Deadline: 9-Sep-20
The Woodroffe Benton Foundation is seeking applications from charities operating in the United Kingdom for its 2020 Grant Program.
Focus Areas
The Foundation provides grants to officially recognized charitable organizations within the United Kingdom only in respect of:
- Relief of persons in need, hardship, or distress by reason of disaster or as a consequence of social or economic circumstance.
- Provision/Maintenance of care and accommodation for the sick and elderly.
- Promotion of education – in particular within the Derbyshire region.
- Environmental Conservation/Preservation/Protection/Improvement – in particular where this would encourage the provision of access by members of the general public.
- Human physical well-being – but applicants should note that funding in this area is proactive and the trustees will not make grants in response to unsolicited applications
Funding Information
- Applicants to Small Grants program can receive one-off grants in the range of £500 to £2,500.
Within these categories, the trustees do not usually make grants does:
- Organizations without a Charity Commission registration.
- Organizations that have been operating for less than 24 months and therefore do not have at least one full set of Accounts.
- Organizations that operate primarily outside the UK or for the benefit of non-UK residents.
- Places of worship seeking funds for restoration or upgrade of facilities.
- Museums, historical or heritage organizations.
- Funding for palliative care.
- Animal welfare organizations whose primary purpose is not conservation of the environment except for those that help the survival of wild species in the UK.
- Students requesting a grant for tertiary education or a gap year.
- Educational organizations based outside the Derbyshire region – although the trustees may choose to do so.
- Bodies affiliated to or a local “branch” of a national organization, unless they have a separate charitable number and receive no financial support from the national charity. Applicants will be asked to make a declaration confirming this when they complete an online application form.
Eligibility Criteria
- Charitable organizations based in the UK that are registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales, the Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator or the Charity Commission for Northern Ireland are eligible to apply for a grant.
- Any educational institution is also eligible to apply for a grant whether or not it is a registered charity.
- The Trustees will generally only fund organizations that have at least one full set of Accounts following charity registration. The Trustees prefer to support smaller charities since modest donations are capable of providing potentially greater benefits in such cases. Consequently, it is unlikely that organizations with an annual income in excess of £1 million will be provided with a grant under the small grants program. As stated above, the trustees will only support bodies affiliated to a national organization provided it has a separate charity number and receives no direct financial support.
- The trustees do not make grants to charities outside the UK.
For more information, visit https://www.woodroffebenton.org.uk/