How to Apply for Funding
Please read these guidelines carefully and only apply if your work falls within our priorities.
Please read these guidelines carefully and only apply if your work falls within our priorities.
The Weavers’ Company Benevolent Fund was set up in 1973 with funds from The Worshipful Company of Weavers, which is the oldest City of London Livery Company and has a history dating back before 1130 AD
Many offenders and ex-offenders suffer from a variety of difficult, complex problems and are amongst the most vulnerable members of society. We will fund work that addresses the social and economic problems faced by this group and their families, providing them with support, life-skills training and a way back into education, training and/or employment, so that they may reintegrate and make a positive contribution to society. Our particular interest is in supporting young offenders under the age of 30.
The Trustees are keen to support projects working with disadvantaged young people to ensure they are given every possible chance to realise their full potential and to participate fully in society. We normally define young people as being aged from 5 to 30 years.
We are especially interested in helping smaller organisations that offer direct services. Organisations should normally be registered charities or in the process of applying for registration. Exceptionally, applications from CICs may be considered.
Our grants are relatively modest, usually with an upper limit of £15,000 per annum, and to make sure grants of this size have an impact, we will not normally fund large organisations.
Applicants must show that they have investigated other sources of funding and made plans for the future, which should include replacement funding if appropriate.
We receive a great many appeals each year and the most common reasons for the Trustees not being able to make a grant include:
Complete the application form, download and sign it, then post it to The Weavers’ Company, together with your supporting documents.:
Please do contact the office if you have any queries and we will do our best to help you. We cannot however accept draft applications.
Once we have received your application form, the process is as follows:
Because of the various stages involved, it may take up to four months from receiving your application until a final decision is reached and this should be taken into account when planning your project. Any applications that arrive too late for consideration at one meeting are automatically rolled forward to the next.
The Charitable Grants Committee meets in February, June and October of each year. Because of the various stages involved in the assessment process, it may take up to four months for your application to be processed and this should be considered when planning your project
Any applications that arrive after a deadline will be automatically rolled forward to the next.
See the application form for current deadline dates:
For further advice and information about the Company’s Charitable Grants or if you would like an application form to be sent to you by e-mail, please contact:
Anne Howe, Charities Officer
Tel: 020 7606 1155
E-mail: charity@weavers.org.uk
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