The Golden Bottle Trust and the Bulldog Trust are seeking to make small to medium sized grants (£1,000 - £30,000 over a maximum of 3 years) to new and existing organisations to enable them to get closer to achieving their goals.
For many organisations looking to finance new projects, seeking funding can be extremely difficult and in some cases, impossible. Common problems include time consuming application processes, minimum grant levels being too high, the project not fitting into a specific funding category or the organisation not meeting the strict criteria often required.
This funding initiative aims to assist applicants, right from the start of the application process by NOT requiring applicants to complete an application form but instead asking our applicants to tell them what they need.
It is intended that applicants provide simple details of their organisation along with some basic figures to support their request for funding. There are no criteria, save that the project be charitable and that their funding will really make a difference and move their organisation forward.
The Golden Bottle Trust (GBT), which was established by the Partners of C. Hoare & Co Bank in 1985. The trust supports a wide range of causes including arts, community, education, environment and wildlife, health and microfinance and the developing world.
What they are seeking to fund
They are looking to fund charities and organisations where either:
• The grant will generate a result which is proportionately much greater than just the small sum of money received, or
• The grant will allow the organisation to overcome a temporary hurdle, setting it on track to succeed in what it aims to do.
They will be seeking to make grants which really make a difference to the organisations they support, their grants should enable charities to take a step forward in their development and do something they were not able to do before.
For further information and to apply, visit: www.bulldogtrust.org/grantmaking.htm
Deadline: Friday 4 April 2014