The Hedley Foundation Limited

The Hedley Foundation Limited aims to improve the quality of life of people in the United Kingdom, particularly those from disadvantaged backgrounds. It works to achieve this by making grants to small and medium sized UK registered charities working to benefit the following:

• Elderly people and those who are terminally ill – projects to help elderly people to maintain independence, as well as projects to support those in the closing stages of life, in hospices or hospitals.
  
• People with Mental and/or physical disabilities – projects to support and improve the quality of life of people of all ages with physical and mental disabilities, sensory impairment and learning difficulties.
  
• Young people – projects which raise the aspirations or help realise the full potential of disadvantaged young people. Typically, grants are given to support young people into education, training or sustainable employment. Providing an opportunity to broaden horizons through sport and adventurous activities may form part of this category, and
  
• Otherwise disadvantaged people and their carers – projects to support carers and social welfare projects that might support the homeless, the employability opportunities for offenders and ex-offenders and the opportunity to reduce re-offending. A major theme for support, presently, is to help keep young people out of the Criminal Justice System.

The Foundation awards grants to those charities that are able to demonstrate quantifiable outcomes to beneficiaries. It tends not to give money to very large scale or national charities or to support bids for salaries, buildings or IT.

Typically, grants are between £3,000 to £5,000, with no matched funding requirement. Grants are augmented by the occasional higher award granted for charities where a high impact can be demonstrated.