The new Code of Fundraising Practice will come into effect on 1 October 2019. The code helps all those involved in fundraising and donors to have a shared understanding on what is good practice and what is expected by fundraisers. The code is now helpfully in three different sections and attention has also been paid […]
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Cumber Family Trust
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 […]
Comic Relief Community Fund (England)
The Comic Relief Community Fund (England) is offering grants to grassroots community organisations with an income of less than £250,000 There are two types of grants available to organisations whose work delivers on one of Comic Relief’s four strategic themes: Children Survive & Thrive: projects that support children under the age of 5 to reach […]
The Thomas Howell’s Education Fund for North Wales
The object of The Thomas Howell’s Education Fund for North Wales is to promote the education of young people under the age of 25 who are resident in or undergoing education in North Wales which is defined as the six Districts of Anglesey, Gwynedd, Conwy, Denbighshire, Flintshire and Wrexham. The Charity supports a broad […]
C B and H H Taylor 1984 Trust
Christopher and Hannah Taylor established their charitable trust in 1964 when Christopher retired from Cadbury Schweppes, to enable them to support causes in which they were interested. A substantial proportion of the grants awarded by The Trust are given for the work and concerns of the Religious Society of Friends. Projects with a defined link […]
Euro Charity Trust
ECT’s vision is to assist the underprivileged to improve their lives, in turn, can assist their families and communities and live a healthy and dignified way of life They help underprivileged people and communities to secure education, health and a sustainable livelihood. The focus of the organisation has been on projects with partner organisation in India. […]
The Childwick Trust
The Trust has a strong emphasis on helping charities which offer care and support for people who are terminally ill, or have a serious illness, the elderly, adults and children who have mental health problems or a learning disability. They give help to both children and adults with physical disabilities and offer funding towards specialist […]
Blakemore Foundation
The Blakemore Foundation is a charitable trust established by the Blakemore family to support good causes across A.F. Blakemore’s trading area. This includes our SPAR trading area. They offer In kind, Monetary, match funding and Independent retail grants. Most are under £200 in value. The financial donations are given to good causes up to the value of […]
Wesleyan Foundation (Wales)
The Wesleyan Foundation, established in 2017, supports a number of good causes throughout the UK and in Wales. The Wesleyan Foundation seeks applications from projects that: Improve the health and wellbeing of the local community Promote education and lifelong learning Provide local solutions to meet local needs, promote community cohesion and develop sustainable and supportive […]
Do you want help to evidence need in your grant application?
A lack of evidence to support the need for a funding application is one of the most common reasons for an application being turned down. Applications needs a mixture of local evidence (surveys and consultations), personalised stories to provide the emotional impact of the work, and statistics and data from official sources to provide a […]