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The principles behind every grant
Every grant we make has to clearly further our charitable purposes and produce a real, identifiable benefit for the people it reaches. We're not interested in giving for the sake of giving — we want every pound to count.
We apply due diligence proportionate to the size and risk of each grant — thorough where it matters, light-touch where it doesn't — so support reaches good work quickly without cutting corners.
Our constitution is explicit: no trustee, founder, or anyone connected to them can benefit from the charity as a beneficiary. Every decision is made in the interests of the people we exist to help — never for the benefit of the people making the decision.
Rather than reacting grant by grant, our trustees set funding priorities for multi-year periods. That gives us — and the organisations we support — the stability to plan further ahead.
A grant-making charity, built for lasting impact
We don't run frontline services ourselves. We fund the people who do — channelling support to charities, other organisations, and individuals whose work advances our purposes and benefits the public.
Most of our support goes to other charities and mission-driven organisations already doing excellent work in their communities. Funding them means we amplify expertise that already exists, rather than reinventing it.
Our constitution also gives us the flexibility to fund individuals directly, where doing so is the most effective way to advance our charitable purposes.
Our trustees agree funding priorities for periods of around three years, giving clear direction to how — and where — support is targeted, before reviewing and resetting priorities as needs evolve.
Before any grant is approved, we look closely at how it furthers our purposes, who it will ultimately benefit, and how the funds will be used — with extra scrutiny for larger or higher-risk grants.
Our trustees agree the funding priorities for each multi-year period — the causes and outcomes we most want to support, guided by need and by where our support can go furthest.
We proactively seek out charities, organisations, and individuals already doing outstanding work aligned with our priorities — and we welcome applications too.
Each potential grant is weighed against our criteria: does it further our charitable purposes? Who benefits, and how? Is the funding request appropriate and well-justified? For larger grants, we also look at how funds will be managed and by whom.
Approved grants are released to fund clearly agreed activities — with a focus on costs directly tied to delivering charitable impact, not overheads.
We stay engaged with the organisations and individuals we fund, tracking outcomes and sharing what's been achieved — because a grant is the start of the story, not the end of it.
