Deadline: 14-Jan-22
Applications are now open for the Andrew Wainwright Reform Trust.
The objectives of the Trust are framed in general terms to work for a just and democratic society and to redress political and social injustices. It is a wide-ranging remit for reform, but the Trust will prioritize organizations that are ineligible for charitable funding because they are considered too political or radical to come within the Charity Commission’s guidelines. The Trust’s approach is similar to that of the Joseph Rowntree Reform Trust with which it maintains informal links.
The Andrew Wainwright Reform Trust Ltd takes its name from Andrew Wainwright, a lifelong campaigner for radical reform who taught at Hlekweni rural training centre in Zimbabwe in 1970, a time when the movement for freedom and democracy was gathering strength. A small book of his diaries and letters from Hlekweni is available. He later campaigned for the freedom movements in South Africa, Mozambique and Guinea Bissau and other causes seeking improvements for those at disadvantage closer to home.
Funding Information
- The Trust administers investments producing a grant budget that currently varies between about £90,000 and £110,000 a year
- The majority of recent grants have ranged between £1,500 and £10,000. The Trust does occasionally make awards of larger amounts, but is constrained by the impact this has on its limited overall funds given the high numbers of applications received.
- For this reason the Trust is also unlikely to support organizations with an annual income/expenditure that exceeds £250,000 approximately.
What the Trust does not fund?
The Trust does not fund:
- applications from registered charities
- activities that could be funded from charitable sources:
- their decisions are informed by Charity Commission guidance on the descriptions of charitable purposes and permissible campaigning and political activities by charities
- applications that meet all the Trust requirements, except that they are eligible for charitable funding, should therefore be sent to the Scurrah Wainwright Charity.
- campaigns outside the UK
- general appeals
- activities that seek to promote a particular political party or parties, or to influence the outcome of an election
For more information, visit http://www.wainwrighttrusts.org.uk/awrt4.html