The Heart of Experian Charity Fund was set up to help small groups and organisations which are not often heard but do some great work at grassroots level. The Heart of Experian Charity Fund admires these smaller groups for their passion and determination to make a difference and by providing some funding, to help these groups become sustainable or expand their work. 
Your organisation, and project, must meet these conditions:
• You must be a school, a charity or a community group, but not a national charity
• Your project must require funding of £5,000 or less from the Charity Fund
• Your project must have a charitable purpose
• Your project must benefit the community as a whole and not support individuals
• If we make a donation, it must make your organisation, or the project itself, more sustainable
• You must agree to provide a report on your project within 6 months of completion of the project
The Heart of Experian Charity Fund look for the following when assessing grant applications:
• Projects whose aims relate to financial inclusion, financial education, entrepreneurship or developing skills useful in business
• Projects that have a long-term benefit for the community
• Projects for which the organisation has secured match funding or resources from elsewhere, to either (a) reduce the amount applied for here or (b) pay for other project costs
• Projects that have a clear approach or strategy for attracting future funding or otherwise ensuring the continuation of the project
• Projects that can demonstrate that they have a project manager with appropriate experience to be able to successfully deliver the project
• For established projects, any donation that will be used to extend the project beyond its existing boundaries in terms of scope, number of beneficiaries and/or time frame
• Grants tend not to be awarded to cover salary costs, unless the group has a clear strategy for its future sustainability
• Groups that have not received funding from the Charity Fund in the previous 12 months
For further information and to apply, visit: www.charityfund.org.uk, or contact 0115 992 2431, or email: [email protected]