Deadline: 18 June 2020
The D’Oyly Carte Charitable Trust is seeking applications to fund United Kingdom Registered Charities operating in the UK in the fields of the advancement of the arts, health and medical welfare and environmental protection or improvement.
Funding Information
At present, the Trust makes grants which are usually in the range £500 – £5,000 and there are three grant making meetings held annually which usually take place in March, July and November.
The Trustees seldom join in major fundraising campaigns or capital projects, preferring to direct their donations to those charities where their contribution will make a major difference.
Priorities
The Arts
- Promotion of access, education and excellence in the arts for young people to increase their opportunities to become involved outside school and to build future audiences with special emphasis on choral singing for children and young people to encourage recruitment into choirs.
- Access to the arts for the elderly and people who have least access to them.
- Performance development opportunities in the performing arts for those in the early stages of their careers, encouraging involvement in the community through performances and workshops for the benefit of those with special needs and those who would otherwise have no opportunity to hear or participate in a live performance.
- Support for charities seeking to engage with young people on the fringes of society through music and drama projects to improve their employability and diminish the risk of social exclusion.
Medical Welfare
- Provision of music and art therapy to improve quality of life, and in palliative care and in hospices, especially hospices operating in low income and/or remote parts of the UK.
- Support for charities concerned with alleviating the suffering of adults and children with medical conditions who have difficulty finding support through traditional sources.
- The welfare of those who care for others through the provision of breaks for carers without regular support – and with emphasis on projects and schemes that allow young carers to enjoy being children.
- Support for charities seeking to engage with young people on the fringes of society to improve their employability and diminish the risk of social exclusion.
The Environment
- Conservation of the countryside and its woodlands, with emphasis on the encouragement of voluntary work and active involvement in hands-on activities, particularly activities that bring about positive changes in the lives of young people.
- Protection of species within the UK and their habitats under threat or in decline.
- Heritage conservation within the UK based on value to, and use by the local community – the Trust favours projects that seek to create a new use for fine buildings of architectural and historic merit to encourage the widest possible cross-section of use. (The Trust does not normally support major restorations but may support a specific element if identified as appropriate to the aims of the Trust).
- Rural crafts and skills in heritage conservation, with emphasis on increasingly rare skills that would otherwise be lost.
- Social and therapeutic horticulture: projects that use gardening or other environmental activities to bring about positive changes in the lives of those who are living with disabilities or ill health.
Restrictions
The Trust is unlikely to support/respond to applications relating to the following:
- Advocacy;
- Animal welfare;
- Campaigning or lobbying;
- Capital projects (unless a specific element falls within the Trust’s remit);
- Community transport organisations or services;
- Conferences and Seminars;
- Counselling and psychotherapy services;
- Drug abuse or alcoholism rehabilitation;
- Educational projects linked to the National Curriculum;
- Endowments;
- Exhibitions;
- Expeditions and overseas travel;
- Festivals (other than those dedicated to the arts);
- Friend/Parent Teacher Associations;
- General and round-robin appeals;
- Individuals;
- Large national charities;
- Medical Research;
- NHS hospitals for operational and building costs;
- Organisations that are not Registered Charities (or accepted as Exempt Charities);
- Projects taking place or benefiting people outside the UK;
- Recordings and commissioning of new works;
- Religious causes and activities;
- Routine maintenance of religious or historic buildings;
- Replacement or subsidy of statutory funding or for work consider should be funded by Government;
- Sport;
- Umbrella organisations;
- Universities, Colleges and Schools (other than those dedicated to the arts);
- Schools, Nurseries and Playgroups (other than those for special needs children);
- Works to enable compliance with the Disability Discrimination Act 2010.
Eligibility Criteria
Applicants must be UK Registered Charities, operating in the UK for the benefit of UK residents, and the organisation’s annual returns to the Charity Commission, the Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator or the Charity Commission for Northern Ireland must be up-to-date.
How to Apply
You must attach:
- Your most recent accounts;
- A detailed budget for your project;
- A cover letter on the charity’s letterhead which should include clear details of the need the application is intended to meet and how work supported will continue after the Trust’s grant is completed with plans for monitoring and evaluation;
- Additional material you feel will support your application (please do not attach films, these will not be viewed and may result in your application being rejected).
Applications should be made through the Trust’s website.
For more information, visit http://www.doylycartecharitabletrust.org/how-to-apply/?LMCL=SzacpE
