Beneficial Areas

Summary

We set out below guidelines for the majority of our grants, which should be followed by those making unsolicited applications. From time to time the trustees invite selected charities to make applications which may not entirely fall within these guidelines. They may also invite selected charities to make applications for larger grants.

There are 4 main beneficial areas: Social Welfare, Arts, Conservation and the Environment. Most of the funding is given to Social Welfare. Please check under the headings below for details of types of projects funded in each category. We do not generally fund projects falling outside these areas.

We only fund organisations which are registered charities or of comparable constitution, and do not make grants to individuals.

Social welfare

Mental Health in a wide sense. This includes projects for:

mentally ill adults;
drug, alcohol and other addictions, and related problems;
support groups for people under stress, e.g. battered wives, victims of abuse, families in difficulties, etc;

Offenders, both in and out of prison, men and women, young offenders, sexual offenders.

Communities which are clearly disadvantaged and trying to improve their lot, particularly projects to do with helping young people in the long-term.

Homelessness, particularly projects which help prevent people becoming homeless or to resettle them.

Job Creation projects or ones aimed at making long-term constructive use of enforced leisure time, particularly those set up by unemployed people.

Ethnic Minorities involved in above areas, including refugees, particularly projects aimed at integration.

Arts

We fund a limited number of arts projects, and have an interest in those linked to our social welfare priorities described above.

Conservation

Conservation in the broadest sense, with an emphasis on ensuring that fine buildings, landscapes and collections remain or become available to the general public or scholars. Training in conservation skills. Not general building repair work.

Environment

Mainly gardens, historic landscape and wilderness.

Annual report

To get an idea of the sort of projects funded during the past few years, click here for the 2006 Annual Report & Accounts.

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