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

Inter-Church Centre
48 Elmwood Avenue
Belfast
BT9 6AZ
Tel  028 9066 3145

Correspondent  Rob Fairmichael, Projects Officer

Information available  Information was provided by the trust.

The Ireland Fund of Great Britain

Grant total  £442,000 (2000)
Beneficial area  Ireland and Great Britain.

Welfare, community, education, peace and reconciliation, the arts

The trust’s grant application leaflet states:

‘The Ireland Funds are a confederation of concern, connecting people around the world with Ireland, north and south. Through the generosity of those linked to Ireland in interest, ancestry and compassion, the organisation assists groups in Ireland whose initiatives serve the people of the island directly. The Ireland Funds are non-political and non-sectarian.

‘Each year, The Ireland Fund supports hundreds of projects, north and south, which promote peace and reconciliation, arts and culture, community development and education. Grants range from a few hundred pounds to several thousand. For many projects, a seed grant from the funds provides the leverage necessary to qualify for additional monies from government agencies and other organisations.

‘Founded in 1976 by Sir Anthony O’Reilly and a number of key American businessmen. The Ireland Funds now operate in 12 countries, i.e. Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Great Britain, Ireland, Japan, Mexico, Monaco, New Zealand and the United States. (See next entry for further details.)

‘All of the funds’ monies are secured from private sources, either by donors making contributions directly to the funds or by attending its many events. In 2001, for instance, the funds held approximately 65 events in 11 countries involving 25,000 people. The funds are growing rapidly as they translate the real affection and concern for Ireland worldwide into practical help and support.’

The following eligibility criteria for each programme is taken from the trust’s website:

Arts and culture

‘The funds wish to support excellence and innovation in arts activities within communities across the island and especially projects which make the arts more accessible to the wider community. In particular, The Ireland Funds will focus on the following:

• arts applied in settings of socio-economic disadvantage
• arts applied in educational or health settings
• arts promoting tolerance and reconciliation.

Community development

‘Ireland is undergoing tremendous economic, social and cultural changes. The Ireland Funds are seeking ways to promote an inclusive and integrated society and to ensure the regeneration of marginalised urban and rural communities. The funds see the following areas as priorities:

• increasing the capacity of the social economy
• support of rural development initiatives
• promotion of social inclusion
• promotion of tolerance and diversity.

Education

‘Investment in education is investment in Ireland’s future. Economic and social development depends on a well educated population. For this reason, The Ireland Funds will focus on programmes promoting and supporting:

• access and progression from second level to third level
• lifelong learning
• tolerance through education.

Peace and reconciliation

‘The Ireland Funds are seeking to support communities in Northern Ireland working together and towards a shared future. The skills and culture of negotiation and compromise need to be honed politically and organisationally within and between communities. To this end, programmes supporting the following areas have been prioritised for assistance:

• citizenship and participation
• a greater understanding of cultural identity within and between communities
• social inclusion
• support for those affected by the troubles.

What The Ireland Funds are looking for:

‘When assessing the merits of each application, The Ireland Funds’ Advisory Committee shall be looking for the following:

• Is the application form fully completed? Is it clear what the group is proposing?
• Does the proposal address a particular problem? Has it been well researched and planned?
• What impact will the proposal have?
• Is the proposal creative and innovative?
• Is the project sustainable?
• Are the financial figures provided accurate? Is the proposal offering good value for money?
• What benefits does the organisation bring to the community? Is the Community involved in the planning and implementation stages of the proposal?
• Does the organisation have a good track record?’

In 2001 there were 26 beneficiaries in Britain. Beneficiaries included Comhaltas Ceoltoiri Eireann, Conference of Irish Historians in Britain, Cot Death Society, Cricklewood Homeless Concern, Irish Community Care – Manchester, Irish World Heritage Centre, Kilburn Irish Pensioners, London Irish Women’s Centre, National Museums and Galleries on Merseyside and Triskellion Irish Theatre Company.

In 2000 the fund had assets of £156,000. Total income was £728,000, including £438,000 from functions and £282,000 in donations received. Grants were made to organisations totalling £442,000, broken down as follows:

Art – 6 grants totalling £13,000 Beneficiaries were Irish Women’s Theatre (£3,500), Hammersmith Irish Centre and London Irish Centre (£3,000 each), Triskellion Theatre Company (£1,500) and Celtic Connections and Irish in Greenwich (£1,000 each).

Education – 11 grants totalling £115,000 Large grants were £50,000 to Newman Institute and £38,000 to All Hallows College. Other recipients included Culra na nog (£6,000), City Motor Sports (£4,000), Cairde na nGael (£3,000), Irish Support and Advice Service (£2,500), Shannon College of Hotel Management (£2,200), Clongowes Wood College (£1,500) and Ealing Irish Autism Support Group for Children (£1,000).

Alleviation of poverty/community care – 38 grants totalling £192,000 The largest grants were £42,000 to Tyrrell Trust and £30,000 to CORE.

Exclusions  Grants are generally not given for: general appeals; purchase of buildings or land; major construction or repairs to buildings; other grant-making trusts; individuals; purchase of vehicles; debt repayment; tuition or student expenses; travel or transport costs; commercial trading businesses; replacement of statutory funding; medical research; or general administration.

Applications  On a form available from the correspondent. In Ireland, applications are welcome between 1 October and 31 January, with successful applicants notified in early June. In Great Britain, the deadline for receipt of applications is 15 August with grants distributed in December/January.

‘Notification of outcome will be by letter. In the meantime we would ask you not to contact the office, due to our small staff number. Lobbying will disqualify.’

There is a stringent application of the guidelines and exclusions criteria. Applicants must submit copies of their constitution and audited accounts before receiving funding. Projects supported must make regular reports of progress and monitoring as well as providing promotional material and publicity.

