Funding opportunity

The Garfield Weston Foundation Grant Programme

Description

The Garfield Weston Foundation Grant Programme aims to assist registered charitable organisations based in the UK in actively promoting activities in the fields of religion, education, environment, the arts, health (including research) and in all other areas which will result in significant gain for local communities nationwide.

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Key Criteria

Applications are invited from UK registered charities or organisations with exempt status, such as Churches, educational establishments, hospitals and housing corporations.

To be eligible for funding, groups must:

• Demonstrate the financial viability of their organisation.
• Indicate the level of need for the project requiring funding.
• Show how the aims of the project meet the aims of the Trustees providing grants.
• Provide evidence, where possible, of the organisation's ability to reach set targets and goals.

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Eligible Expenditure

Eligible costs associated with the project.

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Restrictions

The Foundation will not support the following:

• Groups and organisations that are not UK registered charities.
• Organisations based outside of the UK.
• Applications from individuals and for individual research.
• Animal welfare charities.

Charities are asked not to re-apply for funding within a 12 month period of an application to the Foundation, whether they received a grant or not.

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Payment Procedure

Grants are usually made in a single payment.

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Application Procedure

There are no deadlines for submissions. An application form must be completed and submitted, including the following information:

• Charity registration number.
• A copy of the most recent report and audited accounts.
• A description outlining the charity's activities.
• Details of the project requiring funding.
• Details of who will benefit as result of the project.
• A financial plan.
• Evidence of current sources of funding and further proposed additional sources of funding.

Further details may be required after initial screening by the Foundation, in addition to a visit from a Foundation representative in certain cases.

Applications are usually reviewed within three months and applicants, successful or otherwise, are notified in writing.

Contact the Garfield Weston Foundation for further information.

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Addresses and contacts

For further information on how to obtain this funding opportunity locally, please contact the following:

Contact details:

The Administrator Garfield Weston Foundation
Weston Centre
10 Grosvenor Street
London
W1K 4QY

Telephone:

020 7399 6565

Application form is here