Small grants for charitable organisations in Wootton-under-Edge, Gloucestershire and the South West for projects that advance the Christian faith.
The object of this charity is the advancement of the Christian Faith in such ways as the Trustees think fit. The Trustees seek to do this by making grants to organisations and individuals to undertake projects that fall within the charity's criteria, which is:
- Grants can and will only be made in accordance with the Trust’s main object; “The furtherance of the Christian Faith”
- The Trust will normally only fund registered charities or similar non-commercial organisations (eg CIC’s)
- Grants to individuals will normally only be made where there is a sponsoring charity involved in overseeing the needs of the individual.
- Grants will normally only be made to support work within the UK.
- In a given year at least 50% of grants will usually be focused on the needs of Wotton-Under-Edge, Gloucestershire (from where the legacy of the Trust originates) and then working outward in a radius from Wotton to cover the South West of the UK, including work in and around the area of Gloucestershire and Bristol.
- Grants will only be made to projects that demonstrate financial probity and accountability. Grants that span a time greater than 1 year will be subject to an annual review and not guaranteed.
- Following an application, whether successful or unsuccessful, an applicant should normally wait a period of one year prior to submitting any subsequent applications.
- Promise of a grant will be honoured for up to two years for capital projects where additional funding needs to be sought before the project is ready to begin.
- Shortlisted applications that meet the above criteria will be assigned to a nominated Trustee who will make contact with the applicant as required to assess the need for consideration at the next grant-making meeting, and
- Individual grants will not exceed 30% of the overall grant budget in any given year.