Contact details and other information

158 Regent Street
London
W1B 5SW
Tel  020 7439 4299
Fax  020 7439 4298
email  irelandfundgb@btclick.com

Correspondent  Aileen Ross, Director

Trustees  Bryan Hayes, Chair; Josephine Hart; Hon. Kevin Pakenham; Dr Anthony O’Reilly; John Riordan; Gavin O’Reilly; Stanley Watson.

Information available  Full accounts and other information was provided by the fund.

The Ireland Funds

Grant total  £10 million (1998)
Beneficial area  Ireland.

Peace and reconciliation, culture, community, education

The Ireland Funds comprise 12 independent trust funds. The separate funds are in America, Canada, Great Britain (See previous entry), Ireland, Australia, France, Germany, South Africa, Japan, Monaco, Mexico and New Zealand. The purpose of the funds is to raise money internationally for the promotion of peace, culture and charity in Ireland. Since its inception £100 million has been raised for worthy projects. Each fund is a registered charity in the country in which it operates and grants are made in Ireland only to bodies pursuing similar charitable objectives. The funds are non-denominational and non-political serving all of Ireland, North and South.

The funds have responded to need in Ireland on a broad front, and have assisted numerous projects across a wide range of activity. In particular the funds are interested in stimulating local leadership, fostering self-help, promoting women’s contribution in society, encouraging young people’s creativity and generally promoting renewal, rejuvenation and regeneration.

In 1998 the funds’ endowment increased to over £8.6 million, made up of 39 individual named funds. Over 3,000 donors contributed to the fund in 1998 and 60 events were held in 40 cities in the above 12 countries. Over £10.2 million was distributed in grants to more than 200 organisations throughout Ireland.

Some of the projects supported in 1998 included:

In Belfast: Corpus Christi Services, an education programme working with local primary school children in the Ballymurhpy area of West Belfast. It aims to encourage awareness and respect of the local environment; LINC which aims to facilitate the reintegration of released prisoners into mainstream economic and social life by focusing on education, vocational training, community arts and job creation; Stadium Youth and community Centre, which provides a base for clubs and activities for young people at risk due to low educational achievements, high unemployment and paramilitary activity, it runs projects which assist personal development, community participation and cross-community contact.

In Dublin: Aware, which provides support, guidance and assistance to people with depression and their families and friends; Calypso Productions for a theatrical project which dealt with the current build up of hostility toward refugees in Ireland and in Europe generally; Teenage Care Development Trust, which provides homes and long-term care for homeless young people in Dublin.

In County Fermanagh: Enniskillen Intergrated Nursery School Committee, the fund is helping the committee to continue to provide a free of charge nursery as many of the children are from disadvantaged areas and underprivileged families.

In County Galway: Clifden Community Arts Week, this is a broad based programme containing events such as piano recitals, open air concerts, historic tours, story telling, song contests, poetry readings and performances.

The fund was also a major sponsor of the Investment Conference in Pittsburgh, which focused on job creation and partnership between US and Irish companies.

The trust has new policy papers specifically tailored to the particular programme areas it is supporting and new working parties have been established on peace, culture, community and education.

Exclusions  Grants are generally not given for: general appeals; purchase of buildings or land; major construction or repairs to buildings; other grant-making trusts; individuals; purchase of vehicles; debt repayment; tuition or student expenses; travel or transport costs; commercial trading businesses; projects not based in Ireland; replacement of statutory funding; medical research; or general administration of national or provincial organisations.

Applications  The Ireland Funds operate one grant round a year which is open for four months, between 1 October and 31 January. Successful applicants will be notified in early July.

If your project meets the stated criteria, an application form is available on request. All applications are centrally processed through the Dublin office of the Ireland Funds.

There will be stringent application of the guidelines and exclusions criteria. Groups must submit copies of their constitution and audited accounts before receiving funding. Projects supported must make regular reports of progress, monitoring, and provide promotional material and publicity.

‘Notification of outcome will be by letter. In the meantime we would ask you not to contact the office, due to our small staff number. Lobbying will disqualify.’

Contact details and other information

5 Foster Place
Dublin 2
Ireland
Tel  00 353 1 662 7878
Fax  00 353 1 662 7879

Correspondent  Kieran McLoughlin, Director Ireland

Information available  Information was supplied by the funds.

The Irish Youth Foundation (UK) Ltd

Grant total  £184,000 (2000/01)
Beneficial area  UK.

Irish young people

This trust supports organisations anywhere in the UK working with young Irish people aged up to 25 who are socially or culturally disadvantaged. The foundation gets its annual income from fundraising events it stages, including golf days, ladies’ lunches, musical events and an annual ball.

Funding is available for a wide range of projects, including training, counselling, drug rehabilitation, advice, advocacy, youth work, homelessness, education, cultural and social activities, disability and travellers. The trust will support projects or capacity building, recognising that improving resources and personnel is often the best way for projects to develop.

There is a separate programme for organisations based in Northern Ireland to those based on the British mainland. Grants are one-off of up to £5,000 each and can be used to extend an existing activity, employ additional staff, purchase equipment, undertake an evaluation, publish a report, improve organisational capacity or try something new and different. (For applicants in England, Scotland and Wales, grants are available of up to £25,000.)

In 2000/01 the trust gave grants totalling £184,000, of which £35,000 was given in total in eight grants in Northern Ireland and £149,000 in 38 grants elsewhere.

