Aims/priorities: The Edward Gostling Foundation (formerly the ACT Foundation) provides grants to UK registered charities with the aim of enhancing the quality of life for people in need, specifically the mentally and physically disabled or those with long-term illness. Applications must address at least one of the four themes of the Foundation:
- Health and wellbeing: to maintain, improve and advance the health and welfare of people living with disabilities and/or long-term illnesses.
- Independent living at home: to support people who wish to remain living in their own home for as long as is practically possible.
- Respite: either for the person living with a disability (or long-term illnesses) or the carer to access sports and leisure activities or simply enjoy fun, friendship and the opportunity to socialise and share with others who may be in a similar situation.
- Transition: to provide fundamental life skills and infrastructure necessary to allow people to reach their full potential in all areas of life and to become a valued member of their local community.
Who can apply? We accept applications from Charities/CIO’s that have been registered with and regulated by a UK Charity Commission for at least 3 years regardless of their size.
Grant amount: Two funding streams are now available:
- Small Grants of less than £5,000 available to charities with an annual income of less than £3million.
- Large Grants of more than £5,000.
For further details visit: www.edwardgostlingfoundation.org.uk
Application process: The notes below outline all you need to know. All applications need to be submitted online and you can start the process by clicking on the Begin/Login button.
Writing the Application
- There is no standard form under this programme. You should create your own ‘free form’ Word document following the same format and headings as shown in our ‘Guidance for Preparing a Capital Grant Application’ download document (available below). This will need to be uploaded as part of your online application at Section C.
- If your application is accepted for consideration by Trustees, we may ask you for more detailed information as our due diligence progresses which could also include a visit by a member of the team and/or a presentation to some or all of our Trustees.
- You may apply for any amount up to £250K however we prefer to be part of a consortium of grant makers and we will never fund the entire project. We recommend you have at least 50% of the project’s funding secured before applying to us.
General Information
- Once you have submitted your application you will receive an acknowledgement by e-mail. If we need further information or wish to visit, we will contact you.
- We review applications in order of receipt so please be patient as we receive a large number every month.
- We will endeavour to let all applicants know the outcome of their request via e-mail within 90 days.
- If your application is successful, we will provide you with a grant offer outlining the terms and conditions of our grant. This offer will need to be signed by 2 of your Trustees and, when completed and received by us, the money will be paid electronically to your organisation’s bank account as per the terms detailed in the letter.
- Due to the large volume of applications we receive and our limited resources, we are unable to enter into any communication as to why an application was not successful.
- All requests will be carefully considered however it is not possible for us to support everything and we do not guarantee we will be able to help on every occasion.
Ready to Apply
- If you are eligible and are not already registered you should complete the registration process
- Once registered you can use your account to submit your current and any future applications.
- Applications can be edited, saved and returned to at any time until you are ready to submit.
- Read the Capital Grant Application Guidance thoroughly and provide all the necessary information, including all the supporting documents we need to complete our initial due diligence.
- Be clear on the financial implications of the work on your future income and costs.
If there is any further information you would like to provide which may assist us when we review your application, please feel free to add this as an appendix at section C in your online application.
Deadline: Ongoing
Contact information: Visit funders website.
Website: edwardgostlingfoundation