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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 Westminsters
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 Childrens
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.
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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.
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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:
| No. Total |
|
|
| UK-wide |
95 |
£4,197,000 |
| Scotland |
251 |
£3,677,000 |
| North East |
123 |
£2,460,000 |
| North West |
142 |
£2,359,000 |
| Northern Ireland |
349 |
£2,359,000 |
| Midlands and East |
193 |
£3,185,000 |
| Wales |
128 |
£2,094,000 |
| South East |
368 |
£4,936,000 |
| South West |
143 |
£2,206,000 |
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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
N.B. The international grant programme has
recently been refocused on a small number of organisations with
which the trust has close and well established links. Ad hoc
applications for this programme are unlikely to be successful.
Ireland
- Cross-community initiatives promoting peace and reconciliation.
United Kingdom
- The Religious Society of Friends (Quakers).
- Penal reform.
In 2002/03 there were 197 grants made, totalling
£502,000. This included five grants in the Ireland programme,
which totalled £47,000.
£36,000 was given to Children in Crossfire. Other recipients
were Voluntary Service Belfast for the VOLT project (£5,000),
Home-Start North Down and Ards for recruitment training costs
(£3,000), East Belfast Mission for training and programme
costs (£2,000) and Community Awareness of Drugs for a
parental drug education programme (£1,000).
Exclusions
The trust does not fund:
- 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.
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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.
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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 Churchs Ministry of Healing for the extension of
the ministry and course funding (€8,000).
Retirement 3 grants totalling €16,000
Vicars 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 Hildas
Church Kilmakee towards accommodation for a youth worker
(€3,300), Youth Operational Group of Down and Dromore
for a website (€2,500) and St Johns 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
Childrens 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 20002005)
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 funds website.
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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.
Ethnic minorities
‘The advent of the EU Special Support Programme
for Peace and Reconciliation enabled the foundation to develop
a well resourced support programme for minority communities
which fuelled unprecedented development within the communities
themselves and enabled a new level of networking between those
communities, and with the wider society.
Women
‘The Community Foundation has supported initiatives for women
over a number of years. At grass roots level there has been
a big increase in the number of women members in community based
groups, in rural areas and in disadvantaged urban areas.
Young People
‘During the last two years the Community Foundation has been
involved in YouthBank, a pilot programme under which young people
aged 16-25 have been acting as grant-makers for locally-based
youth-led projects ... YouthBank is now developing further.
Strengthening Communities
‘Helping communities develop is one of the largest areas of
grant giving for the Community Foundation.
Cross Border
‘The EU Special Support Programme for Peace & Reconciliation
enabled the Community Foundation to become involved in cross-border
development for the first time. The programme made available
substantial funding targeted at the development of the peripheral
border areas and the promotion of the reconciliation and improved
links in the border region and on a wider all-island basis.
[This programme is to continue. Ed.]
Rural Communities
‘People in disadvantaged rural areas often lack economic opportunities.
Voluntary activity can help to build community spirit and coherence
as well as developing organisational and job related skills.
Many rural initiatives have started with a single issue. Over
time, they have grown into multifaceted organisations that might
manage enterprise space or community care, initiate training
for rural tourism and run annual festivals and cultural events.
Building Communities
‘For the past 21 years, the Community Foundation has supported
efforts to tackle poverty and deprivation through community
action and has stimulated community development activity in
many areas and sectors. Helping communities develop is the largest
area of grant giving for the Community Foundation.
‘Recently the foundation has focused its resources and experience
on areas where community development has not yet been established
or has not taken root.
Building Peace
‘The Community Foundation focuses its work on the grassroots
and those who have suffered most from the conflict, to help
them build a stable and enduring peace.
Summer Emergency Fund
‘The Community Foundation secured £25,000 to use as a rapid
response programme during July to October 2001. The intention
of the fund was to make relatively small amounts of money available
with the minimum of bureaucracy, where such funding could ameliorate
or potentially prevent community conflict. It was the rapid
response nature of this fund that made it effective.
Areas of Sectarian Tension
‘The Community Foundation has resourced community development
initiatives to support communities in many areas experiencing
community tension. It is our belief that areas experiencing
these tensions require new models of intervention and significant
support .... The Community Foundation will proactively develop
a ‘Communities in Transition Programme’ in 10 areas experiencing
weak infrastructure and tensions.
Ex-Prisoners
‘The Community Foundation considered that as a funder it should
be prepared to take risks for peace. That included working with
politically motivated ex-prisoners to reintegrate them into
society. The needs of ex-prisoners that had served lengthy prison
sentences was particularly pressing. Financial support was provided
for welfare rights services, training initiatives and family
support services. A self-help approach was adopted.
Victims
‘The Community Foundation is committed to .... supporting and
giving resources to voluntary and community groups throughout
Northern Ireland who work with victims/survivors. The foundation
also brings victims together in a series of learning seminars
and conferences, with the aim of helping this sector learn from
each other.’
Specific grants programmes listed on the website in 2002 were
as follows (an asterisk denotes programmes which were to close
at the end of 2002 or earlier):
- 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.
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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.
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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.
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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:
| Category |
£ |
% |
| Arts |
£2,000 |
1 |
| Community Service |
£141,000 |
29 |
| Education |
£11,000 |
2 |
| Environment |
£400 |
|
| Disability |
£74,000 |
15 |
| Hospitals |
£4,100 |
1 |
| Professional and trade |
nil |
0 |
| Race relations |
£5,500 |
1 |
| Schools |
£166,000 |
34 |
| Special schools |
£30,000 |
6 |
| Youth |
£56,000 |
11 |
| Other |
£1,000 |
|
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 projects 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.
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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.
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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 funds 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 peoples 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:
| grants to integrated schools |
59% |
| grants to other sector schools and groups |
11% |
| administration and grant management |
9% |
| grants to independent schools |
8% |
| EU grants |
7% |
| fundraising costs |
6% |
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 funds website.
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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 funds
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 ICRFI operates two major 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.
Grants can be given under either category though obviously
stand a stronger chance if both major criteria are met.
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.
The guidelines go on to state:
- 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).
Exclusions No grants for:
- 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
- citizens 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).
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