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Scurrah Wainwright Charity

Scurrah Wainwright Charity Grants

A Wainwright family charity giving grants, typically £1,000-£5,000, for innovative, hard-to-fund work tackling the root causes of poverty and social inequity, for projects that directly benefit people in Yorkshire. It is for smaller organisations (income or spending up to about £250,000) and will contribute to core costs. Trustees meet three times a year; the next Stage 1 registration deadline is 14 January 2027 (March meeting). The Southern Africa programme is not accepting applications.

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You could get
£1,000 – £5,000
Deadline
88 days left
14 January
Effort
Light
short form, little evidence needed

Who can apply

  • Organisations whose work meets the Charity Commission's definition of charitable purposes and public benefit (you do not have to be a registered charity; past grantees include CICs, CIOs, community associations and churches) with annual income/expenditure of no more than about £250,000
  • The organisation need not be based in Yorkshire, but the project must directly benefit the Yorkshire community; national organisations are funded only for projects specifically in Yorkshire with clear local control and access to the grant
  • You need a UK bank account
  • Previous grantees cannot reapply until trustees have received their report on the earlier grant

What it funds

  • A wide range of charitable projects with an emphasis on social reform and tackling the root causes of social inequity: innovative, hard-to-fund work directed at root causes in the field of social reform
  • The Charity will contribute to core costs
  • Projects must directly benefit the Yorkshire community
  • Typical grants are £1,000-£5,000; larger grants have been made in exceptional cases but are described as very unlikely now
  • Recent grants (2023-2024) went to community projects, advice and support groups, sanctuary and asylum groups, arts, parenting, disability and mental health projects across Leeds, Bradford, Sheffield, Doncaster, York, Halifax, Wakefield and elsewhere in Yorkshire

What it will not fund

  • Individuals
  • Large and national charitable organisations, unless the project is specifically in the Yorkshire region with clear local control and access to the grant
  • Organisations with annual income/expenditure over about £250,000
  • Animal welfare
  • Buildings
  • Medical research
  • Substitution for government funding (e.g. in education and health)
  • Charities that send unsolicited general appeal letters
  • Activities that have already happened
  • Applicants without a UK bank account
  • Long-term funding (grants rarely last more than one year and repeat funding is rare)
  • Southern Africa projects (programme currently not accepting applications; funding channelled via Oxfam)

How to apply

  1. Check your aims meet the criteria and that your request fits the typical £1,000-£5,000 grant level
  2. Stage 1: complete the Application Registration Form (Word) with a proposal summary of up to 250 words, amount requested, total cost, trustees and last year's turnover
  3. Email it to the administrator at admin@wainwrighttrusts.org.uk by 14 January (March meeting), 14 May (July meeting) or 14 September (November meeting); receipt is acknowledged by email
  4. Stage 2: if trustees are interested, they ask for your most recent audited accounts and a full application of no more than two A4 pages (background, the project and its aims, implementation plan and budget, other current funding applications)
  5. Trustees decide at their meeting; only successful applicants are notified
  6. If funded, get trustees' approval for any change of use and send a report 12-15 months after the grant

If you have not heard by the end of the following March, July or November, assume you were unsuccessful. If you have had no acknowledgement email, contact the administrator again.

Unsuccessful applications may be shared with the Andrew Wainwright Reform Trust (a non-charitable sister trust) unless you ask them not to.

Do not refer trustees to websites or send more than two pages at Stage 2. Re-applicants should submit Stage 1 as new and mention previous applications.

Have ready

  • Stage 1 Application Registration Form
  • Stage 2 (if invited): full application of no more than two A4 pages
  • Stage 2 (if invited): most recent audited accounts

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