The largest grants in Northern Ireland were £5,000 each to Ardoyne Youth Club for a development sport programme for 10–12 year olds, Make Your Mark for an art therapy pilot project for young adults in the north west who are traumatised and Public Achievement for a one-year training and learning programme for volunteer coaches in civic youth work and community relations. Other grants were: £4,600 to Northern Ireland Children’s Holiday Scheme for a young leaders training programme; £4,000 each to Children’s Express for a report by young members for distribution to Belfast secondary schools and youth clubs, Drake Music Project Northern Ireland towards providing music technology workshops and performances to children and young people with physical disabilities and REACH Across for the spring induction programme which provided cross-community contact such as residential weekends for personal development training, group activities and international exchanges; and £3,500 to Newry Women’s Aid towards developing the childcare programme.

In the previous year, the foundation had assets of £57,000. Total income was £196,000, of which £191,00 came from donations received. Grants were made totalling £204,000.

Exclusions  The foundation generally does not support: projects which cater for people over 25 years of age; individuals; general appeals; work in the arts, museums, or of an environmental nature; grants for academic research; educational bursaries; to substitute state support; alleviation of deficits already incurred; services run by statutory/public authorities; and major capital appeals.

Applications  In writing to the correspondent, requesting an application form. The application period is short, with forms being available at the end of August to be returned by the third week of September. Applicants should photocopy and send six copies of the completed form if they are in Northern Ireland and eight copies if they work elsewhere. Applications are considered in November and all applicants notified in January. Applications are assessed on the following requirements: need; continuity; track record/evaluation; disadvantaged young people; innovativeness; funding sources; and budgetary control. Faxed applications are not considered.

Contact details and other information

The Irish Centre
Blacks Road
Hammersmith
London
W6 9DT
Tel  020 8748 9640
Fax  020 8748 7386
email  info@iyf.org.uk
Website  www.iyf.org.uk

Correspondent  Linda Tanner, Administrator

Trustees  J O’Hara, Chair; Mary Clancy; F Hucker; P Kelly; D Murray; John O’Neill; Nessa O’Neill; John Power; Colin McNicholas; Sean O’Neill.

Information available  Full accounts, guidelines and other information was provided by the trust.

King George VI Youth Awards

Grant total  About £6,500
Beneficial area  Northern Ireland.

Young people

The Youth Awards are administered by YouthNet on behalf of the King George VI Northern Ireland Youth Council. Grants are made to young people aged between 14 and 21 years. Both groups and individuals in Northern Ireland are supported.

It will consider the following:

• self help, where young people play a major part in organising the project or activity
• projects which encourage interaction between disabled and able-bodied young people
• travel grants for cultural and social activities within the UK and Republic of Ireland only.

It will also consider environmental projects involving young people. Sports activities will only be considered if the sports activity is part of a wider based youth work programme. It will make grants towards equipment if proof of purchase is produced. Successful applicants can reapply but only for a different project. The maximum grant given is £350.

The trust has an income of about £6,500, all of which is given in grants. A wide range of projects are supported. Recent grants have been given for camps, IT training, residential weekends, groups concerned with the interaction of disabled and able-bodied young people and environmental projects.

Exclusions  No grants to/for:

• travel outside the UK or Republic of Ireland
  
• headquarter or parent bodies or other trust funds
  
• single activity sports clubs
  
• musical instruments or uniforms
  
• general running costs, capital building costs or salaries.

Funding is not given in retrospect.

Applications  On a form available from the correspondent. The award panel usually meet to consider grants in February, May, September and December. Guidelines are available from the trust.

Contact details and other information

c/o Youthnet
The Warehouse
7 James Street South
Belfast
BT2 8DN
Tel  028 9033 1880
Fax  028 9033 1977
email  lgordon@youthnet.co.uk
Website  www.youthnetni.org.uk

Correspondent  The Panel Secretary

Information available  Information was provided by the trust.

The Lawlor Foundation

Grant total  £108,000 to organisations (2001/02)
Beneficial area  Principally Northern Ireland, also Republic of Ireland, London, the home counties and Avon.

Social welfare, education, general

The following is taken from the 2001/02 annual report:

' There are four principal objectives: support for organisations working with troubled adolescents (these organisations having an identifiable Irish component); the relief of poverty and the advancement of education in Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland; educational grants for individual students with an Irish background; projects underpinning the peace process in Ireland. The foundation is permitted to support " general charitable purposes " and a number of donations reflect the trustees ' personal interests.

' From the foundation ' s earliest days, the trustees have had a particular interest in adolescent problems and in promoting cooperation and mutual understanding between the peoples of Ireland, North and South. Currently the emphasis is on education and the principal beneficiaries include a number of Northern Irish schools and individual students, British-based projects supporting Irish immigrants, and vulnerable young people.

' Grants are made on a one-off or recurring basis and can include core funding and salaries. A substantial proportion of the foundation' s income is committed on a long-term basis, which restricts the funds available for new applicants. '

Grants to organisations range between £500 and £10,000 and can be given for a maximum of three years, although beneficiaries may reapply at the end of the grant. Individuals can receive between £100 and £500 each.

The trust aims to be even-handed in its grantmaking across the communal divide in Belfast. Since 1996 the foundation has run the Shankill Education Project to allow children from disadvantaged families in the Greater Shankill area of West Belfast to attend grammar schools, which they would not otherwise be able to afford. 2001 saw the pupils from the first year of funding sit their GCSEs, gaining an average of 11 GCSEs at C or above and with no failures. This project has received funds from other trusts, companie s and individual donations. However, due to lack of demand from schools no new students are starting this scheme. Those already on it are being supported through to the completion of their fifth year.

In 2001/02 the foundation had assets of £2.1 million and an income of £139,000, including £13,000 in donations received. Grants were made totalling £121,000, including £13,000 given to students in the British Isles. Grants to organisations were broken down geographically as follows:

The annual report also broken down the grants into the following
categories.

