The Woodward Charitable Trust
The Woodward Charitable Trust only makes grants for core costs rather than specific projects as the Trust recognises that smaller charities can find these hard to fund. The Trust hopes that this will have a more direct impact on the organisations that they choose to fund.
The Trust likes projects that promote community cohesion and the development of skills that will change the outlook and outcomes for the users. Organisations that promote volunteering and involve both past and present users in their operations or management are encouraged.
The Trust is looking for organisations which aim to achieve a positive impact in at least one of the following areas:
- Children and young people: aged up to 25 who are isolated, at risk of exclusion or involved in anti-social behaviour and projects to help those who have been in the care system. This also covers gang violence and knife crime, education and mentoring as well as projects that work to raise self-esteem and employment opportunities and encourage an active involvement in and contribution towards the local community.
- Disadvantaged families: this covers parenting support and guidance, mental health, food poverty, refuges and domestic violence projects. The Trust recognises that many organisations dealing with disadvantaged families may also work with other disadvantaged people, but please note that at least 50% of service users must fall into the three priority groups (Children and Young People, Prisoners and Ex-offenders and Disadvantaged families) in order to be considered for a grant;
- Prisoners and ex-offenders: specifically, projects that maintain and develop contact with prisoners’ families and help with the rehabilitation and resettlement of prisoners and/or ex-offenders after their release.
The Trust offers the following grants:
- Small grants – up to £3,000, although awards are usually for £1,000 or less;
- Large grants – however, only a few large grants are awarded over £3,000 each year, and these are usually to charities known to the Trustees.