Grant–Making Process

The Trust does not accept unsolicited applications for funding, but instead actively seeks appropriate organisations to support, based on the Trust objectives on the Home page.  The Trust uses the following criteria to assess funding grants:

• Is the potential recipient well-managed, with tight financial controls and reporting? Depending on the amount requested, managed and audited accounts will need to be supplied by the applicant.

• Grant recipients must demonstrate that less than 20% of incoming funding is expended on internal operations, i.e. more than 80% must reach disadvantaged children or young people.

• Potential recipients must demonstrate that they can measure the impact of their operations against agreed goals.

• Recipients of grants from the Trust will be required to provide regular reports and feedback on their activities.

The Trustees may wish to visit the charities that are being considered for funding.  The Trustees may also require that funds are reserved for specific objectives.