Education

10 organisations were supported, receiving £75,000 in total. The £13,000 given to individual students was also accounted under this category (see The Educational Grants Directory, also published by DSC, for further information). The largest grant was £20,000 to Shankill Education Project for the scheme outlined above. All of the other grants in this category were given to enable young people in Northern Ireland who are disadvantaged attend university, as bursaries and sometimes also for school projects; these went to St Louise ' s College - Belfast (£10,000), Jesus College - Cambridge (£7,500), La Salle Boys ' Secondary School - Belfast, St Mary ' s Christian Brothers ' Boys ' Grammar School - Belfast and St Mary ' s College - Derry (£6,000 each), Belfast Royal Academy and Irish Studies Centre - University of London (£5,000 each) and Tullow Community School - County Carlow (£3,500).

Social welfare
Five grants totalling £20,000 were made. As in the previous year, the largest in this category was £10,000 to Brent Adolescent Centre as a recurrent grant towards core costs for its mental health service for vulnerable young people aged 14 to 21 London-wide. Other beneficiaries were Young Minds (£5,000), Brandon Centre - London for core costs (£3,000), Orchardville Society for the Advance project to enable people with learning difficulties to participate in supported vocational and employment programmes (£1,000) and Acceptable Enterprises (Larne) Ltd (£500).

Peace and reconciliation
A total of £10,000 was given in seven grants. The largest were £2,000 each to Children in Crossfire for cross-border and cross-cultural Links, National Children ' s Bureau for a survey into the views of young people in Northern Ireland on community and ectarianism and Northern Ireland Children ' s Holiday Scheme for a youth leader training programme. Other beneficiaries were Lifeline - Belfast as an annual grant for running costs and Rainbow ' s End Project for equipment (£1,300 each), Orana Family Support Centre for cross-community out-of-school activities and a safe play area £1,000) and Newry Outdoor Bowling Club towards the running costs of the cross-community club (£500).

Women ' s interests
Two grants of £2,000 each were made, to Creggan Pre-School and Training Association - Derry as the second of three annual grants for a salary and Home-Start Bristol for volunteer training.

Exclusions  No grants are made in response to general appeals from large organisations or from organisations outside the geographical areas of Ireland, London and the Home Counties. Grants are not normally made to the arts, medicine, the environment, building projects, expeditions, children’s projects or UK-wide causes.

Applications  By letter to the correspondent at any time, with a description of the project and a copy of the latest accounts. Preliminary telephone enquiries are welcomed. Applications will only be acknowledged if they relate to the trust’s general interests. The trustees normally meet in January, April, July and October.

Please note that the trust has many ongoing commitments, which restrict the funds available for new applicants.

Contact details and other information

Traceys Farm
Stanford Rivers
Ongar
Essex
CM5 9QD

Correspondent  Virginia Lawlor, Chairman

Trustees  Virginia Lawlor; Kelly Lawlor; Frank Baker; K R P Marshall; Blanca Fernadez Drayton; Patricia Manning.

Information available  A comprehensive annual report and accounts was provided by the foundation.

Lloyds TSB Foundation for Northern Ireland

Grant total  £1.9 million (2002)
Beneficial area  Northern Ireland.

Social and community need, education and training, scientific and medical research

This charity supports local communities. Most donations are said to be one-off, with a small number of commitments made over two or more years. The trustees say that they prefer to make donations towards specific items rather than contributions to large appeals, though the trust will consider core funding for small local charities.

Applications which help to develop voluntary sector infrastructure are encouraged. Donations are generally between £2,500 and £5,000, but probably can be larger.

The success rate of applicants remains remarkably high, with 478 applications resulting in 388 grants in 2001 (81% successful). The ‘guidelines’ appear to suggest that charities can be supported for as many as three years out of five, so it is possible that, say, half of the applications are for the continuation of existing funding and the success rates for new applicants may be much lower.

The guidelines for applicants read as follows:

‘The foundation allocates its funds in support of the Northern Ireland community, to enable people, primarily those in need, to be active members of society and to improve their quality of life.

‘The overall policy of the charity is to support underfunded charities which enable people, especially disadvantaged or disabled people, to play a fuller role in the community.

‘The trustees are also keen to encourage the infrastructure of the voluntary sector and encourage applications for operational costs. This includes salary costs which may be supported over two or three years, and training and education for managers and staff.

‘Donations for one-off projects are generally in the region of £2,500 and £5,000, but there is no minimum. Applications for larger amounts will be considered where there is wider benefit.

‘The foundation has two main target areas to which it seeks to allocate funds

• Social and community needs
• Education and training

Social and Community Needs

‘A wide range of activities are supported and the following are meant as a guide only.

Community services

‘Family centres, youth and older people’s clubs, after school clubs; play schemes, help groups, childcare provision.

Advice services

‘Homelessness, addictions, bereavement, family guidance, money advice, helplines.

Disabled people

‘Residences, day centres, transport, carers, information and advice, advocacy.

Promotion of health

‘Information and advice, mental health, hospices, day care, home nursing, independent living for older people.

Civic responsibility

‘Juveniles at risk, crime prevention, promotion of volunteering, victim support, mediation, rehabilitation of offenders.

Cultural enrichment

‘Improving participation in and access to the arts and national heritage for disadvantaged and disabled people

Education and Training

‘The objective is to enhance educational opportunities for disadvantaged and disabled people of all ages.

• Projects which help socially excluded people develop their potential and secure employment.
• Employment training (for disabled and disadvantaged people)
• Promotion of life skills, independent living skills for disabled people.
• Enhancing education for disabled young people, pre school education, literacy skills (where no other support is available).’

Organisations who have received three years consecutive funding must leave at least two years before re-applying; only in exceptional circumstances will the trustees consider a further application within this two year period.

