Deadline: 31-Aug-21
Applications are now open for the Toy Trust’s Grant Program to raise money predominantly from the toy industry, its suppliers and friends; and distribute the money raised to charities helping disadvantaged and disabled children within the UK and abroad.
During 2021, they welcome applications from small UK children’s charities – working for the benefit of children across the UK. As part of your application you will be asked which area of the UK you work.
Main Functions of the Toy Trust:
- Fundraising: Co-ordinates and organises various fundraising activities
- Donations: Makes donations only to charities for children
- Emergency Aid: Provides emergency aid in any crisis involving children
Toy Trust funds help disadvantaged children and their families to:
- Alleviate suffering
- Support children through awful experiences
- Encourage achievement through adversity
- Purchase vital equipment
- Provide care
- Bolster existing initiatives
- Initiate brand new projects
- Satisfy basic needs
Funding Information
- Be in support of disadvantaged children aged below 13 years
Eligibility Criteria
All Applications should:
- Be supported by a registered Charity number
- Have supporting up to date financial accounts
- Be in support of children and projects regardless of faith, sex or disability
- Come from a charity that has been running for a minimum of one full year
- Be for less than £5000 unless a compelling case can be put forward
- Show real benefit for relieving hardship and suffering to beneficiaries
- Not be for individual cases without compelling reasons
- Be for equipment and services but generally NOT for salaries, wages and research
- Demonstrate effective fund raising effectiveness by the applicant
- Not be for books or publishing unless for compelling reasons
- The applicants accounts must show a ratio of administration & overhead costs (including wages & salaries) to income of less than 30%
- The applicants accounts must have unrestricted net assets of not more than £200,000 or of less than one year’s income
- Should the applicant not provide a set of accounts by the time the applications are submitted to the committee for approval that application will be declined.
- Applications are accepted from organisations based in the UK and Ireland but applications will also be considered from organisations around the world that have a UK based office.
- Successful applicants cannot reapply for funding for 2 years. This in turn will allow the Toy Trust to distribute funds fairly given the large volume of applications they receive.
For more information, visit https://www.toytrust.co.uk/apply/