The Charity supports a wide range of charitable projects with an emphasis on social reform and tackling the root causes of social inequity. It has three programmes:
- Yorkshire: Trustees give priority to applicants working in the Yorkshire region. Your organisation need not be based in the region but the project itself must directly benefit the Yorkshire community. They fund national charitable organisations ONLY if the project is specifically working in the Yorkshire region, with clear evidence of local control and access to the grant.
- Southern Africa, particularly Zimbabwe
- Projects that have applied to the Andrew Wainwright Reform Trust because they meet the AWRT's broad objectives to work for a just and democratic society and to redress political and social injustices, but have not been able to proceed with an application to that Trust because they are eligible for charitable funding.
In all three programmes, they seek innovative, hard-to-fund work directed at root causes in the field of social reform. They will contribute to core costs.
Your organisation does not have to be a charity to apply, but its work must satisfy the Charity Commission's definition of charitable purposes and public benefit.
The trustees meet three times a year - in March, July and November. Stage 1 registration forms must be submitted by 14 January, 14 May or 14 September respectively.