need.

3. Criteria

‘The fund will try to give support if the project concerned does not fit one of our exclusions (see below) and

• where projects have a strong cross-community and/or reconciliation element, and
• where projects address needs in socially deprived areas and/or fit a community development strategy in these areas. Indices of social deprivation may be used as part of an assessment of needs.

4. Size and number of grants

• ‘Due to declining income the fund can now only make grants totalling around £30,000 a year. We expect that the committee meeting in February may give out £7,000, June £16,000 and October £7,000 respectively. The figure for June is larger because the fund will potentially give out a total of £9,000 for summer schemes (so the non-summer scheme funding would be £7,000 at each).
• ‘Maximum individual grants are now £2,000 though most would be in hundreds of pounds.
• ‘Previous grants were given to almost all applications reaching the committee (the gate-keeping policy used means that almost all applications reaching the committee fit the criteria to some extent). In future this may not be the case and only the projects that best fit the criteria for the available money may receive grants and/or where it is felt that an ICRFI grant could make a significant difference.’

• ‘No grants are given retrospectively (except in the cases where approval is given before a scheme runs to meet a stated deficit).
• ‘We do not give grants for general running costs, for office expenses or staff salaries.
• ‘There is no funding for events or programmes outside Ireland.
• ‘Summer schemes and similar programmes usually receive an allocations towards any deficit which can be paid at the end of the scheme. The maximum grant for a playscheme in 2003 is £750. Total summer scheme payments will be capped at £9,000. Primarily sports-based summer schemes will not be funded. All summer schemes will be considered at the June meeting.
• We do not fund any aspects of large capital projects (over £50,000 within a three-year period).
• We give preference to organisations whose income does not exceed £50,000 a year.
• Only one successful applications is allowed per calendar year.
• Victims groups can receive a seeding grant at the early stages of formation but not other funding (in the light of far greater funding elsewhere).’

• advice centres
  
• area partnerships
  
• arts in general, including drama, writing and music
  
• alcohol and drug abuse work
  
• building work and building site work, purchase and refurbishment
  
• citizen’s advice bureaux
  
• charity shops
  
• community games organisations
  
• community newsletters
  
• community businesses and cooperatives
  
• community care and social welfare projects
  
• computer and internet projects
  
• counselling projects
  
• denominational and semi-denominational witness and evangelical outreach, including work which is properly the task of local churches
  
• ethnic minority issues and projects
  
• feasibility studies and evaluations
  
• work with people with disabilities
  
• work with older people
  
• gender equality projects
  
• health education
  
• holiday schemes
  
• homelessness projects
  
• hostels
  
• integrated schools projects
  
• work regarding pregnancy, including counselling and advice
  
• pre-school playgroups and mother and toddler groups
  
• organisations whose primary purpose is sports, including boxing clubs
  
• summer schemes which are primarily sports-based
  
• transport, including minibuses
  
• uniformed youth organisations.

Applications  ‘Applications need to be made on the official (two sides of A4) fund application forms, though additional backing materials may be enclosed where necessary; the application form is initially all that committee members receive about a project.

‘In the first instance you should contact the office with brief information on the purpose of a grant; if this potentially fits the criteria, you will then immediately be sent out an application form. The “gatekeeping policy” is to prevent wastage of time on either side with applications which have no chance of success. We do not give out numbers of application forms to networks or headquarters organisations to distribute to their members.

‘The committee meets three times a year, usually February, June and October; applications need to be in a minimum of four weeks before meetings (usually towards the end of January, May and September) so please check dates if you do not know.’

Potential applicants are encouraged to contact the correspondent with any queries or advice on a Wednesday morning (the project officer is not always available on other mornings and never during the afternoons or weekends).

Contact details and other information