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August 2003
Welcome to the August 2003 Issue of Funding Points. It is now a year since the first Funding Points was sent out and we hope that it is continuing to provide you and your Scout Group with lots of helpful and interesting information. We now have almost 5000 people subscribed to Funding Points and this figure is growing every month!
As always if you have any comments or questions please do not hesitate to contact us at fundraising@scout.org.uk
Contents
- Ford of Britain Trust
- Is your Scout Group located near a Ford Plant?
- The Leslie Sell Charitable Trust
- The Philip Lawrence Awards
- Nominate your Group !
- The Hedley Foundation
This document is also available as an Adobe Acrobat (PDF) file: fp-2003-08.pdf
Ford of Britain Trust
Is your Scout Group located near a Ford Plant?
Grants made by this Trust are usually one-off donations for a specific capital project or part of a project, typically items of furniture and equipment. Grants normally range between £100 and £5,000.
The Trustees meet in March, July and November each year. Preference is given to registered charities (or similar) located in and working in areas in close proximity to Ford Motor Company Limited's locations in the U.K. These are Dagenham/East London, Croydon, Essex, Merseyside, South Wales, Southampton, Daventry, Leamington Spa and Belfast. For more details visit http://www.ford.co.uk/ie/ and go to the company heading.
Applications should be by letter to
Ford of Britain Trust
Room 1/619, Ford Motor Company Limited,
Eagle Way, Brentwood, Essex . CM13 3BW
Telephone 01277 252551
The Leslie Sell Charitable Trust
This independent Trust Fund distributes over 150 grants to Scout and Guide Groups each year. The trust makes small grants (usually up to £1500) to Groups to help with the costs of purchasing Scout equipment and repairing HQs. It also gives assistance to individual Scouts for overseas camps. Applicants are advised to show evidence of their own fundraising when submitting bids.
Applications should be be made directly in writing to: Mr J Byrnes, The Leslie Sell Charitable Trust, Ground Floor Offices, 52 London Road, St Albans, Hertfordshire. AL1 1NG
The Philip Lawrence Awards
Nominate your Group !
The Philip Lawrence Awards recognise outstanding achievements in good citizenship by young people aged 11 to 20. They are looking for groups that are making a real contribution to communities and the lives of others. The Awards have three key themes: combating lawlessness and violence; promoting community safety; and promoting racial harmony.
Winning groups will receive cash awards of up to £1000 to invest in sustaining or developing the Award-winning activity. Nominations are now open, closing date is Friday 19 September.
For more information visit http://www.kidsclubs.org.uk/philiplawrenceawards/ To obtain printed copies of Awards nominations forms please ring 020 7512 2100 or email philiplawrenceawards@kidsclubs.org.uk
The Hedley Foundation
This foundation has five main criteria for funding. One of which is 'Young People: their education, training, health and welfare'.
About 300 grants are made per year, which on average are around £5,000. Grants awarded are not usually recurring. Applicant groups must be registered as charities.
The next Trustee meeting where grants will be considered is 17 September 2003. For more details telephone: 020 7489 8076 or visit www.hedleyfoundation.org.uk
Applications should be made in writing to:
Secretary
9 Dowgate Hill
London
EC4R 2SU
August 2003
