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Small Grants Programme

We make grants to registered UK charities (including those in Northern Ireland) which offer financial and / or housing related support to:

• survivors of domestic abuse
• older people

If you think your charity’s work might fit the above criteria please see the funding criteria/guidelines for detailed information about the types of work we will support.

• Grants Programme

  We operate the following grant programme which is open to applicants who fit our funding criteria/guidelines:

  • Small Grants Programme - this offers grants of up to £5,000 to registered charities with incomes of under £750,000.

  Charities wishing to apply to the Foundation must be registered with one of the following:

  • the Charity Commission for England and Wales
  • the Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator
  • HM Revenue & Customs - for charities in Northern Ireland
  • HM Revenue & Customs - for those charities with a turnover of under £5,000
• Exclusions

  What we do not fund (exclusions):

  For Older People:

  • Transport schemes

  For Survivors of domestic abuse:

  • Counselling for survivors of domestic abuse
  • Refurbishing, equipping or running costs of refuges
  • Help to find employment

  Other exclusions which apply to all applications:

  • Charities with ‘unrestricted reserves’ which exceed 50% of annual expenditure, as shown in their accounts
  • Charities which are in significant debt as shown in their accounts
  • Promotion of religion or politics
  • Charities which have been declined by us within the last 12 months
  • Applications which do not comply with our fundingcriteria/guidelines

• Diversity and Equal Opportunities

  We welcome applications from all sections of the community regardless of race, colour, gender, sexuality, religion, national origin, age, disability or any other circumstance. All applications which fit the Foundation's guidelines are considered equally on grounds of merit

  The Nationwide Foundation is opposed to all forms of discrimination and strives to ensure that no applicant organisation experiences unfair or unlawful discrimination. However if you believe a member of the staff or an individual member of the Trustee Board has treated you unfairly, please refer to our Complaints Procedure.

  Should you require our guidelines, or other information about the Foundation, in an alternative format please contact us on 01793 655113 or at enquiries@nationwidefoundation.org.uk and we will do our best to accommodate your request.

• Use of The Nationwide Foundation name and logo

  The Nationwide Foundation is happy for charities which we support to use our name and logo on any of their literature or on their websites.

  However, as part of the grant terms, we require all charities to request permission in writing for all uses of our logo, in advance. You can email these to us.

  Please note that the Nationwide Foundation is a separate organisation from the Nationwide Building Society. Any acknowledgement of our support should therefore refer to the Foundation.

  Press coverage

  Press coverage can be a great way for charities to raise the profile of their work with the following benefits:

  • To promote services which they provide to potential beneficiaries
  • To attract volunteers / future Trustees
  • To attract future donations.

  Coverage can be obtained in national press, regional, daily and evening newspapers; local weekly newspapers and specialist publications e.g. voluntary sector magazines. You might also wish to consider local radio, particularly your local BBC station.

  If you receive funding from Nationwide Foundation and would like to promote your charity, we would be very happy to assist. Please contact us and we can provide you with a press release template, the names of people and publications to contact and some general guidance notes.

• How your information will be used by the Foundation

  The Nationwide Foundation processes personal data in compliance with the Data Protection Act 1998, and uses such personal data and other information which you provide as part of the process of assessing grant applications, and monitoring and evaluating the progress of work funded. Information may also be shared with other grant providers and assessed or monitored by external agencies appointed by the Foundation e.g. accountants, external evaluators and statutory agencies such as the Charity Commission. It will not be used for any additional purposes or disclosed to third parties without your permission, except for the following purposes:

  • determining, preventing or detecting crime
  • ensuring that no applicant is receiving multiple grants
  • as part of our external auditing requirements

  Fraud

  The Nationwide Foundation takes grant fraud very seriously as fraudulent applications divert funding away from legitimate charitable causes.

  The information provided by you may be made available to other agencies for the purposes of preventing or detecting crime. Any misleading statements given at any stage during the application process may render the application invalid and you may be liable to return any monies already paid out. We will take the appropriate action against any applicants who commit or attempt to commit fraud, which may include reporting to the police.

  Retention of Application Forms

  It is the Foundation's policy to retain applications for one year after they have been declined or, when an application has been successful, it will be retained for three years after the active period of grant.

The Nationwide Foundation is a registered charity (no 1065552) and has limited liability being a company limited by guarantee registered in England and Wales (no. 3451979). Registered office address: Nationwide House, Pipers Way, Swindon, SN38 1NW.
Site updated: December 2011