In 2001 the foundation made 388 grants worth £1.9 million, averaging almost £5,000 each, and up from just £3,000 each in 1999. This rise is not due solely to the increasing revenues of the foundation, but also to the fact that applications have fallen quite sharply – a drop of 19% in the year.

If the typical range is from £2,500 to £5,000, as reported, there are probably a substantial number of much larger grants.

The only beneficiaries whose names are disclosed are Share in Fermanagh and, in an exceptional overseas grant, Trocaire (for its work in Honduras).

Exclusions  No grants for:

• organisations which are not recognised as charities by the Inland Revenue (in exceptional circumstances the trustees may make donations up to a maximum of £1,000 to organisations not recognised as a charity, where the annual income of the applicant organisation is less than £2,000)
• individuals, including students
• animal welfare
• environmental projects, including projects which deal with geographic and scenic issues – however the trustees may consider projects improve the living conditions of disadvantaged individuals and groups
• activities which are normally the responsibility of central or local government or some other responsible body
• schools, universities and colleges (except for projects specifically to benefit people with disabilities)
• hospitals and medical centres
• sponsorship or marketing appeals
• fabric appeals for places of worship
• promotion of religion
• activities which collect funds for subsequent redistribution to others
• endowment funds
• fundraising events or activities
• corporate affiliation or membership of a charity
• loans or business finance
• expeditions or overseas travel (except for projects specifically benefiting disadvantaged young people from Northern Ireland)
• construction of and extensions to buildings.

The trustees may from time to time consider a limited number of applications from Northern Ireland-based charities working overseas. However they are currently only supporting charities which they approach themselves and cannot accept unsolicited applications for overseas work.

Applications  On a form available from the foundation, which says: ‘Please bear in mind that the trustees will only see your application form together with one additional page of supporting text.’ The information requested includes:

• registered charity number and evidence of tax-exempt status
• a brief description of the activities of the charity
• details of the project for which the grant is sought
• details of overall funding needed for the project, including a breakdown
• what funds have already been raised
• how the remaining funds will be raised
• trustees’ report and full audited or independently examined accounts.

Trustees meet quarterly to review applications.

Contact details and other information

The Gate Lodge
73a Malone Rd
Belfast
BT9 6SB
Tel  028 9038 2864
Fax  028 9038 2839
email  info@lloydstsbfoundationni.org
Website  www.lloydstsbfoundations.org

Trustees  Mrs Ann Shaw; Lady McCollum; Roy MacDougall; Mrs Brenda Callaghan; Mrs Breige Gadd; Mrs Dawn Livingstone; David Magill; Denis Wilson; Mrs Angela McShane; David Patton; Mrs Janice Doherty; Peter Morrow.

Information available  Guidelines for applicants. Poor annual report and accounts, without a grants list.

The Esmé Mitchell Trust

Grant total  About £120,000
Beneficial area  Ireland, but mainly Northern Ireland.

Heritage, arts and culture

This trust gives funds for general charitable purposes in Ireland as a whole but principally in Northern Ireland with a particular interest in cultural and artistic objects. Part of the trust fund is only available to assist certain heritage bodies as set out in Schedule 3 to the Capital Transfer Act 1984.

In 1999 it had an income of £125,000 and gave £122,000 in grants. Further information was not available.

Exclusions  Grants are not usually given to individuals wishing to undertake voluntary service or further education.

Applications  In writing to the correspondent. Applicants should submit three copies of the following:

• a concise description of the proposed project
• a recent statement of accounts and balance sheet
• a copy of the constitution
• details of tax and legal or charitable status
• a list of committee officers
• information on other sources of finance
• a contact address and telephone number.

The trust states that when making the original application ‘to avoid delay in considering applications the trust advisers require a copy of the most recent financial accounts and the Inland Revenue Charities Division reference number’.

Trustees meet about five or six times a year. Guidelines for applicants are available from the trust.

Contact details and other information

The Northern Bank Executor & Trustee Co. Ltd
PO Box 183
Donegall Square West
Belfast
BT1 6JS
Tel  028 9024 5277
Fax  028 9024 1790

Trustees  P J Rankin; Mrs F Jay-O’Boyle; R P Blakiston-Houston.

Information available  Information was provided by the trust.

John Moores Foundation

Grant total  £678,000 (2001/02)
Beneficial area  Merseyside (plus Skelmersdale, Ellesmere Port and Halton), Northern Ireland, South Africa, overseas.

Social welfare in Merseyside and Northern Ireland, emergency relief overseas

The trust’s website states:

‘John Moores Foundation (JMF) was set up in 1963 with the intention of providing funds for charitable purposes. It is a registered charity which gives money to charitable community organisations.

‘Whilst it is a national trust, currently it concentrates on funding projects based in Merseyside (including Skelmersdale, Halton, and Ellesmere Port, but priority will be given to projects working within the area of the former county of Merseyside) and Northern Ireland. JMF aims to enable people who are marginalised as a result of social, educational, physical, economic, cultural, geographical or other disadvantage to improve their social conditions and quality of life. The foundation seeks to do this by making grants to projects run by charitable community organisations whose aims fall within the foundation’s areas of interest.

‘The foundation is particularly interested in supporting those groups that find it more than usually difficult to raise money and are small or new rather than long-established.’

Around 10% of the trusts funds are given in Northern Ireland each year, usually in the form of one-off grants of up to £5,000 for running costs, salaries and equipment. The following causes are supported:

• grass-root community groups in disadvantaged areas, including tenant and resident groups
• projects benefiting women and girls, including health, welfare and educational projects
• projects benefiting ethnic and other minority groups, including travellers, especially if addressing the disadvantage faced by such groups
• projects aiming to increase racial, gender and disability awareness by providing education or countering discrimination where there is substantial input from the beneficial group
• local independent advice projects aiming to alleviate poverty (local branches of UK-wide organisations are not usually funded)
• non-statutory projects providing second chance learning opportunities to people who have no or little post-school education, including the provision of tutors, childcare and information services.

