Organisation/Contact details Baron Davenport’s Charity Website: http://www.barondavenportscha rity.org Email: [email protected] Contact: Mrs Kate Slater, Charity Administrator Tel: 0121 236 8004 Address: Baron Davenport’s Charity Portman House 5/7 Temple Row West Birmingham, B2 5NY The Bernard Piggott Trust Contact: Miss Jenny Whitworth [email protected] Tel: 0121 744 1695 Address: 4 Streetsbrook Road, Shirley, Solihull, B90 3PL The Cadbury Foundation Website: https://www.cadbury.co.uk/cadbury‐
foundation Contact: Mrs Kelly Farrell, [email protected] Typical grant Projects/activities funded Criteria/Restrictions Discretionary The Charity awards grants in four categories: 1. Almshouses, hospices and residential homes for older people. 2. Organisations for the benefit of children/young people. 3. Organisations supporting older people. 4. Individual widows, spinsters, divorced ladies, single mothers and fatherless children, who meet certain criteria set‐out by the Charity. Grants are awarded for special projects, equipment and running costs. The Charity’s area of benefit is the City of Birmingham and West Midland counties not extending 60 miles (or 96.56 kilometres) from Birmingham Town Hall. Discretionary Church of England, Church of Wales, educational, medical, drama, and youth organisations. Does not make grants to individuals. In addition to making grants, the foundation offers:  Human resources  Buildings/facilities/o
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ormation Awarded £8m over the last 10 years Activities supported  Education/training  The advancement of health or saving of lives  Disability  Amateur sport  Economic/community development/employment Who the charity helps  Children/young people  Elderly/old people  People with disabilities  Other charities or voluntary bodies 1 Charles Brotherton Trust Website: www.charlesbrothertontrust.com Email: [email protected] Address: PO Box 374, Harrogate, HG1 4YW, North Yorkshire Discretionary The Cole Charitable Trust Website: www.colecharitabletrust.org.uk Email: [email protected] Discretionary Dickens Charitable Trust Contact: Mrs Lainey Dickens [email protected] Tel: 01564 781 380 Discretionary Previously supported: Prince’s Trust; British Paralympic Association; Help for Heroes; Business in the Community. Work that encourages young people to improve
their lives by taking advantage of educational opportunities and recreational activities. Also works to improve the standard of living of the elderly and disabled people and relieve the suffering caused by illness. Small student bursaries are available for students attending the Universities of Birmingham, Leeds, Liverpool and York by direct application to the University Student Support Centres at those Universities. Priority is given to those studying science subjects. Applications welcomed from small and local (as opposed to regional or national) organisations – or local branches of regional/national organisations. Working in the fields of:  Social welfare, all age groups  Housing/homelessness  Community and environmental development  Opportunities for young people  Promotion of improved quality of life  Personal or community empowerment. Organisations/individuals in the Birmingham and West Midlands area, working in:  Education/training  The advancement of health or saving of lives  Arts/culture/heritage/science Grants to organisations based in
Bebington and the Wirral, Birmingham, Leeds, Liverpool, Wakefield, and York. Will not give grants to
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Do not support large building appeals, animal charities, research or further education. Do not support individuals. See adjacent column. 2 Address: Lower Wavensmere Farm, Wawensmere Road, Wootton Wawen, Henley‐in‐Arden, B95 6BP Douglas Turner Trust Contact: Mr Tim Patrickson [email protected] Tel: 01386 792 014 Address: 3 Poplar Piece, Inkberrow, Worcester, WR7 4JD Edward and Dorothy Cadbury Trust Website: http://www.e‐dcadburytrust.org.uk/default.asp
Email: e‐[email protected] Contact: Sue Anderson, Trust Manager Tel: 0121 472 1838 Address: Rokesley, University of Birmingham, Selly Oak Campus, Bristol Road, Birmingham, B29 6QF Eveson Charitable Trust West Midlands Tel: 01452 501352 Address: 45 Park Road, Gloucester, GL1 1LP Discretionary Working with  Children/young people  Elderly/old people  People with disabilities General charitable purposes at the trustees' discretion. Must be organisations in the West Midlands. Funding not available for individuals. Grants made on a one‐
off basis of between £500 and £5,000. The Trust’s programme of grant giving encompasses six main areas:  Arts and Culture  Community Projects and Integration  Compassionate Support  Conservation and Environment  Education and Training  Research Grants are made to registered charities, principally operating within the West Midlands region. Discretionary The largest grant made in 2014‐15 was £60,000 Priorities: Helping people with disabilities; mental health problems; children in need; older people; homeless people; hospitals; hospices; and towards medical research. Grants are restricted to charitable organisations benefiting the residents of the following English counties:  West Midlands (comprising Birmingham, Coventry, Dudley, Sandwell, Solihull and Walsall and Wolverhampton  Herefordshire  Worcestershire One application per year from any one applicant. 3 George Henry Collins Charity Contact: Ms Christine Norgrove Email: [email protected] Address: Martineau, 1 Colmore Square Birmingham, B4 6AA Grantham Yorke Trust Contact: Ms Christine Norgrove Email: [email protected] Address: Martineau, 1 Colmore Square, Birmingham, B4 6AA Discretionary Relief from illness, infirmity, old age and loneliness through Charitable Organisations. Discretionary One off educational grants for indirect costs for people under 25 who were born in the old West Midlands metropolitan county area (Birmingham, Coventry, Dudley, Redditch, Sandwell, Solihull, Tamworth, Walsall, and Wolverhampton).
