Application Guidelines

The Trustees favour small-scale, locally based initiatives. Funding is primarily for one-off projects, but the Trustees are willing to consider funding for start-up or running costs (including core costs and salaries).   

Please be clear when applying who the target users are and what your projected outcomes are. If this is a continuation of existing work what are your outcomes to date?  If your project is on-going, how will it be sustainable? What are your plans for future/ongoing funding? If your request is for a one-off project, what will be its legacy? How many people will benefit from the grant? Trustees are interested in helping smaller organisations which offer direct services. Any participation by past or current users of the service should be mentioned and is encouraged.

The current areas of grant-making are set out below:

Funding Priorities

1. Social and ethnic minority groups, including young people at risk of exclusion or isolation, refugees, asylum-seekers, gypsies and travellers. Projects that promote integration and community cohesion will be favoured;
2. Prisoners and ex-offenders. Projects that help the rehabilitation and resettlement of prisoners and/or ex-offenders are supported as well as requests to help prisoners’ families;
3. Homelessness, especially affecting young people and women, and covering facilities such as women's refuges;
4. People experiencing violence or abuse;
5. Arts outreach work by local groups involving disadvantaged people;
6. Disability projects; which can include rehabilitation, training or advocacy for people who are either physically disabled or learning disabled as well as help to improve employability;
7. Environmental projects, especially with a strong educational element;
8. Addiction, including projects tackling the social exclusion elements and preventative programmes and projects supporting families of addicts.

Types of grants

Trustees review grant applications twice a year, usually in January and July. Please consult the diary page for up-to-date deadlines for receipt of applications.

• Small grants, £100-£5,000 (around 40-50 grants made per year, to projects within areas 1-8 above on a one-off basis)

• Large grants, over £5,000 (around 5-10 grants made per year, usually to projects within areas 1-5 above and spread over a maximum of three years). Applications for large grants will be rejected unless applications are discussed with the administrator prior to submission.

• Children's summer playscheme grants £500-£1,000 (usually about 30-40 grants made each year on a one-off basis). Applications for these are made separately and considered in May each year.

Application forms

Trustees will only consider appeals made on their own application form. The general grant application form and the summer scheme grant application form are available in the application form section of this website. If you would like an application form sent electronically please email Karin Hooper at contact@woodwardcharitabletrust.org.uk.

You are asked to keep the grant application form to one page. It is not sufficient to answer “see attached documents”. If supplementary information is sent this should be separate from the information requested by the Trustees on their form.

Annual Report and Accounts

All applications must be supported with a copy of your most recent audited or independently inspected annual accounts and annual report.

Project budget

All applications must include a detailed project budget. If your application is for a specific project, it would also be helpful to know where the balance of funds will come from.

Exclusions

Trustees will not normally fund

• Charities whose annual turnover exceeds £250,000
• Construction projects such as playgrounds, village halls, and disabled accesses
• General school appeals including out of hours provision
• Hospices
• Medical research
• Parish facilities
• Playgroups and pre-school groups
• Requests for vehicles
 

Trustees will definitely not support

• Individuals in any capacity
• Educational fees

Potential applicants are encouraged to telephone the administrator, Karin Hooper, on 020 7410 0330 to discuss their work if they think it might meet the Trustees' criteria. Trustees are keen to spare charities the wasted time involved in applying when there is no prospect of success.

Please return completed applications to:

Mrs Karin Hooper
The Woodward Charitable Trust
Allington House, (First Floor)
150 Victoria Street
London SW1E 5AE

or

via email to: contact@woodwardcharitabletrust.org.uk