In 2001/02 the foundation had assets of £16 million and an income of £863,000. Grants totalled £678,000, including 24 given in Northern Ireland which totalled £95,000 and were broken down as follows:

Advice – 2 grants totalling £10,000

£5,000 each went to Dove House Community Trust for the Bogside and Brandwell Integrated Advice Centre in Derry and to Omagh Independent Advice Services.

Black and racial minorities organisations – 1 grant of £5,000

This went to Criagavon Asian Women and Children’s Association.

Community organisations – 8 grants totalling £32,000

Grants of £5,000 each went to Cliftonville Joint Development Group – Belfast, Drumquin Development Association, Dunloy Development Association and Northern Counties Development Association. Other beneficiaries were Moy and Charlesmont Area Development Association (£4,800), Creggan Pre-School and Training Association – Derry (£4,000), Cornerhouse Cross Community Family Centre – Belfast (£2,000) and Trojans Youth and Community Development Group – Derry (£1,000).

Second chance learning – 1 grant of £5,000

This went to Carrick Hills Residents Association – Belfast.

Social welfare – 2 grants totalling £10,000

Mourne Derg Community Centre and Strathfoyle Community Centre each received £5,000.

Training for community groups – 1 grant of £5,000

This went to Community Change – Derry.

Women – 9 grants totalling £28,000

£5,000 each went to Cookstown and Dungannon Women’s Aid, Dungannon and District Women’s Group and Foyle Rural Women’s Network – Derry. Other grants were £3,500 to Moyle Women’s Forum, £2,500 to Shankill Women’s Centre, £2,000 each to Ballymurphy Women’s Centre, Roe Valley Women’s Network and Waterside Women’s Centre and £1,000 to Greenway Women’s Group – Belfast.

Exclusions  No grants for:

• individuals
• academic or medical research
• animal charities
• arts, heritage or local history projects
• new buildings
• churches for church-based or church-run activities (although community groups running activities in church premises which come within the foundation’s policy guidelines will be considered)
• children and young people, except via the South Moss Foundation (administered by JMF)
• conservation and the environment
• employment creation schemes
• festivals
• holidays, expeditions and outings
• individuals
• medicine or health
• national organisations or organisations based outside of Merseyside or Northern Ireland, even if working within those areas
• overseas projects, unless initiated by the foundation
• schools, universities or colleges
• sponsorship, including fundraising events
• sport
• statutory bodies
• vehicles
• victims of crime – other than rape crisis and domestic violence projects.

Applications  Applications should be in writing and accompanied by an application form, copies of which are obtainable from the foundation. Before submitting an application, please make sure that your project does not fall into one of the excluded areas. If you are unsure or you would like to discuss your application, please telephone the grants director.

Applications are expected to contain the following information:

• a description of your organisation, its work and existing sources of funding
• a description of the project for which you are applying for funds
• detailed costings of the project, including details of funds already raised or applied for, if any
• details of how the project will benefit people within the foundation’s target groups.

Applicants should also send if possible:

• latest accounts
• latest annual report
• list of management committee members
• equal opportunities policy.

Most groups who apply for funding are visited, but the foundation may simply telephone for more information. Trustees meet five to six times a year and all applications are acknowledged.

Contact details and other information

7th Floor
Gostins Building
32–36 Hanover Street
Liverpool
L1 4LN
Tel  0151 707 6077
Fax  0151 707 6066
email  jmf@dial.pipex.com
Website  www.jmf.org.uk

Correspondent  Tara Parveen, Grants Director

Trustees  Mrs Jane Moores; Barnaby Moores; Sister M McAleese; Peter Bassey.

Information available  Separate policy leaflets providing guidance for applicants in Merseyside and Northern Ireland. Annual report and accounts.

The Presbyterian Orphan and Children’s Society

Grant total  £5,800 to organisations (2001)
Beneficial area  Northern and Southern Ireland.

Childcare, family care

This trust mainly makes grants to children and young people from the Presbyterian faith. Presbyterian-based childcare projects in Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland are also supported.

In 2001 the fund had assets of £5.1 million and an income of £482,000. Grants to individuals totalled £333,000. A total of £15,000 was spent on childcare projects, including projects ran by the society such as a baby and toddlers group. A grant of £5,000 was given to Knock Child Contact Centre, a regular beneficiary. There was also £750 spent on the small groups grant scheme.

Exclusions  Only projects administered by a Presbyterian Church are supported.

Applications  On a form available from the correspondent.

Contact details and other information

Church House
Fisherwick Place
Belfast
BT1 6DW
Tel  028 9032 3737

Correspondent  Paul Gray

Information available  Information was provided by the trust.

The Sydney Stewart Memorial Trust

Grant total  About £8,000 each year
Beneficial area  Northern Ireland.

Volunteering overseas

Formerly called The Northern Ireland Projects Trust, this trust was established in 1975 by Sydney Stewart (Director of Voluntary Services Belfast 1973-1987) to give small grants to ‘struggling and imaginative projects engaged in community action’.

The trust’s name was changed to The Sydney Stewart Memorial Trust to honour the life and witness of its founder after he died in 1987. It also changed its remit to promote volunteering, one of the things Sydney Stewart was most interested in.

Currently, the area of interest is volunteering overseas. Grants are made to groups from Northern Ireland undertaking international voluntary service.

Grants are also made directly to individuals from Northern Ireland taking part in voluntary work in the developing world, particularly the Indian sub-continent. These are of up to £100 each to people volunteering for one to three months and up to £250 to people volunteering for over three months.

The trust has £8,000 per year to disburse in grants.

