The Weavers’ Company Benevolent Fund makes charitable grants to support people in trouble, particularly young offenders and ex-offenders, as well as other disadvantaged young people.
Funding is available for work that falls within one of the following three themes:
- Supporting offenders into work – for projects supporting offenders and ex-offenders to build skills and capability to get into sustainable work
- Helping specific groups within the criminal justice system – to support charities that are working with groups that tend to be less popular with funders
- Supporting young people – for projects that work with young people (aged up to 25) from disadvantaged and socio-economically challenged groups
The preference is to provide funding to help get new projects started, particularly if they are innovative and can serve as a model elsewhere.
There are two levels of funding: small grants (up to £5,000) and main grants (mostly up to £10,000 with some grants of £15,000).
UK registered charities and charitable incorporated organisations (CIOs) can apply.
Focus of fund/fund aims:
Grants to support organisations that can demonstrate impact with ex-offenders, young offenders or young people at risk of offending.
Application deadline:
Applications are considered three times a year