Benevolent Fund

1. Title: BENEVOLENT FUND2. Awarding Authority: The Weavers’ Company, GB Tel: 020 7606 1155. Email: charity@weavers.org.uk. (Anne Howe, Charities Officer)3. Contract type: Service contract4. Description: The funder is especially interested in helping smaller organisations which offer direct services. Organisations must normally be registered charities or in the process of applying for registration. The Company will consider funding up to £15,000 per annum and will normally award a grant for one year only. To make sure grants of this size have an impact, we will not normally fund large organisations.Grants are awarded around the following priorities:Young OffendersPrisoners and Ex-prisonersYoung disadvantaged people, especially those at risk of criminal involvement5. CPV Code(s): 85300000, 85100000, 98000000, 98133100, 85320000, 98130000, 752000006. NUTS code(s): UKI, UKI3, UKI317. Main site or location of works, main place of delivery or main place of performance: UK8. Reference attributed by awarding authority: Not provided.9. Estimated value of requirement: The Company will consider funding up to £15,000 per annum 10. As no deadline date has been specified please contact the awarding authority for further information.11. Address to which they must be sent: For further information regarding the above contract notice please visit:12. Other information: What will they fund?Pump-priming. They particularly welcome applications for pump-priming grants from small community-based organisations where our grant would form a major element of the funding.Project funding. They prefer to support projects where their grant will be used for an identified purpose.Associated Costs. If you are applying for project funding, you should make sure you have included the cost of any overheads associated with the work, such as office/secretarial support, so that the project is not under-funded. It is in your best interest to ensure that you have realistically assessed the cost of the project.Core costs. They will consider applications for core funding for new projects, such as general administration and training that enable an organisation to develop and maintain expertise. Only those organisations whose main purpose fits within our area of interest are eligible to apply.Innovative or pioneering work. They like to encourage new ideas and to fund projects that could inspire similar work in other areas of the country.Continuation funding. They may consider providing ongoing funding for successful projects which have proved their worth.Emergency or deficit funding. In exceptional circumstances, we may provide emergency or deficit funding for an established organisation. Applicants most likely to be granted emergency funding are charities which the Company knows or has previously supported.Though income is not a barrier to an application being considered, the Committee’s preference is to support small organisations. Local organisations such as those working in a village, estate or small town should normally have an income of less than about £100,000. For those working in larger cities and/or across the UK, income should not be more than £250,000.Applications are currently open though deadlines are being assessed in light of COVID 19.Interested?For full details and how to apply visit the funder website :Applications and any questions relating to your application should be emailed to the Awarding Authority.