Grants, usually for between £5,000 and £30,000, are available to UK registered charities providing services to war disabled, ex-Service men and women and their dependants.
The charitable objectives of the Queen Mary’s Roehampton Charitable Trust is to relieve persons in the following groups who are in need of assistance:
• Persons who served in any of the Armed Forces of the Crown and who were disabled in such service and the widows and other dependants of such persons, and
• Persons who served in the mercantile marine or in any service established under the Civil Defence Acts 1937 and 1939 and who were disabled in such service and the widows and other dependants of such persons.
The Trust meets its charitable objectives by making grants to any charitable institutions or organisations whose objects include the reception, accommodation, treatment or after-care of war disabled, ex-Service men and women and their dependants.
The Trustees may also make grants in aid of medical or surgical research having particular regard to the needs of disabled persons who served in the Armed Forces. The Trust reviews its grant-making policy on an annual basis and has a robust programme of visits to previous and current beneficiary organisations.
Although there is no minimum or maximum grant level (applications are considered on a case-by-case basis), most grants are for between £5,000 and £30,000. There is no stated requirement for matched funding.
Applications should include the following:
• 7 copies of their written application, together with 3 copies of the latest annual report and accounts. These should be sent to the address below. should be sent to the correspondent.
• The number of war disabled pensioners and/or war widows assisted by the applying organisation over the previous 12 months.
• Where applications include residential nursing homes, applicants should provide details about the number of war disabled pensioners and/or war widows supported.
Applications may be made at any time and are reviewed in June and November annually