The Grimmitt Trust Contact: Mrs Vanessa Welch, Email: admin@grimmitt‐trust.org.uk Tel: 0121 251 2951 Address: 151B All Saints Road, Kings Heath, Birmingham, B14 6AT Harborne Parish Lands Charity Website: http://www.hplc.org.uk/ Discretionary Discretionary The trust also makes grants to organisations and to individuals for educational purposes. Causes that encourage and strengthen community activities in Birmingham, Dudley, Wolverhampton and Walsall postcode areas. No longer considering applications for funding towards special facilities for people with disabilities to be installed in existing community buildings and churches. Within the Birmingham area and sometimes those within a maximum radius of 25 miles around the City Centre. Applications should be submitted directly by the individual or via a relevant third party such as a social worker, Citizens Advice or other welfare agency. The Trust does not normally support national charities, CICs or social enterprises. Grants to individuals for the relief of poverty ‐ only via Grantees must be based with the B17, B66 and B67 post code areas. recognised referral agencies. Grants are made to established organisations to protect known and valuable services when they are threatened by a reduction in funding from other sources. 4 The Harry Payne Trust Website: http://www.heartofenglandcf.co.uk/harry‐
payne‐fund‐2/ Tel: 02476 883 262 Grants are normally in the range of £250 to £1000. Makes grants to charitable causes within the scope of the trust deed. The L and R Gilley Charitable Trust Contact: Mr Richard Bettinson Email: [email protected] Address: Tetstill Mill, Neen Sollars, Kidderminster, DY14 9AH Near Neighbours (via Church Urban Fund) *UNTIL NOVEMBER 2016* Website: www.near‐neighbours.org.uk Email: [email protected] Tel: 0207 898 1508 Address: Church House, Great Smith Street, London, SW1P 3AZ Discretionary Strong preference for the care and support of the elderly, including those who are disabled and terminally ill, together with medical research and five specific charities. Small grants of between £250 and £5,000 Projects that bring together and involve diverse peoples of two or more different faiths and/or ethnicities to sustainably improve local communities. Causes in Birmingham and within a 25 mile radius of the city centre, including Black Country, Coventry, Warwickshire, and parts of Worcestershire and Staffordshire. Income of <£500k Running for at least 2 years Do not fund  General fundraising appeals  Individuals  Mainstream activities of schools & colleges  Sporting clubs except when aimed at addressing disadvantage  Promotion of religious causes  Political activities  Animal welfare  Research Particular emphasis on causes based in the Birmingham and Devon areas. Birmingham, Wolverhampton, Sandwell, Walsall, and Dudley. 5 Norton Foundation Website: http://www.nortonfoundation.org/ Email: [email protected] Address: 50 Brookfield Close, Hunt End, Redditch, Worcestershire, B97 5LL Grants to individuals fall between £50 ‐ £250, with the highest award being £500. Grants to organisations have been given for up to £5,000, but the majority lie within the £500 ‐ £2,500 range. Capital grants are also available. Roughley Trust Website: www.roughleytrust.org.uk Email: [email protected] Rowlands Trust Contact: Mrs Louise Ruane Discretionary The Norton Foundation holds funds to support young people who are under the age of 25, living in the boundaries of Birmingham, Solihull, or Coventry, and are in need through some aspect of disadvantage defined as:  In care  In need of rehabilitation  Lapsing into delinquency  Suffering from maltreatment or neglect  Potential not being realised due to circumstances beyond their control  Area‐based community work such as church‐
based community projects  Work with special needs including the following: o Childhood and youth o Old age o Death and bereavement o Homelessness o Disability o Prison o Addiction o Victim support  Health and wellbeing, including syndrome support groups, counselling, bereavement support, complementary health and mental health initiatives  Education  Arts and leisure, including theatre in education groups, museums and arts centres  Heritage  Environment: environmental improvement projects, and green projects generally are particularly welcome. This trust supports charitable bodies that provide activities for disabled people, the See adjacent column. Trustees tend to give priority to applications from smaller or medium size organisations with <£1m turnover. Applications from local Birmingham charities working inside the City boundary will be accepted. This means that applications for projects in Sandwell, Solihull, Wolverhampton or Walsall for example will not normally be accepted. 6 Email: [email protected] Address: Bishop Fleming Rabjohns LLP, 1‐4 College Yard, Worcester, WR1 2LB Severn Trent Trust Fund Website: http://www.sttf.org.uk/ Email: [email protected] Tel: 0300 123 0890 The Sheldon Trust Website: http://www.pwwsolicitors.co.uk/charity‐
