The Provident Social Impact Fund (Wales) aims to support social inclusion. The key aim of the fund is to support projects and activities that are addressing need identified through consultation and/or engagement with potential beneficiaries and have a clear focus on the positive results they plan to achieve. Projects need to be inclusive of people […]

The Community Facilities Programme is a capital grant scheme operated by the Welsh Government. Grants are available at two levels; small grants of under £25,000 and larger grants of up to £250,000. Grants can be used to improve community facilities which are useful to, and well used by, people in the community. The Programme is […]

The Chartered Institute of Fundraising Cymru on behalf of WCVA who are interested in the landscape of fundraising for medium/small third sector organisations in Wales. There is currently limited information about which income streams charities and voluntary organisations are accessing in Wales. They want to get an up to date representative picture of the types […]

The principal objectives of the Trust are: The provision of relief for those suffering hardship or distress ; The provision of relief in connection with chidren’s welfare and The advancement of education about the advancement of health. About 1/4 was for international work and a similar amount to their local area – east Midlands Grants […]

Writing the actual application is only the final stage in the grant application process, to give yourselves the best chance of success invest time in the planning and development to ensure you have a clear and concise project that has good achievable outcomes that you can measure your success against.  Also remember to think about […]

The Trust has not produced a mission statement. However, analysis of grants made indicates that it has a record of supporting initiatives taken by Methodist churches and organisations, by those active in the creative arts and by bodies active in selected areas of international concern. As far as geographical distribution is concerned, the Trust has […]

The Trust was founded in 1985 by a Berkshire farming family and the current Trustees are all still family members. Their interests continue to be centred on farming and the countryside and they support agricultural and conservation work both locally and in the Third World. Projects local to Oxfordshire and Berkshire, meeting local needs, whether […]

For years I’ve kept a list of funders who come up regularly in funding searches and are the ones I apply to most often. Ive decided to put the table of them online for others to access.  There are about 200 funders on the list. Now Funding Central has gone,  and there are costs to […]

Grants are made at the discretion of the Trustees. They tend to make a lot of smaller grants around £500 – £2000. Around 70% of grants are for the relief of hardship, the remainder 10% education, 10% religion and 10% general purpose. last year they awarded £500,000 in grants They have also funded international projects […]

Fund projects that develop, expand and replicate a tried and tested approach, but also are also interested in supporting creative solutions to problems which seem to be entrenched and elude resolution. They value projects that are preventative and provide early intervention and favour projects that respond to a well researched and clear need, provide intervention […]