New fund for small charities and community organisations

The Garfield Weston Foundation

A new fund for small charities and community organisations has been launched by the Garfield Weston Foundation at the start of its 60th Anniversary Year.

The Weston Anniversary Fund will award up to £150,000 for each charity that successfully applies for help to improve their existing facilities or provide new ones. The Garfield Weston Foundation have committed up to £5million for this one-off scheme to support as many charities as possible.

The 60th Anniversary Year will also see the Foundation make its £1billionth donation, bringing the total number of individual grants to over 40,000.

Philippa Charles, the Garfield Weston Foundation director, said: “At a time when communities are struggling to support those in need, we felt it was important to launch a fund that would help bring local communities together.

"By funding capital projects, we want to ensure that charities have the facilities they need to do more of their great work.

"You only have to look at what’s happening to youth services across the country to see how vital good community support is. Without these services many vulnerable people will be at risk. We want to help small, local charities give people a safe place to go to get the help that they need, at the time that they need it.”

A recent survey by the Foundation found that two-thirds (66%) of small charities1 expect their income to stay the same or decline in the next 12 months, yet over half (55%) expect to be delivering more services. Getting help with refurbishments or a new building has been highlighted by charities as an important means of providing new sources of income.

To apply to the Weston Anniversary Fund, visit:

https://anniversary.garfieldweston.org

The deadline is 30 June 2018.