We award grants to projects run by UK registered charities with an income of between £50,000 and £1.5m designed to help the most marginalised people in disadvantaged communities in the Indian sub-continent and Africa. We will consider both short-term (max £15,000) and multi-year grants (max £45,000 in total) although, due to the number of applications we receive, we are unlikely to award the maximum amount. We are looking for creative approaches to solving problems that can be replicated; we are happy to support pilot projects.
In order to uphold the philosophy underpinning the trust, we would like our grant to make up a minimum of 40% of a project’s total costs with a contribution of at least 20% from other sources. We will also not normally consider applications which request more than 10% of an organisations’s total income in the previous year.
You must be able to demonstrate why the intended beneficiaries are severely disadvantaged. It is expected that you will already have experience of working within these communities and have identified the needs of its most disadvantaged members. You need to analyse the communities in which they live and describe how your project will work alongside the beneficiaries to bring about lasting change to their lives. We are particularly interested in participatory involvement by beneficiaries in the design of the project. You should explain the way in which the community will go on to take responsibility for the needs of the beneficiaries for the long term.
Impact is key – we want to know that the project will have a meaningful, measurable impact on the intended beneficiaries and that our grant will make a material difference to your project.
Take a look at our funding priorities and the projects we have funded. Please do contact us if you would like to discuss your application prior to submitting it, especially if you would like to apply for a grant towards our maximum limit for one year or multi-year grants.