Guidelines for Applicants
[ Step 3 ] Exclusions
The Foundation will not generally fund work relating to the following beneficiaries or activities. This may be because other sources of funding are more readily available than for the work which the Foundation makes a priority; or it may be work where small grants are unlikely to make a significant impact; or it may be beyond the Foundation's resources to make grants in these areas.
- academic research
- addiction, alcohol or drug abuse
- animal welfare or animal rights
- arts or cultural or language projects or festivals
- children and young people or families
- endowments or contributions to other grant-making bodies
- health and healthcare
- holidays or holiday playschemes, day trips or outings
- housing
- hospices and medical research
- individuals
- museums or galleries
- overseas travel
- particular medical conditions or disorders
- physical or learning disabilities
- private and/or mainstream education
- promotion of sectarian religion
- publications
- property purchase, building or refurbishment
- refugee community groups working with single nationalities
- restoration or conservation of historic buildings or sites
- sports and recreation
- therapy e.g. counselling
- vehicle purchase
- work the trustees believe is rightly the responsibility of the state
- work outside the UK
- work which will already have taken place before a grant is agreed
- work by local organisations with an income of more than £100,000 per annum
- or those working over a wider area with an income of more than £250,000.
Conflicts of Interest
The Foundation will not normally make grants to organisations which receive funding (directly or indirectly) from commercial sources where conflicts of interest for the organisation and its work are likely to arise.
Step 1
(we fund eight specific beneficiary groups)
Step 2
(checklist of eligibility)
Step 3
Step 4