Objectives

A charity has to have ‘objects’ and our constitution states that when we make a grant, it must (in normal circumstances) be for one of the following causes:

  • The relief of poverty
  • The advancement of education
  • The saving of lives
  • The advancement of community development
  • The advancement of the arts and culture
  • The advancement of amateur sport
  • The advancement of environmental protection and improvement.

So for example:

  • a group wishing to provide Christmas dinner for local homeless people could apply to us for a grant to buy the food
  • an amateur sports club could apply to us for a grant to provide equipment to enable local people to become fit and improve their health and wellbeing
  • a support group could apply for a grant to pay for a coach to take a group of disabled people out for a day.

Equally, there are certain projects which we are unable to consider:

  • we do not make grants to projects that are completed by the time of our decision
  • we do not make grants to projects that support groups or individuals outside our local area.