Deadline: 19-Sep-25
The Charles Hayward Foundation is accepting applications for Social and Criminal Justice Grant Program which help to 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.
Eligible Projects
- 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.
Ineligible Projects
- 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.
- Please note they are unlikely to make a grant to large charities which have endowments, make grants themselves, hold large reserves and/or have substantial contractual arrangements with the government.
Ineligibility Criteria
- They do not fund Community Interest Companies (CICs), social enterprises, Non-Profit organisations, or individuals.
- Individual categories have their own additional exclusions, but generally they do not fund the following:
- Endowments
- General appeals
- Unrestricted grants
- Grant-making charities
- Academic Institutions
- Individuals
- Loans and deficits
- Retrospectively (i.e. costs already incurred prior to receiving a decision from the Foundation)
For more information, visit Charles Hayward Foundation.