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The Victoria Wood Foundation

The Victoria Wood Foundation Grants

Grants of generally no more than GBP 5,000 to registered charities, directed mainly towards the arts in the most general sense. Set up after Victoria Wood's death in 2016 and formerly the Victoria Wood Charitable Trust, it is particularly keen on causes that would have interested her and on applications from the parts of the country where she lived. The trustees favour smaller charities where a modest donation can make a big difference, and meet twice a year, in July and December.

Apply on the funder’s site
You could get
Up to £5,000
no fixed round
Deadline
Rolling
apply any time
Effort
Light
short form, little evidence needed

Who can apply

  • The trustees will only consider applications from registered charities
  • They favour smaller charities where a modest donation can make a big difference
  • In general the maximum grant awarded is GBP 5,000
  • Applications from the parts of the country in which Victoria Wood lived — Prestwich and Bury in Greater Manchester, North London, the Lake District and North Yorkshire — are particularly welcome, but this is a preference rather than a geographic limit

What it funds

  • Support is mainly directed towards the arts, in the most general sense

The trustees are particularly keen to support causes which would have interested Victoria Wood, and applications from the parts of the country in which she lived — Prestwich and Bury in Greater Manchester, North London, the Lake District and North Yorkshire.

They favour smaller charities where a modest donation can make a big difference.

What it will not fund

  • Individuals
  • Courses of study
  • Expeditions or travel abroad
  • General appeals
  • Youth and community associations, in general
  • Retrospective funding
  • Statutory bodies, including education and health
  • Places of worship, or organisations which promote religion
  • Animal, wildlife, heritage and environmental causes
  • Theatrical productions

the trustees word this list as what they are 'unlikely' to consider rather than an absolute bar, but they also state that only applications from registered charities will be considered at all

How to apply

  1. Check the criteria on the 'What do we support?' page before doing anything else
  2. Get in touch with the Administrator, Catherine Edis, preferably using the form on the Foundation's Contact page
  3. Alternatively email her with brief details in the first instance
  4. The Administrator will then take you through the application process

there is no published application form or portal — the first step is a conversation, not a submission

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