grants/8‐the‐sheldon‐trust elderly, music, the arts and the environment. Discretionary Grants are given to individuals or families to help clear You must receive water or sewerage services from Severn Trent Water. water bills or other charges. Applicants for The Big Difference scheme can receive between a 10‐90% reduction in charges. Discretionary Holidays for the disadvantaged average: £600 West Midlands with particular emphasis on the following areas: Birmingham City, Coventry City, Dudley, Sandwell, Solihull, Wolverhampton and the County of Warwickshire. The Trustees do not consider appeals in respect of the cost of purchasing buildings or vehicles. Innovative work in three main spheres: The Trust works in the geographical area 1. Christian learning, discipleship and theological covered by the Anglican dioceses of education Birmingham, Coventry, Lichfield, 2. The churches’ work in, and contribution to, Hereford and Worcester the FE and lifelong learning sectors 3. Religious education in schools Does not fund individuals, ongoing staff salaries, capital costs, or top‐up existing The work must be a partnership venture between the funding. Trust and local project organisers, jointly coordinated and developed The principal objectives of the Trust are the provision See adjacent column. of Almshouses, the distribution of funds and other measures for the alleviation of hardship and other needs for inhabitants and organisations within the boundaries of the four electoral wards of Sutton Coldfield: New Hall, Four Oaks, Trinity and almost all of Vesey. Discretionary St Peter’s Saltley Trust Website: www.saltleytrust.org.uk Tel: 0121 427 6800 Address: Grays Court, 3 Nursery Rd, Edgbaston, Birmingham B15 3JX Discretionary Sutton Coldfield Municipal Charities Website: http://www.suttoncoldfieldcharitabletrust.com Community Projects, Special Needs Groups, Holidays for the disadvantaged, and Youth Development (nationally). 7 W A Cadbury Trust Website: www.wa‐cadbury.org.uk Email: info@wa‐cadbury.org.uk Tel: 0121 472 1464 Address: Rokesley, University of Birmingham, Bristol Road, Birmingham, B29 6QF. Yardley Great Trust Website: http://www.yardley‐great‐
trust.org.uk/Grants_16713.htmls Zurich Community Trust – Local Grants Programme Website: https://www.zurich.co.uk/zurichcommunitytrus
t/looking‐for‐funds Individuals in need, by reason of youth, age, ill‐health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage, can make an application for items such as domestic equipment, further education, childcare costs and to meet other needs. Small grants (up to a In the West Midlands: maximum of £2000) are  Community Action awarded monthly.  Vulnerable Groups  Advice, Mediation and Counselling Trustees meet in May  Education and Training and November to award  Environment and Conservation approximately twenty  Medical and Healthcare large grants at each  The Arts meeting, ranging in value  Penal Affairs from £10,000 to £20,000 with an occasional maximum of £50,000. Discretionary. The Trust pays grants aimed at relieving poverty to individuals/families and organisations. It helps individuals and families by providing basic essentials such as furniture, cookers and washing machines for people who cannot afford to buy them. Individuals/families cannot apply for grants directly to the Trust. Referral agents such as Neighbourhood Offices and CAB offices arrange for applications to be made to the Trust. Grants tend to range Projects that help improve the quality of life for from £100 ‐ £5,000. disadvantaged people. For example:  Physical disability/learning difficulties  Economically disadvantaged  Health impaired The Trust does not fund:  Individuals  Projects concerned with travel, adventure, sports or recreation  Organisations which do not have UK charity registration See adjacent column. Projects must be within 15 mile radius of the Birmingham office: B16 9PF Do not fund individuals or statutory organisations. 8 Contact: Carla Mandis Email: [email protected] Tel: 07812 265 216 
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