DWF Foundation providing Funds to support Local Communities

Deadline: 31-Jul-2020

The DWF Foundation is seeking applications for providing funds, resources and support to help the communities achieve their full potential. It is an independent charitable foundation, founded by DWF with the the sole aim of providing funds, resources and support to help our communities achieve their full potential.

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Areas

The DWF Foundation supports registered charities with an impact in one or more of the following areas:

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Homelessness;
Health & Wellbeing;
Employability ;
Education.
The Foundation gives grants to initiatives that develop and improve local communities by:

Tackling a specific community issue;
Helping voluntary and community groups become more effective and efficient;
Encouraging the involvement in the community of those too often excluded; and
Enabling young people to develop skills for the benefit of the community.
Between its launch in December 2015 and April 2019, the DWF Foundation has given over 100 different grants, totalling over £250,000, to a wide range of charitable organisations.

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Funding Information

The Foundation does not have a minimum grant size but the majority of the grants will fall under £5,000.
Eligibility Criteria

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The DWF Foundation will welcome applications from Registered Charites only. Applications are welcome from charities working in countries in which there is a DWF presence.
N.B. On the application form please include your countries appropriate registered charity or not for profit number.
Ineligibility Criteria

The DWF Foundation will only fund charitable causes. They are not able to fund the following areas of work:

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Academic research;
Activities for which a statutory body is responsible;
Activity taking place in school time that is a statutory responsibility;
Animal welfare;
Evaluation which is not related to the funded work;
Every day running costs and core salaries;
General fundraising appeals;
Individuals;
Loans or business finance;
Other grant making bodies;
Professional fundraisers or bid writers;
Professional qualifications;
Recurrent funding;
Redundancy payments;
Religious and political causes;
Sponsorship/marketing appeals/fundraising costs;
Startup costs for new organisations;
The advancement of religion;
Universities/HE facilities;
Vehicles and minibuses;
Work that has already taken place.
For more information, visit https://www.dwf.law/About-us/DWF-Foundation