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The Harold and Alice Bridges Charity

The Harold & Alice Bridges Charity

A Lancashire charity funding capital projects for charitable organisations and village halls across Lancashire and South Cumbria, with a stated preference for the area north of the River Ribble, eastwards towards Blackburn and into the South Lakes. Grants are mainly for capital work rather than running expenses — re-roofing a village hall is given as the kind of thing that fares well, paying for it to be cleaned as the kind that does not. Trustees favour applications showing a good degree of self help and local support. One short form, no attachments wanted, three meetings a year.

Apply on the funder’s site
You could get
Amount not specified
Deadline
89 days left
15 January
Effort
Light
short form, little evidence needed

Who can apply

  • Charitable organisations, and village halls, in the Lancashire and South Cumbria areas
  • The area of benefit should if possible be shown to be in Lancashire and South Cumbria, particularly the area north of the River Ribble, eastwards towards the Blackburn area and into the South Lakes
  • It is helpful if the applicant is itself a charity registered with the Charity Commission, and the application form asks for a registered charity number

What it funds

  • Capital projects for charitable organisations, and grants for village halls, in Lancashire and South Cumbria
  • The charity gives re-roofing a village hall as an example of work likely to be considered favourably
  • Trustees favour applications which show a good degree of self help and local support

What it will not fund

  • Running expenses and regular operational costs — regular cleaning of a village hall is the charity's own example of what will not be funded

applications should be confined to the application form itself; the charity asks that no attachments are included

How to apply

  1. Check your project is capital rather than running costs, and that the area of benefit is Lancashire or South Cumbria
  2. Print off the application form from the How To Apply page on the charity's website
  3. Complete it, keeping everything within the form itself — the charity asks that no attachments are included
  4. Quote your registered charity number if you have one
  5. Post the completed form to The Harold and Alice Bridges Charity, Vincents Solicitors, 21-23 Park Street, Lytham, Lancashire FY8 5LU, to arrive by 15 January, 15 May or 15 September

keep a photocopy of the form for your own reference — there is no online portal and no copy is returned

Have ready

  • Completed application form
  • Registered charity number, if the applicant is a registered charity

the charity asks explicitly that nothing else is attached

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