Exclusions  The trust does not give grants to the following:

• volunteering work in Northern Ireland
• large voluntary organisations
• volunteer’s expenses
• playschemes
• equipment for playgroups or youth clubs
• sporting organisations
• running costs
  
• research projects involving volunteers.

Applications  On a form available from the correspondent. Nomination forms for the Annual Volunteer Award Scheme are available from VSB, 70/72 Lisburn Road, Belfast BT9 6AF.

Contact details and other information

9 Ailesbury Crescent
Belfast
BT7 3EZ

Correspondent  The Trustees

Information available  Information was provided by the trust.

C B & H H Taylor 1984 Trust

Grant total  £166,000 (2001/02)
Beneficial area  West Midlands, Ireland and overseas.

Quaker, general

The trust ' s geographical areas of benefit are:

• organisations serving Birmingham and the West Midlands
• organisations outside the West Midlands where the trust has well-established links
• oganisations in Ireland
• UK-based charities working overseas.

• the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) and other religious denominations
• healthcare projects
• social welfare: community groups; children and young people; older people; disadvantaged people, disabled people; homeless people; housing initiatives; counselling and mediation agencies
• education: adult literacy schemes; employment training; youth work
• penal affairs: work with offenders and ex-offenders; police projects
• the environment and conservation work
• the arts: museums and art galleries; music and drama
• Ireland: cross-community health and social welfare projects
• UK charities working overseas on long-term development projects.

Exclusions  The trust does not fund: individuals (whether for research, expeditions, educational purposes and so on); local projects or groups outside the West Midlands; or projects concerned with travel or adventure.

Applications  There is no formal application form. Applicants should write to the correspondent giving the charity’s registration number, a brief description of the charity’s activities, and details of the specific project for which the grant is being sought. Applicants should also include a budget of the proposed work, together with a copy of the charity’s most recent accounts. Trustees will also wish to know what funds have already been raised for the project and how the shortfall will be met.

The trust states that it receives more applications than it can support. Therefore, even if work falls within its policy it may not be able to help, particularly if the project is outside the West Midlands.

Trustees meet twice-yearly in May and November. Applications will be acknowledged if an sae is provided.

Contact details and other information

c/o Home Farm
Abberton
Worcestershire
WR10 2NR

Correspondent  W J B Taylor, Trustee

Trustees  Mrs C H Norton; Mrs E J Birmingham; J A B Taylor; W J B Taylor; Mrs C M Penny; T W Penny; R J Birmingham.

Information available  Full accounts and guidelines were provided by the trust.

Ulster Garden Villages Ltd

Grant total  Usually around £1 million
Beneficial area  Lisburn and Newtownabbey.

Housing, welfare

Financial assistance is given to aid housing for people who are disadvantaged, elderly or have disabilities as well as donations to assist improvements in quality of life for such people. There are also interests in helping youth organisations and movements, preservation of heritage and organisations seeking to improve health in the community. Grants usually range from £1,000 to £5,000 a year, although project assistance of up to £250,000 is considered. The grant total varies each year, but is normally around £1 million.

Exclusions  No grants to projects already funded by statutory organisations or to individuals. Retrospective grants are not made.

Applications  On a form available from the correspondent, with guidelines.

Contact details and other information

Forestview
Purdy’s Lane
Newtonbreda
Belfast
BT8 7AR

Correspondent  The Administration Officer

Information available  Information was provided by the trust.

Ultach Trust

Grant total  £100,000 (when operating)
Beneficial area  Northern Ireland only.

Irish language activities

When operating, the trust has an annual budget of £100,000.

Exclusions  Generally the following are not supported: individuals, ongoing running costs, major capital programmes, to substitute cutbacks in statutory funding, travel expenses, publications or videos.

Applications  This trust is currently dormant. It is dependent on the Northern Ireland Assembly for its grantmaking and this was not in operation at the time of publication. The trust stated that when the assembly is reconvened its grantmaking will resume.

Contact details and other information

Room 202
Fountain House
19 Donegall Place
Belfast
BT1 5AB
Tel  028 9023 0749
Fax  028 9023 0749
email  ultach@cinni.org
Website  www.cinni.org/ultach/uindex.htm

Correspondent  Róife Ní-Bhaoill

Trustees  Ruairi O Bleine; Leslie Burnett; Sean O Coinn; Barry Kinghan; Ferdia Mac an Fhaili; Risteard Mac Gaghann; Sue MacGeown; Seamus de Napier; Sean Mac Giolla Cearra.

Information available  Information was provided by the trust.

Victoria Homes Trust

Grant total  About £50,000
Beneficial area  Northern Ireland.

Young people

The trust supports children and young people under 21. In 2001/02 the trust had an income of £56,000. It gives towards voluntary projects supporting children and young people in the fields of homelessness, alcohol and drug abuse and counselling.

Exclusions  Grants are not normally given to individuals.

Applications  On a form available from the correspondent. A copy of the most recent audited accounts should be included. Applications should be typed or written in block capital letters using black ink. If the project requires work which involves planning permission, evidence that the permission has been granted should be enclosed. The trust asks that pamphlets or other printed matter should not be sent and also for ‘as much information as possible about the project’. Trustees meet in February, June and October.

Contact details and other information

2 Tudor Court
Rochester Road
Belfast
BT6 9LB
Tel  028 9079 4306
email  derek.catney@btclick.com

Correspondent  Derek H Catney, Secretary

Information available  Information was provided by the trust.

The Westcroft Trust

Grant total  £92,000 (2001/02)
Beneficial area  Unrestricted, but with a special interest in Shropshire – causes of local interest outside Shropshire are rarely supported.

