Deadline: 23-May-25
The Charles Hayward Foundation is accepting applications for its Social & Criminal Justice Grant to help prevent people entering the criminal justice system, and which support those in contact with the system to rebuild their lives.
Priorities
- The trustees look for projects which:
- Address multiple and complex needs with a range of appropriate interventions.
- Are tailored to individual needs and local situations involving families and communities; these can be designed and delivered in partnership.
- Are of appropriate duration and intensity, have a clear rationale, and are properly monitored and evaluated.
- Have a plan for the future, including an ‘exit strategy’.
Funding Information
- The trustees will fund projects over one to three years, with grants of £15,000 – £25,000 per annum.
What they fund?
- They only fund projects in the following sub-categories:
- Targeted early intervention programmes aimed at reaching the most troubled and vulnerable families in a community.
- Tailored preventative and diversionary projects for young people at risk of offending, including interventions identifying and addressing the particular needs of girls and young women.
- Programmes combining prison-based and community interventions dealing with the rehabilitation of offenders, accommodation and support on release, maintaining family relationships, mentoring, and creating pathways to employment.
- Schemes offering viable alternatives to custody, in particular for women and young people.
- Programmes of support that alleviate the consequences of domestic abuse.
What they do not fund?
- In the Social & Criminal Justice category, they do not fund:
Eligibility Criteria
- UK registered charities that have an annual income between £350,000 and £4,000,000.
Ineligibility Criteria
- Individuals
- General appeals
- Endowments
- Loans and deficits
- Grant-making charities
- Retrospectively (i.e. costs already incurred prior
- to receiving a grant offer from the Foundation)
- Unrestricted grants
For more information, visit Charles Hayward Foundation.