Deadline: 30-Nov-2021
Applications are now open for the Ann Rylands Programme in the United Kingdom to support charities’ core costs or to support a specific project.
Priorities
They nevertheless prioritise applications from charities which offer practical support for:
- Older people
- People with disabilities or living with serious illness, or
- People facing challenges with mental health, social exclusion, homelessness or other difficulties in their lives.
Funding Information
The maximum award amount was increased to £2,500 from June 2021.
Eligibility Criteria
- Applications are only accepted from charities registered and operating within the UK.
- While the funding criteria for the Ann Rylands programme are broad, they do not fund:
- Individuals, or community groups which are not registered charities
- Charities that have been registered in the UK for less than 2 years
- Charities whose annual income exceeds £5 million
- Organisations which work principally to support members of a particular faith community or whose charitable objects refer to a particular faith
- Village and community halls, uniformed groups (such as Scouts and Guides), carnivals and arts festivals, ammonising charities (i.e., those that give grants to others) and charities engaged in political activism
- Work outside the UK
- Charities which have free reserves equivalent to 12 months or more of annual expenditure
- Charities which have received funding from the Trust within the previous 12 months.
- Community Interest Companies.
For more information, visit https://julesthorntrust.org.uk/programmes/ann-rylands-small-donations/
