Small and large grants are available to UK registered charities working in the UK and/or overseas in the areas of education, schools, the relief of poverty, theatre, music, drama, the refurbishment and restoration of theatres, medical research, the environment and general community projects.
The Foundation carries out their objectives by:
- Financing education in the United Kingdom and abroad by making donations to schools' core costs and assisting the disadvantaged.
- Funding the relief of poverty and those in hardship or distress in the United Kingdom and abroad.
- Promoting end developing theatrical, musical and dramatic arts by a variety of means including education, theatre refurbishment/restoration programmes and the support of a broad range of theatre productions for the enjoyment and education of the public at large.
- Funding medical research and the relief of sickness generally.
- Providing donations to environmental projects aimed at the conservation, protection and enhancement of nature in the United Kingdom and elsewhere, and
- Funding community-based projects where often a relatively small donation can make a big impact to many people both immediately and into the future.
The Trustees meet once a year when, among other things, they consider applications for grants support.
Applications may be made at any time in writing.