Grants are available to charitable organisations in the UK for a wide range of projects in the areas of welfare, youth, community, arts, faith, environment, education, health, and museums and heritage.

Fund Information

Funding body: Garfield Weston Foundation

Maximum value: Discretionary

Application deadline: None specified

Objectives of Fund

The Foundation awards grants for capital, project and revenue costs to UK registered charities working within the UK in the areas of Welfare, Youth, Community, Arts, Faith, Environment, Education, Health and Museums & Heritage.

Value Notes

The Foundation offers two levels of funding, which can be used towards capital, revenue or project costs:

Regular Grants of up to £100,000.
Major Grants of £100,000 and above. (When awarding major grants, the Foundation typically expects the project and organisation's overall annual income to be in excess of £1 million.)

Typically grants are made for a single year; however, the Trustees may consider a multi-year request for up to three years for previously successful applicants, provided they can demonstrate that a longer-term commitment will add value to their organisation’s objectives.

Match Funding Restrictions

Match funding is required. The Foundation recommends that applicants have around half of their funding identified before applying. A grant is unlikely to be for more than around 10% of the total costs of the budget.

Who Can Apply?

The following organisations working in the areas of welfare, youth, community, arts, faith, environment, education, health, and museums and heritage can apply:

UK registered charities working in the UK.
Charitable Incorporated Organisations (CIOs).
Schools, universities or registered educational charities that are either exempt under Charity Commission guidelines or are registered charities.
Faith-based organisations that are either exempt under the Charity Commission guidelines or are registered charities.
Housing associations.
Museums and galleries.

Organisations must be based and operate within the UK.

Eligible Expenditure

The funding is for organisations working in the areas of welfare, youth, community, arts, faith, environment, education, health, and museums and heritage.

Grants can be used for capital, revenue (unrestricted core costs) or project work:

Capital costs - for tangible things, such as a building project, repairs, equipment etc.
Revenue/unrestricted core costs - towards the general running costs of the organisation. The grants are typically unrestricted and can be used towards costs such as general salaries (but not a specific position or job), rent, programme costs etc.
Project costs - for a very specific project or activity and would include all the costs involved in delivering the project, including staff costs and a reasonable percentage of overheads if relevant.

Projects should fall within at least one of the following categories:

Arts
Community
Education
Environment
Faith
Health
Museums and Heritage
Welfare
Youth

Location

United Kingdom

How To Apply

Applications for a Regular Grant of less than £100,000 may be made at any time throughout the year and will be reviewed on an ongoing basis. There are no deadlines. It takes around four months from the time an application is received to notification of a decision.

The guidelines and an online application form can be found on the Foundation's website. Groups should read the guidelines before starting the application process.

Major Grants cannot be applied for via the Foundation’s website. Instead, applicants should email a one-page summary to Grants Assistant Ciara Molloy (cmolloy@garfieldweston.org) outlining what they are raising funds for, the total cost and the fundraising target. They will then be given bespoke guidance on whether they are eligible. Charities applying for £100,000 or more are expected to have an annual income in excess of £1 million.

Useful documents & links

Garfield Weston Foundation

Addresses and contacts

For further information on how to obtain this grant locally, please contact the following:

Ciara Molloy
Grants administrator
Garfield Weston Foundation
Weston Centre
10 Grosvenor Street
London
W1K 4QY
Tel: 020 7399 6565
Email: cmolloy@garfieldweston.org