One-off grants for between £250 and £2,500 are available to UK registered charities whose work benefits mentally and physically disabled people of all ages in the UK.
The Douglas Arter Foundation is a South-West England, family-based grant-making charity. The Foundation’s current grant-making policy is to award one-off grants to registered charities within the UK whose activities are specifically for the benefit of the mentally and physically disabled of all ages.
The Foundation make grants where they are considered to be most effective, taking into account:
- The feasibility of projects concerned.
- Their financial situation.
- The funding already available.
- The numbers of people benefiting, as well as
- The applicant’s voluntary and self-help aspects.
The Foundation does not have a website. Further information is, however, available on the Charity Commission website.
Applications for grants must be made by letter setting out in brief concise detail the clear objectives of the appeal. Details of funding already available, including details of self-help and a timetable for the project, together with a copy of the latest audited accounts, need to be included with the application.
In the past it has been the practice of the trust to acknowledge all appeals, either by letter or email, prior to meetings and to write further to advise of the award of a grant or decline of an appeal. In future to cut down on costs appeals will not be acknowledged and only successful applicants will be informed after Trustee meetings.
The Trustees meet four times a year, in the first week of March, June, September and December, and cheques for grants awarded will be sent by the second weekend of those months.
Applications may be made in writing at any time. Enquiries by e-mail and telephone will not be considered.