HILDEN CHARITABLE FUND

The Hilden Charitable Fund’s priority is to address disadvantage by supporting causes which are unlikely to raise funds from public subscriptions.

Both the UK and overseas fund policy is directed largely at supporting work at grassroots community level.

Each year the Fund also sets aside a small budget to help community groups run summer play schemes for the benefit of disadvantaged children. Details of this scheme is provided in today’s right hand column.

Funding is available to UK charities working in the UK or in the developing world or charities that are based and working overseas. Applications will also be considered from Community Interest Companies that are able to evidence a charitable purposes.

Grants are available for projects in the UK that are working in the following areas:

o Homelessness;
o Penal affairs;
o Asylum seekers and refugees; and
o Community based initiatives for disadvantaged young people aged 16 to 25 years.

Grants are available for projects in developing countries that are concerned with the following:

o Community development;
o Education; and
o Health.

The Fund particularly welcomes projects that address the needs and potential of girls and women.

The average grant is £5,000 and can be for more than one year.

During the year ending 5 April 2017 Hilden awarded 105 grants totalling £477,013.

Details of awards made during the year can be found on pages 4 and 5 of the Fund's annual accounts.

Grants can be used for both project and general running costs.

PLEASE NOTE that this a hugely competitive grant programme in which just 11% of all applications are successful.

There is a requirement for match funding and applicants are requested to show what other sources of funding have been sought and secured. 

Applicants that are registered and operating in the UK must:

o Have a project that meets the Foundation's priority areas;
o Have an income of less than £500,000 in the last financial year;
o Be formally constituted, have a bank account and a committee;
o Be able to demonstrate UK charitable purposes;
o Have adequate insurance for their service users, volunteers and employees; and
o Have less than 12 months cash reserves.

To be eligible for overseas funding, UK charities that are working in an overseas country must:

o Have a project that meets the Foundation's priority areas;
o Have a history of working overseas for at least 5 years;
o Have an income of over £100,000 in their last two financial years, but not more than £500,000;
o If they are working with partners overseas be able to show that their partners have been in existence for at least 3 years and have an income of over £10,000;
o Be formally constituted with a bank acoount and committee;
o Demonstrate charitable purposes; and
o Be able to show that their overseas partner had an income of less than £50,000 in the last financial year.

Charities that are based overseas must have:

o A history of working for at least 5 years; and
o An income of over £25,000 in their last two financial years, but no more than £100,000.

Grants are not awarded to:

o Individuals; and
o Well-funded national charities.

Funding is directed largely at supporting work at a grassroots community level.

Applications may be made at any time.

An application form is available on the Hilden Charitable Fund website (you'll need to scroll down the page to the relevant link). but must then be printed out and sent as a hard copy by post to the Fund.

Contact details for the Fund are:

Mr. R. Hedley
The Hilden Charitable Fund
34 North End Road
London
W14 OSH
Tel: 0207 603 1525
Email: hildencharity@hotmail.com

(Source: GRIN)