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Jephcott Charitable Trust - meets twice a year in October and April

Our funding priorities

We like to make grants which will make a difference, preference will
be given to charities or projects which are having difficulty getting
started, or raising funds from other sources. This often means that
the Trust is funding capital projects, eg for equipment or materials,
rather than running costs. Grants are made to charities in all parts
of the world.

* Population Control
The Jephcott Charitable Trust is prepared to consider support for
schemes, particularly educational ones, which help to control
excessive growth in population.

* The Natural Environment
The Trust has supported a number of projects involved in conserving
the natural environment. It does not support projects involving animal
welfare or heritage sites or buildings.

* Education
Projects will be considered include benefitting people of all ages and
backgrounds. They may be able to provide formal education, to teach
vocational skills to enhance the possibility of employment, to enhance
computer skills, health awareness, distance learning.

* Health
A very wide range of healthcare projects are supported. Projects which
require long-term funding are not normally considered. The Trust
prefers to make one-off donations to get many projects started, rather
than support fewer projects charities over a long period.


You can apply if:
* You are a registered charity or properly constituted organisation.
The purpose for which you are applying must be legally charitable and
your constitution must allow you to carry out that work.
* Your proposal falls within our funding priorities.
* The work for which you want funding has not already taken place.
* The work will benefit an individual.

The Trust does not support:
* Organisations whose administrative expenses form more than 15% of
their annual income.
* Individuals.
* Animal welfare.
* Heritage.

The Trust prefers to support projects which:
* Are pump-priming - helping to get an organisation up and running, or
make a significant step forward.

How to apply
* Download and read the guidelines, (also contains the application
form). http://www.jephcottcharitabletrust.org.uk/guidelines.doc
* If you would like to submit an application, complete the application
form.

What happens next

If your application is largely ineligible under our guidelines, we
will tell you within a few weeks of your application being received.
Others will be assessed by our Trustees, which may involve asking for
further information, or meeting you.

Applications are considered at Trustee meetings which are held in
April and October. You will hear shortly after these meetings whether
your application has been successful or not.

Each year we receive many more applications than we can fund. We have
to reject many applications which are eligible under our guidelines
but are of a lower priority.

Information to help you apply
* We make grants towards project costs - we prefer capital rather than
running costs
* It is not usual to make more than one grant to any organisation,
preferring to help many new projects get started.
* Grants are made in the range of £2,000 to £10,000, and in
exceptional cases only, up to £20,000.

The diversity of appeals made to the Trustees make it difficult to
provide specific guidelines in order to achieve selection. The
Trustees are flexible in their approach, and take the following into
account when considering an application:
* The ability to evaluate plays a crucial part.
* Involvement with a third party (eg NGOs) Whether the project is
basic or palliative.
* The financial situation of the organisation (85% of income should be
directly applied to advancing the applicants' charitable objectives).
* Whether the project is one-off or ongoing.
* The extent to which organisations have helped themselves.

Contact details at
http://www.jephcottcharitabletrust.org.uk/contactus.htm