Application Guidelines
Programme Grants:
The Trust only funds registered charities or activities with clearly defined charitable purposes.
The Trustees take an active role in their grant-making, employing a range of specialist staff and advisers to research their areas of interest and bring forward suitable proposals. The Trust works closely with its chosen beneficiaries over a long period to achieve particular objectives. It should therefore be understood that the majority of unsolicited proposals we receive will be unsuccessful.
The Trust does not give direct support for:
- Individuals
- Educational fees
- Expeditions
Applications should be sent by post to The Sainsbury Family Charitable Trusts, Allington House (1st Floor), 150 Victoria Street, London SW1E 5AE, with a description (strictly no more than two pages please, as any more is unlikely to be read) of the proposed project, covering:
- The organisation - explaining its charitable aims and objectives, and giving its most recent annual income and expenditure, and current financial position. Please do not send a full set of accounts
- The project requiring funding - why it is needed, who will benefit and in what way
- The funding - breakdown of costs, any money raised so far, and how the balance will be raised
- At this stage please do not send supporting books, brochures, DVDs, annual reports or accounts
All applications will receive our standard acknowledgement letter. If your proposal is a candidate for support, you will hear from us within 8 weeks of the acknowledgement. Applicants who do not hear from us within this time must assume they have been unsuccessful.
Small Grants:
The small grants programme is broken down into two categories: UK and Africa.
UK:
The UK small grants programme is to fund local organisations and projects that support disabled children and their families. No direct support will be given for salaries and the grants are usually on a one-off basis.
Key areas of particular interest to the Trustees are:
- Hydrotherapy pools
- Multi sensory rooms
- Mini buses
- Young carers projects
- Sibling projects
- Bereavement support
Applications for small grants should be made using our online application form.
Africa:
The Africa small grants programme is administered by the African Palliative Care Association. This programme provides grants, of between £1,000 - £2,500, to organisations offering palliative services across the continent.
Trustees favour support for items which directly improve the patient experience and the standard of palliative care services. Priority is given to the following, in no particular order:
- Equipment for patients (beds, wheelchairs etc)
- Innovative projects for paediatric services (this could include purchasing toys)
- Medicines
- Capital improvement costs (such as adapting buildings to improve the patient experience)
- Developing small palliative care projects
Applications should be sent directly to APCA at TrueColoursSmallGrants@apca.co.ug.
