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The Freshgate Trust Foundation

The Freshgate Trust Foundation Grants

Small grants, typically £100 to £2,000, for registered charities, small volunteer-run local groups and holiday projects situated and managed in South Yorkshire. Projects must fall under education (including travel and training), heritage/restoration/environment, music and the arts, recreation (including holidays and sport) or welfare, health and social care. The trust gives around £100,000 a year and trustees meet three times a year, in early March, July and November.

Apply on the funder’s site
You could get
£100 – £2,000
no fixed round
Deadline
Rolling
apply any time
Effort
Light
short form, little evidence needed

Who can apply

  • Small and medium-sized registered charities, and small local community groups managed by volunteers with no paid employees, with projects situated and managed in South Yorkshire (Sheffield, Rotherham, Doncaster, Barnsley)
  • The organisation's funding must be secure for at least the next 12 months, and the project must be funded to run for at least a year
  • Charities with large reserves, national charities (except local capital projects), CICs and other not-for-profit businesses that are not charities, and animal welfare or religious/political organisations are excluded
  • You need a named contact in South Yorkshire who can discuss the project with a trustee and an independent South Yorkshire referee
  • If children or vulnerable adults are involved, staff and volunteers must be DBS checked with safeguarding policies in place
  • One application per 12 months

What it funds

Projects situated and managed in South Yorkshire in one or more of:

  • Education (including travel and training)
  • Heritage, restoration and environment
  • Recreation (including holidays and sports)
  • Music and the arts
  • Welfare, health and social care

Holiday projects are specifically mentioned.

Typical grants £100 to £2,000.

Founded by Harry Brearley to support ideas that make life more bearable, cheerful and attractive for people with limited choices in their occupations and surroundings.

What it will not fund

  • Organisations that are not registered charities (except small community groups run by volunteers with no paid employees)
  • Charities with large reserves
  • National charities (unless for a capital project based in South Yorkshire with clear local management and local control of finances)
  • Community Interest Companies and other not-for-profit businesses unless also registered charities
  • General appeal letters from charities
  • Individuals
  • Organisations supporting religious or political views
  • Animal welfare organisations
  • Projects or events taking place before the date of the next funding meeting
  • Organisations applying primarily for salary costs
  • Projects without sufficient funding to run for at least one year from the date of application
  • New projects needing salary costs unless all project salary costs are secured for at least 18 months
  • Projects outside South Yorkshire

How to apply

  1. Read the What We Fund and What We Don't Fund pages
  2. Complete the online application form (five sections; progress is saved in your browser) or download the Word form and post it to the Secretary with your accounts and budget
  3. Submit at least four weeks before the next trustees' meeting (normally held in the first week of March, July and November)
  4. Trustees may contact your named representative to discuss the project before a grant is made

Only one application per 12 months; previous grantees in the last 3 years must report how the earlier grant was used.

There is no appeal and trustees and the Secretary will not discuss decisions.

Have ready

  • Copy of your accounts
  • Project budget

The form also asks for a South Yorkshire contact and an independent referee, and confirmation of DBS checks and safeguarding policies where children or vulnerable adults are involved.

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