International understanding, overseas aid, Quaker, Shropshire

Currently the trustees have five main areas of interest:

• international understanding, including conflict resolution and the material needs of the developing world
• religious causes, particularly social outreach, usually of the Society of Friends (Quakers) but also for those originating in Shropshire
• development of the voluntary sector in Shropshire
• needs of people with disabilities, primarily in Shropshire
• development of community groups and reconciliation between different cultures in Northern Ireland.

Medical education is only helped by support for expeditions overseas that include pre-clinical students. Medical aid, education and relief work in developing countries is mainly supported through UK-registered organisations. International disasters may be helped in response to public appeals.

The trust favours charities with low administrative overheads and that pursue clear policies of equal opportunity in meeting need. Grants may be one-off or recurrent; recurrent grants are rarely made for endowment or capital projects.

In 2001/02 the trust had assets of £2.3 million and an income of £95,000. Grants totalled £92,000.

In the previous year, when it had an income of £123,000, it gave 125 grants totalling £108,000, broken down as follows:

Social service (Northern Ireland) grants ranged from £250 to £500 and went to Corrymeela Community, Positive Ethos Trust and Total Outdoor Experience.

Exclusions  Grants to charities only. No grants to individuals or for medical electives, sport, the arts (unless specifically for people with disabilities in Shropshire) or armed forces charities. Requests for sponsorship are not supported. Annual grants are withheld if recent accounts are not available or do not satisfy the trustees as to continuing need.

Applications  In writing to the correspondent. There is no application form or set format but applications should be restricted to a maximum of three sheets of paper, stating purpose, overall financial needs and resources together with previous years’ accounts if appropriate. Printed letters signed by ‘the great and good’ and glossy literature do not impress the trustees, who prefer lower-cost applications. Applications are dealt with about every two months. No acknowledgement will be given. Replies to relevant but unsuccessful applicants will be sent only if an sae is enclosed. As some annual grants are made by Bank Telepay, details of bank name, branch, sort code, and account name and number should be sent in order to save time and correspondence.

Contact details and other information

32 Hampton Road
Oswestry
Shropshire
SY11 1SJ

Correspondent  Mary Cadbury, Managing Trustee

Trustees  Mary C Cadbury; Richard G Cadbury; James E Cadbury; Erica R Cadbury.

Information available  Information was provided by the trust. Full accounts were on file at the Charity Commission.

The Whitaker Charitable Trust

Grant total  £203,000 (2001/02)
Beneficial area  UK, but mostly east Midlands, Northern Ireland and Scotland, particularly Bassetlaw.

Education, environment, music, personal development

The trust has general charitable objects, although with stated preferences for music education, agricultural and silvicultural education, countryside conservation, spiritual matters and prison-related charities.

Grants are made to UK-wide organisations and local organisations in
Scotland, Northern Ireland and Nottinghamshire and the east Midlands, with a large number of grants made in Bassetlaw.

In 2001/02 the trust had assets of £5.8 million, which generated an
income of £209,000. Grants to 92 organisations totalled £203,000.

A substantial grant of £65,000 was made to Atlantic College. The next largest grants were £15,000 to Marlborough College and £12,000 to Bramcote School Limited. Remaining donations were mainly in the range of £500 to £2,000.

Exclusions  Support is given to registered charities only. No grants are given to individuals or for the repair or maintenance of individual churches.

Applications  In writing to the correspondent. Trustees meet half-yearly. Applications should include clear details of the need the intended project is designed to meet plus a copy of the latest accounts available and an outline budget. If an acknowledgement of the application, or notification in the event of the application not being accepted, is required, an sae should be enclosed.

Contact details and other information

c/o Currey & Co.
21 Buckingham Gate
London
SW1E 6LB
Tel  020 7828 4091

Correspondent  Edward Perks, Trustee

Trustees  Edward Ronald Haslewood Perks; David W J Price; Lady Elizabeth Jane Ravenscroft Whitaker.

Information available  Accounts were on file at the Charity Commission.

Women Caring Trust

Grant total  £77,000 (1999)
Beneficial area  Northern Ireland.

Children and families

The trust gives give practical help to innocent families in the troubled areas of Northern Ireland and promotes integrated education and the support of groups and organisations working for peace and reconciliation among young people. The trustees are keen to encourage new projects, particularly cross-community, wherever possible and aim to give ‘a leg-up, not a hand-out’.

In 1999 the trust had assets of £150,000 and assets of £63,000. Grants totalled £77,000. Grants included: £2,000 to Corrymeela Community (Belfast); £1,500 each to Women’s Aid (Lisburn) and Northern Ireland Children’s Holiday; and £1,000 each to Interchange (Craigavon), Strathfoyle Women’s Activity Group (Londonderry), Sion Mills Community Association, Centre Care, Women’s Aid (Omagh), Foyle Women’s Information Network (Londonderry) and North Down Volunteer Bureau (Bangor).

Exclusions  No grants for individuals, large capital expenditure or salaries, organisations solely for the welfare of physically or mentally disabled people, or drug or alcohol related projects. No grants for holidays outside the island of Ireland.

Applications  In writing to the correspondent, providing full details of the project, with copies of accounts showing simple details of income and expenditure, and a daytime telephone number. The trustees meet four or five times a year and receive many more applications than can be accepted.

Contact details and other information

c/o Voluntary Service Bureau
24 Shaftesbury Square
Belfast
BT2 7DB
Tel  020 9020 0850
Fax  020 9020 0860

Correspondent  The Secretary

Trustees  Judge Hubert Dunn, Chair; Mrs G Darling; Mrs J Herdman; Mrs D Lindsay; Mrs M Mackie; Mrs A Mckenzie-Hill; Sven Tester; Anthony Watson; Mrs G Moriarty; Mrs C Nelson; J S Barber; Viscount Gough.

Information available  Information was provided by the trust.