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The Hedley Foundation

The Hedley Foundation Grants

Small one-off grants, typically up to £5,000 (from £250 upwards, with occasional larger sums), for small UK registered charities with annual income below £1 million. The Foundation funds projects with quantifiable outcomes for disadvantaged young people, disabled people, the elderly and terminally ill, and other social welfare causes such as carers, homeless people and ex-offenders. Applications are a two-page form emailed with accounts and a bank statement, and are considered at regular trustee meetings with no deadline; it made grants to 391 small charities in the last 12 months.

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You could get
£250 – £5,000
no fixed round
Deadline
Rolling
apply any time
Effort
Light
short form, little evidence needed

Who can apply

  • Small UK registered charities with an annual income below £1 million that can demonstrate quantifiable outcomes for beneficiaries
  • Grants are paid only to the charity whose registered charity number is on the form
  • Applicants confirm they have the necessary safeguarding policies for working with young people and vulnerable adults
  • Community interest companies, religious institutions, museums and individuals cannot apply, and charities funded by the Foundation in the last two years are not eligible
  • The Foundation works across the UK; no area limit is stated

What it funds

Specific projects with quantifiable outcomes for beneficiaries in four categories:

  • Youth Support: projects that raise the aspirations or help realise the potential of disadvantaged young people, e.g. through sport, adventurous activities, education, the arts, training or sustainable employment, including youth engagement that counters anti-social behaviour and keeps young people away from the criminal justice system
  • Disabled Support: improving quality of life for people of all ages with physical and mental disabilities, sensory impairment and learning difficulties
  • Supporting the Elderly and Terminally Ill: helping elderly people maintain independence and supporting people at the end of life in hospices or hospitals
  • Miscellaneous Support: carers, homeless people, ex-offenders and those about to leave custody

Recent examples include a sailing residential for siblings of terminally ill children (£3,000), a powered wheelchair for a young disabled child (£4,750) and an accessible boat for disabled children (£3,000).

Equipment and kit purchases are funded (costs should be itemised).

What it will not fund

  • Core salaries
  • Building construction
  • General running costs
  • Transport
  • Financial deficits
  • Overseas projects
  • Community interest companies
  • Religious institutions
  • Museums
  • Individuals
  • Charities with annual income of £1 million or more
  • Organisations that are not UK registered charities
  • Charities that have received a grant from the Foundation within the last two years

How to apply

  1. Check you meet the criteria (UK registered charity, income under £1m, no Hedley grant in the last two years, not an excluded cost)
  2. Download the two-page application form (Word or PDF) and complete it: charity details, aim of the charity (100 words), purpose of the grant (200 words, with item costs for kit or equipment), anticipated outcomes (100 words), funding category, amount requested, total project cost and funding secured or pledged
  3. Sign the form and email it with the supporting documents to applications@hedleyfoundation.org.uk, or post it to Lucy Janes, Grants Manager, The Hedley Foundation, 1-3 College Hill, London EC4R 2RA
  4. Trustees meet regularly to decide on grants; if you hear nothing within four months, assume you have been unsuccessful

Due to volume the Foundation cannot respond to queries about submitted applications.

The Foundation's tips: be concise, include a cost breakdown, state the outcome and who and how many people will benefit, and give accurate email and phone contacts.

Have ready

  • Completed and signed two-page application form
  • Income and expenditure (Statement of Financial Activities) and balance sheet from the charity's latest audited accounts
  • A page of the charity's most recent bank statement showing its name, sort code and account number
  • Breakdown of costs showing how the grant would be spent (item costs for kit or equipment, on the form or a separate sheet)

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