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Please read all the FAQs carefully before applying for a grant
- What do you make grants for?
- What size grants do you make?
- What length of grant do you consider?
- Do you have an application form?
- What are the deadlines for applications for a grant?
- What do you mean by local, national, and international when you talk of funding?
- I read in a Directory that you are not restricted in the grants you make. Is this true?
- Do you sponsor individuals or groups to raise money for charity or local groups?
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1. What do you make grants for?
Most of our grants provide project funding. We may also fund development, research and core costs. We don't make capital grants for buildings or refurbishment. Please visit 'Who we usually fund' for more details.
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2. What size grants do you make?
The average size of a Trust grant is about £25,000 over a twelve month period. We also make small grants of up to £3,000. Our Trustees believe that their resources should be targeted on modest projects that have the capacity to generate considerable leverage for the users involved.
Grants for policy or research organisations can be much larger, although we normally approach organisations directly to carry out this research. -
3. What length of grant do you consider?
It depends on the project but our grants usually run from between 1-3 years.
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4. Do you have an application form?
No, we do not have a standard form. If you meet all the criteria as outlined in this website, and qualify as an organisation, then you are invited to register an expression of interest. This should consist of two or three pages describing the following:
- Background
- What you propose to do
- What you aim to achieve
- Why there is need for this work
- Who you work with
- What makes your organisation eligible
- Which programme priority you aim to meet
- What the dissemination potential of the project is
- How you will measure success
- Financial information
- What size grant you are looking for
- The length of the project
For further information, please read 'How to apply for a grant'.
We reserve the right not to respond to registrations of interest that do not meet our criteria for funding. -
5. What are the deadlines for applications for a grant?
We do not have deadlines, Trustees usually meet three times a year to consider applications. The first step is an expression of interest. Not every registration of interest develops into an application. All expressions of interest are assessed first by the Trust's staff to ensure they meet our funding criteria.
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6. What do you mean by local, national, and international when you talk of funding?
By local we mean grassroots organisations in the West Midlands area only. We will consider grassroot schemes based in other parts of the country, but only if it can add value to our overall programme and contains a significant element towards influencing national policy.
By national we mean England-based organisations which are intended to influence policy at government level.
By international we mean groups based outside the United Kingdom. We have worked with groups from many different countries in Europe and occasionally further afield. The Trust tends to use an outreach approach to seek international groups. -
7. I read in a Directory that you are not restricted in the grants you make. Is this true?
Our Trust Deed does not restrict us in the grants we make. However, to focus our resources, we set specific criteria for grant making and can change these as appropriate at any time.
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8. Do you sponsor individuals or groups to raise money for charity or local groups?
No.
