Deadline: 30 September 2018

The Estate of Helen Stewart Royle Charitable Trust is seeking applications for 2018 Grant Round.

The mission of this trust is to distribute widely to organisations that can directly apply funds to specific projects that provide humanitarian aid (assistance and relief) to women or older people.

Applications are to be submitted from the controlling body (National Office) where applicable. The Trustee will focus providing funding for one-off projects only that address specific issues and needs relative to the Trust’s Mission Statement.

Decisions relating to grant applications are made on the information provided in the application and other general enquiries. The Trustees may approve a grant subject to certain conditions in such circumstances, the Grant would normally be held by the Trustee until the conditions have been met.

For the purposes of the Helen Stewart Royle Charitable Trust the Trustee has defined the following:

• Woman- A female adult aged over 20 – The age of adulthood is defined in the Age of Majority Act 1970 as attaining the age of 20.
• Older People- Over the age of 65 – While there is no legislative support for what are “Old people”, they are commonly defined as those over the age of 65.
• Assistance and Aid- An element of humanitarian aid (e.g. relief of poverty) rather than the other classes of charitable aid generally considered to be the advancement of education, religion, or other general community benefits.

Funding Information

There will be a maximum of 10 awards per grant round, and between $5,000 – $60,000 will be awarded per grant.

Eligibility Criteria

• In order to be eligible to apply for funding in 2018 from the Trust applicant’s organisation needs to be:
  • A Registered Charitable Trust
  • Providing assistance and or aid to Women and or Older people
• Applications are only accepted from charitable organisations or other bodies (including schools, individuals, sports organisations and service clubs are not eligible to apply to the Trust and the Trust does not fund overseas projects.

Terms and Conditions

• Only one application per organisation will be accepted in a grant round.
• The trustee’s decision is final.
• Decisions regarding grants are made on the basis of information provided in the application forms, supporting material and other enquiries.
• Grants may be approved subject to certain conditions. In such circumstances the funds will normally be held by Public Trust until the conditions have been met.
• All successful applicants must record the grant in accounts as Public Trust – Estate of Helen Stewart Royle Charitable Trust.
• Successful grant applicants may be required to provide the trust with information for accountability purposes.

How to Apply

Applications must be submitted online via given website.

Eligible Country: New Zealand

For more information, please visit 2018 Grant Program.