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How to apply

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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.