The Wakeham Trust provides funding for UK-based projects that are small scale and are finding it hard to get funding from large grant-making trusts, or are currently unfashionable or unpopular amongst mainstream funders, but are making a real contribution to the local community. The Trust likes to support projects that encourage the empowerment of ordinary non-professional people.
Small registered UK-based registered charities may apply for a grant award, which is usually between £125 and £2,500. A match funding contribution is welcomed.
Organisations that are not registered charities are encouraged to make an application through a registered charity in their area that can then pass the money directly on to their project.
The Trust will consider the following when selecting which applicants to support:
o Is it something new for this particular area? It doesn't matter if the idea is tried and tested in other parts of the country, if it is new for a particular community it may be of interest to the Trust. Support is also sometimes available to help established institutions that are under threat;
o Is it small? Grants are normally given to projects where an initial £125 to £2,500 can make a real difference. Generally the Trust will look at what it is costing per-head to reach the people the project is helping;
o Will it find it hard to get support elsewhere? The Trust tries to help those projects that are too new and experimental to get support through established fundraising channels, or which (if established) are under threat due to changes in national or local policy;
o Does it have the potential to become self-supporting? The Trust likes to see information that shows how the project will support itself in future years or (if it is a short-life project) over the course of its life; and
o Is it outward looking, rather than being focused on its own members? The Trust is especially interested in supporting groups who are usually considered recipients of voluntary action (for example old age pensioners, refugees or young offenders) when these people become involved in helping other groups in the community as this empower the volunteers themselves, as well as supporting the project they are working on.
o Is it small? Grants are normally given to projects where an initial £125 to £2,500 can make a real difference. Generally the Trust will look at what it is costing per-head to reach the people the project is helping;
o Will it find it hard to get support elsewhere? The Trust tries to help those projects that are too new and experimental to get support through established fundraising channels, or which (if established) are under threat due to changes in national or local policy;
o Does it have the potential to become self-supporting? The Trust likes to see information that shows how the project will support itself in future years or (if it is a short-life project) over the course of its life; and
o Is it outward looking, rather than being focused on its own members? The Trust is especially interested in supporting groups who are usually considered recipients of voluntary action (for example old age pensioners, refugees or young offenders) when these people become involved in helping other groups in the community as this empower the volunteers themselves, as well as supporting the project they are working on.
Previous awards have included:
o A patchwork quilting group for vulnerable adults and OAPs in Swindon;
o £225 to help surfing for disadvantaged young people in Newquay;
o Money management courses for young people in deprived areas by the Churches in Weymouth and Portland; and
o A project to help teach English to refugees and immigrants who want to work in the social care sector, in Chard in Somerset.
o £225 to help surfing for disadvantaged young people in Newquay;
o Money management courses for young people in deprived areas by the Churches in Weymouth and Portland; and
o A project to help teach English to refugees and immigrants who want to work in the social care sector, in Chard in Somerset.
The following are not eligible for grant support from the Trust:
o Contributions to large appeals, such as for buildings or minibuses;
o National appeals;
o Hard-science medical projects;
o Counselling, family-therapy and self-help projects;
o Arts/performance projects;
o Projects outside the UK, except when the Trust has personal knowledge of them; or
o Individuals, including to go on a gap-year community service project overseas.
o National appeals;
o Hard-science medical projects;
o Counselling, family-therapy and self-help projects;
o Arts/performance projects;
o Projects outside the UK, except when the Trust has personal knowledge of them; or
o Individuals, including to go on a gap-year community service project overseas.
Applications may be submitted at any time, ideally by email using the email address provided below.
To apply to the Trust, applicants are required to send the following information below in the order requested:
1. Contact name, address (including postcode), telephone number and email;
2. Name and address of the project the applicant is applying on behalf of, plus its telephone number and email;
3. Name and address of a UK charity which is willing to accept a grant on the applicants behalf, plus the name of a contact the Trust can talk to at that charity;
4. Details of the project. Who does it help? How big is it? Is it new, or already established?
5. How much money is being requested from the Trust?
6. What would the money be spent on? Applicants should give a rough breakdown and overall budget.
7. How else has the applicant tried to raise funds and how successful has this been? and
8. Has the applicant ever received a grant from the Trust before?
2. Name and address of the project the applicant is applying on behalf of, plus its telephone number and email;
3. Name and address of a UK charity which is willing to accept a grant on the applicants behalf, plus the name of a contact the Trust can talk to at that charity;
4. Details of the project. Who does it help? How big is it? Is it new, or already established?
5. How much money is being requested from the Trust?
6. What would the money be spent on? Applicants should give a rough breakdown and overall budget.
7. How else has the applicant tried to raise funds and how successful has this been? and
8. Has the applicant ever received a grant from the Trust before?
Further information about the Trust and how to apply is available on its website.
Contact details for the Trust are:
The Wakeham Trust
The Garden Office
Wakeham Farm
Rogate
Petersfield
Hants
GU31 5EJ
Email: TheWakehamTrust@icloud.com
(The Trust does not advertise a phone number.)
The Garden Office
Wakeham Farm
Rogate
Petersfield
Hants
GU31 5EJ
Email: TheWakehamTrust@icloud.com
(The Trust does not advertise a phone number.)
(Source: GRIN)
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