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Fletchers Foundation (charity of Fletchers Solicitors)

Fletchers Foundation Grants for Projects/Groups

Grants from the charitable foundation of Fletchers Solicitors for local community groups, registered charities and schools running projects, groups or events for people living with the long-term effects of serious personal injury, medical negligence or illness. Local community groups with income under £50,000 can apply for up to £10,000; larger charities, schools and groups are assessed case by case. The project must be run in partnership with and jointly branded with the Foundation and show long-term, measurable impact. The same page also offers grants for individuals (up to £10,000), which organisations can refer service users to.

Apply on the funder’s site
You could get
Up to £10,000
no fixed round
Deadline
Rolling
apply any time
Effort
Moderate
full application with documents

Who can apply

  • Local community groups, registered charities and schools in the UK working with individuals and families living with the long-term effects of serious personal injury, medical negligence or illness
  • Local community groups with an annual income under £50,000 can apply for up to £10,000; registered charities, schools and groups with income over £50,000 are decided case by case
  • The project must not be eligible for public funding and the organisation must be unable to fund it itself
  • One award per organisation every 12 months (the Apply for Support page says organisations that have applied, successfully or not, in the last 12 months cannot apply)
  • The online form accepts charities, limited companies, social enterprises and 'other' legal forms
  • Organisations must be willing to jointly brand the project and promote the Foundation's involvement

What it funds

  • Projects, groups or events run by local community groups, registered charities or schools that support people (and their families) living with the long-term effects of serious personal injury, medical negligence or illness, born with or acquired, and that can prove long-term impact
  • Requests can cover:
  • Aids or equipment
  • Rehabilitation
  • Therapies (physiotherapy, hydrotherapy, speech and language therapy, OT, CBT etc.)
  • Prosthetics
  • Counselling for those with mental health difficulties caused by the injury or illness

The project must be delivered in partnership with and jointly branded with Fletchers Foundation.

Funds are only given within the UK.

What it will not fund

  • Projects, groups or events eligible for public funding
  • Organisations that can financially support the project themselves
  • A project that has received Fletchers Foundation money in the last 12 months (one award per organisation every 12 months)
  • Anything promoting or involving religious or political aspects
  • Grants paid into a non-affiliated bank account
  • The organisation's 'business as usual' activity or replacing lost income
  • Using the grant to make grants to the organisation's own service users
  • Electric wheelchairs and wheelchair add-ons (paused while the wheelchair criteria are revised; a separate wheelchair process now exists)
  • Projects outside the UK

How to apply

  1. Check the eligibility criteria on the Apply for Support and Grants for Projects/Groups pages
  2. Complete the online Project application form (or download the Projects/Groups PDF form and post it to Fletchers Foundation, 34 Hoghton Street, Southport PR9 0PU, or email it to info@fletchersfoundation.org.uk)
  3. Email the supporting documents to Grants@FletchersFoundation.org.uk; applications are not processed without them
  4. Applications and documents are put to the trustees on the last Friday of each month; the Foundation aims to reply within two weeks of that

Organisations can also signpost individual service users to the separate individual grant (up to £10,000, needs a professional referee); there is no limit on referrals.

Due to volume, unsuccessful applicants may not be informed.

Have ready

  • Legal number/status of the organisation (e.g. charity number)
  • Fully costed project or event plan
  • Evidence from participants that they have asked for and need the project
  • Measurement framework showing how impact will be measured
  • Relevant insurances, such as public liability

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