Deadline: 6-Jul-23
The Weavers’ Company is accepting applications for the Charitable Grant Programme.
Types of Grants
- Small Grants Programme
- Main Grants Programme
Priory Funding Areas
- Supporting offenders into work
- Many offenders and ex-offenders suffer from a variety of difficult, complex problems and are amongst the most vulnerable members of society. Whilst they fund a variety of work that addresses the social and economic problems faced by this group, their current priority is to support those looking to build skills and capability to get into sustainable work.
- Helping specific groups within the criminal justice sector
- They recognise that certain sectors within the criminal justice sector are less popular with funders than others. They are committed to supporting charities working with such groups.
Secondary Funding Areas
- Supporting young people
- They are keen to support projects that work with young people from disadvantaged and socio-economically challenged groups, such as immigrants, to ensure they are given every possible chance to realise their full potential and to participate fully in society. They normally define young people as being aged up to 25 years.
Funding Information
- Funding levels
- Their Small Grants Programme has a cap of £5,000.
- Their Main Grants Programme is uncapped, but you are advised to research typical grant sizes previously made through their Charity Commission Annual Reports.
Work that they fund
- Pump-priming. They particularly welcome applications where their grant would support a project piloting new approaches and where that grant would form a major element of the funding or where it would be matched by other funders.
- Project funding. They prefer to support projects where their grant would be used for an identified purpose.
- Associated costs. If you are applying for project funding, you should make sure you have included the cost of any overheads associated with the work, such as office/secretarial support, so that the project is not under-funded. It is in your best interest to ensure that you have realistically assessed the cost of the project.
- Core costs. They will consider applications for core funding for new projects, including staff salaries, training and overheads that enable an organisation to develop and maintain expertise.
- Innovative or pioneering work. They like to encourage new ideas and to fund projects that could inspire similar work in other areas of the country.
- Continuation funding. Once a grant has been made you are welcome to make an additional application after the first anniversary of the grant.
- Emergency or deficit funding. In exceptional circumstances, they may provide emergency or deficit funding for an established organisation. Applicants most likely to be granted emergency funding are groups that they know or have previously supported.
Eligibility Criteria
- Applicants must show they have investigated other sources of funding and made plans for future funding.
- Size of organisation
- Whilst the size of organisation is not relevant when making an application, it may be easier for smaller organisations to demonstrate impact.
- Organisations they will fund
- UK registered charities and charitable incorporated organisations (CIOs). In exceptional circumstances they may support Community Interest Companies (CICs)
Work that is outside their guidelines?
- Universities or colleges
- Medical charities or those involved in medical care
- Organisations of and for disabled people, including autism, learning and physical disabilities
- Environmental projects
- Work in promotion of religious or political causes
- Sponsorship, marketing appeals and fundraising activities
- Endowment appeals
- Work that has been completed, or will be completed, while the application is being considered
- Capital projects to provide compliance with the DDA
- Grants to individuals or to causes that will benefit only one person, including student grants or bursaries
- Organisations working outside the UK, and overseas expedition or travel
- Work that should be covered by statutory funding
- Capital costs including building work and renovations
- Immigration legal fees or visa applications
For more information, visit Charitable Grant.
