Deadline: 11-Feb-21
The Ernest Kleinwort Charitable Trust (EKCT) is seeking applications for its Medium Grant Program with an aim to ‘make a difference’.
Grants will be considered for start-up costs, core costs, or for a specific project for which applicants have requested support. This could include a contribution towards a building/refurbishment project, purchase of specialist equipment or other similar capital expenditure, or assistance with running costs.
Focus Areas
Principal support is given to charities working in the following areas:
- Charitable work in the County of Sussex.
- Wildlife & Environmental Conservation (UK and International).
- Reproductive Health (International) – applications within this category will only be considered for family planning projects delivering in Africa and Asia, and in areas where there is a clear and intended impact on the environment.
Programme Areas
The trustees use the following programme areas to classify their grants:
- Care of the Elderly;
- Disability;
- General Welfare;
- Hospices;
- Reproductive Health (International);
- Wildlife & Environmental Conservation (UK and International);
- Youth.
Funding Information
- Funding of £3,001-£10,000.
- Trustees aim to consider applications and notify applicants within 8 – 12 weeks of receipt of an application form.
Funding Ineligibility
Normally not considered for funding:
- Large national charities having substantial fund-raising potential, income from legacies and or endowment income.
- Organizations not registered as charities in the UK or those that have been registered for less than a year.
- Pre-school groups.
- Out of school play schemes including pre-school and holiday schemes.
- Charities not funded by any other charity.
- Very small and narrowly specialized activities.
- Local authorities.
- Individuals or charities applying on behalf of individuals.
- General requests for donations.
- Expeditions or overseas travel.
- ‘Campaigning’ organisations.
- Charities whose main aim is to raise funds for other charities with
substantial cash reserves. - Animal rescue or animal welfare organisations.
- International food security projects.
- Given the Trust’s strong links with the county of Sussex, Trustees do not usually support proposals received from other regional Wildlife Trusts.
- Churches and places of worship outside of Cuckfield and Haywards Heath – please note; even within Cuckfield and Haywards Heath, grant opportunities for these purposes are extremely limited.
- Charities with multiple branch offices in Sussex are requested to telephone or email for advice before making an application.
Notes
- Trustees are unlikely to support applications for funding for periods longer than 12 months. In very exceptional circumstances they may consider funding for up to a period of three years, at which point they will review whether support should be withdrawn to enable resources to be devoted to other projects.
- Trustees are very unlikely to consider more than one application per year by any applicant.
Eligibility Criteria
- The trustees will consider all applications that fall within the trust’s area of activity from charities that are registered in the UK.
For more information, visit https://ekct.org.uk/grants/