Small, medium and large grants are available to registered charities in England, Wales, the Isle of Man and the Republic of Ireland for projects that help people out of poverty and enable them to live as independently as possible.
Albert Gubay (9 April 1928 – 5 January 2016), was a Welsh businessman and philanthropist, who made his fortune with the Kwik Save retail chain. On his death in 2016, Gubay had an estimated fortune of approximately £500 million, making him one of the richest people in the United Kingdom.
Following a pause on receiving applications for grant support, the Albert Gubay Charitable Foundation has reopened to applications from registered charities in England, Wales, the Isle of Man and the Republic of Ireland for projects in the areas of:
- Victims of modern slavery: to provide facilities for and support to victims on their journey back to independent living, better mental health and employment.
- Victims of domestic abuse: to provide emergency safety and to support victims through associated poverty and mental health issues.
- Ex-offenders and their families: to support the ex-offenders back to work and contributing positively to society and to support their families whose lives can be severely impacted.
- Homelessness: to provide facilities for and support people, especially young people, on their journey back to independent living, better mental health and employment.
- Medical research: to support research that could lead to preventing or slowing the onset of a condition or to lessen the symptoms.
- Support for people with terminal illnesses/life limiting conditions and their carers: to provide hospice care to support individuals and give respite to their carers to assist them with their mental health and other ambitions.
- Drug and substance misuse: to support rehabilitation and the journey back to independent living and work.
- Support for people with intellectual disability: to provide support with personal care, job skills and supported living.
- Care leavers: to give them a chance to succeed on a par with other young people.
- Worship and associated community outreach: to ensure places of worship are energy efficient and watertight with an emphasis on wider community use of church halls or Church buildings where those buildings are redundant or too large and where the parish has a focus on non-conditional outward facing work.
- Amateur sport: to improve physical and mental health with a focus on sport provision for people with disabilities.
- Care for the elderly: to allow quality care for those who cannot afford private care or continue living at home.
The Foundation also aims to support medical research supported by registered charities that are also Association of Medical Research Charity members that could lead to preventing or slowing the onset of a condition or to lessen its symptoms.
The other main aim of the Foundation, which constitutes about 50% of the funding it allocates, is to support the Roman Catholic Church, particularly in areas where the Church and its associated registered charities have a focus on non-conditional outward facing work, often where there is an overlap with some of the Foundation’s other aims.
Further information, including a number of case studies, guidance on applying and an Eligibility Test, which must be completed before making an application, is available on the Foundation’s website.