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Garfield Weston Foundation

Regular Grants

The Garfield Weston Foundation's Regular Grants are for applications below £100,000 from UK registered charities, CIOs and exempt/excepted charities with at least one year of annual accounts. It funds core/operating costs, projects and capital work across welfare, youth, community, environment, education, health, arts, heritage and faith. Applications are accepted at any time; requests of £100,000+ go through a separate Major Grants expression-of-interest route.

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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

  • UK registered charities, Charitable Incorporated Organisations, and organisations exempt or excepted from registration under Charity Commission guidance
  • Applicants need "at least one year's worth of annual accounts as a registered charity" (independently audited/examined accounts, or the Charity Commission annual return for charities under £25,000 income)
  • Work must take place in the UK or UK Overseas Territories
  • Organisations that have received a grant or a declination from the Foundation within the past 12 months cannot apply
  • Schools qualify if registered/exempt charities (otherwise via a PTA or 'Friends of' charity); universities/colleges need Vice-Chancellor-level confirmation and may have only one application at a time

What it funds

  • Operating/core costs (general running costs, including a portion of salary bills), specific projects, and capital projects, for charities working in welfare, youth, community, environment, education, health, arts, heritage and faith

Core grants are unlikely to exceed 10% of the organisation's total annual budget.

Project grants are typically 10-20% of total project cost.

Capital grants generally no more than 10% of total capital cost, and for local community capital projects (village halls, community centres, places of worship) "likely to be no greater than £30,000 regardless of the project size".

The Foundation recommends having raised about half the cost before applying.

What it will not fund

  • One-off events, short-term activities and sponsorship
  • Feasibility studies
  • Mass fundraising
  • Work outside the UK (UK Overseas Territories excepted)
  • Public art or monuments
  • Endowments or building up reserves
  • Organisations whose main activity is campaigning
  • Emergency rescue services
  • Salaries of specific posts
  • New organisations without a track record of annual accounts
  • Animal welfare charities (sanctuaries, hospitals, rescues)
  • Counselling-focused charities (except national UK-wide services)
  • Medical research (except translational research by major specialist organisations)
  • Operating costs of hospices and educational institutions
  • Activities or projects already completed, or due to finish before a decision is made
  • Community Benefit Societies
  • Organisations awaiting charity registration, or groups with income under £5,000 unable to register

How to apply

  1. Take the eligibility quiz on the Foundation's website
  2. Read the Application Guidelines and prepare your written application (saved as PDF or Word)
  3. Gather your latest annual accounts or Charity Commission annual return
  4. Submit via the online Grants Portal (or by post), completing the form with organisational and beneficiary information
  5. Receive a confirmation email once submitted

Applications of £100,000 or more follow the separate Major Grants route (Expression of Interest; total project cost at least £1 million, or income £1 million+ for core costs).

No individual feedback is given on declined applications.

Have ready

  • Written application following the Application Guidelines (PDF or Word)
  • Latest independently audited/examined annual accounts, or Charity Commission annual return if income under £25,000
  • Bank details (account name, sort code) authorised within the last 3 months

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