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Friarsgate Trust

Friarsgate Trust grants

Grants from a Chichester-based trust, founded in 1955 by Bassil Shippam, for registered charities in West Sussex working in social welfare and education. It supports services for older people, community and family services, children and adults with disabilities (including mental health problems, sensory impairment and learning disabilities), and projects helping disadvantaged young people under 23 reach their potential. Applications are accepted all year on a short paper form sent by post and are decided at quarterly trustee meetings.

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You could get
Amount not specified
no fixed round
Deadline
Rolling
apply any time
Effort
Moderate
full application with documents

Who can apply

  • Registered charities only
  • The trust describes itself as supporting charities in West Sussex (site title 'Support for charities in West Sussex'; Charity Commission register gives West Sussex as its area of operation); the application form asks for the postcode of the main area of activity
  • Organisations that received a grant cannot normally reapply for 12 months from the date of the grant

What it funds

Projects of registered charities in two fields. Social welfare:

  • Support services for the elderly
  • Community and family services
  • Children and adults with disabilities, including less visible disabilities such as sensory impairment, mental health problems and learning disabilities

Education and training: projects which help to realise the full potential of disadvantaged young people under the age of 23.

Grants go to organisations/projects which demonstrate a positive and significant impact upon beneficiaries.

What it will not fund

  • Organisations that are not registered charities
  • Religious organisations
  • Environmental conservation
  • Medical research
  • Drug and alcohol addiction
  • HIV/Aids
  • Animal welfare
  • Projects taking place, or whose beneficiaries are situated, outside the UK
  • Work that has already taken place
  • A further application within 12 months of a previous grant (not normally considered)

How to apply

  1. Read the guidelines to check eligibility
  2. Download the Application Form (Word) from the How To Apply page and complete it, including Section 8 financial information in full (income, expenditure, available unrestricted resources)
  3. Attach a detailed budget/cost breakdown for the project as a separate spreadsheet
  4. Post the signed application to The Friarsgate Trust, c/o Irwin Mitchell LLP, Thomas Eggar House, Friary Lane, Chichester, West Sussex PO19 1UF, at least one month before the next trustees' meeting
  5. Trustees consider it at the next quarterly meeting (usually the second Tuesday of January, April, July and October)
  6. If successful, send a brief progress report within three months of receiving the grant and complete an evaluation report

Only applications sent by post are accepted; applications cannot be accepted by email.

Do not include any paperwork other than that requested.

Have ready

  • Completed and signed Friarsgate Trust Application Form
  • Detailed budget/cost breakdown for the project in a separate spreadsheet

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