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Millichope Foundation

Millichope Foundation grants

A Shropshire family foundation that gives grants, mostly unrestricted and for one to three years, to registered charities and CICs working in Shropshire and the surrounding region. Current priorities are social welfare, youth, skills and employment, heritage, arts and environment. Grants average £1,000-£5,000. Apply at any time on a short form sent by email; applications go to the next grant round and a decision normally comes within three months.

Apply on the funder’s site
You could get
£1,000 – £5,000
no fixed round
Deadline
Rolling
apply any time
Effort
Light
short form, little evidence needed

Who can apply

  • Registered charities and community interest companies working within Shropshire and the surrounding region, with at least a full year of accounts
  • National and international organisations are not accepted as unsolicited applicants
  • Charities that applied unsuccessfully, or received a grant, in the past 12 months must wait
  • Village halls and community spaces should apply to Shropshire Community Foundation's Shropshire Community Spaces Fund, and churches to Shropshire Historic Churches Trust

What it funds

Unrestricted, core or project funding, mostly for a duration of 1-3 years, for work in Shropshire and surrounding areas, with preference for the current priorities:

  • Social welfare
  • Youth
  • Skills and employment
  • Heritage
  • Arts
  • Environment

capital is funded, but since grants average £1,000-£5,000 the Foundation prefers to give core or project funding. Grant money should be spent within one year of payment.

What it will not fund

  • Charities registered outside of England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland
  • Organisations with a status other than registered charity or CIC
  • Charities who have applied unsuccessfully in the past 12 months
  • Charities who have received a grant in the past 12 months (wait 12 months from the grant offer date)
  • Newly established charities that cannot provide a full year of accounts
  • Individuals, including applications by an organisation on behalf of an individual or where the grant will only have one beneficiary
  • Political, statutory or animal welfare organisations
  • Medical charities, or charities supporting medical research
  • Village halls or community spaces (covered by the Shropshire Community Spaces Fund at Shropshire Community Foundation)
  • Churches (covered by the Foundation's grant to Shropshire Historic Churches Trust)
  • National and international organisations (funded only through the trustees' own directed grant making)
  • Postal applications

How to apply

  1. Read the eligibility criteria and current priorities
  2. Download and complete the Word application form (or send an existing application of no more than 6 pages that contains all the required information)
  3. Email it with your latest accounts (file under 10MB) to secretary@millichopefoundation.org.uk
  4. Your application is considered in the next grant round
  5. If successful, confirm payment details by email and send a report, preferably one page, within 15 months of payment

postal applications will not be considered.

Have ready

  • Completed application form (organisation, work or project, and finances including income, expenditure, reserves and any project budget and funding secured)
  • Latest accounts
  • Bank details in the charity's registered name

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