Charitable Grants
CHARITABLE GRANTS
Benevolent Fund
Registered Charity No. 266189
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| Supporting Fine Cell Work |
The Benevolent Fund was set up in 1973 in succession to an earlier Fund with the aim of helping young people at risk of criminal involvement to stay out of trouble and assist in the rehabilitation of offenders, particularly young offenders both in prison and after release. The Company has laid down certain criteria in selecting projects: it prefers to help new projects in the early stages and, in particular, innovatory projects which could act as a model for similar work elsewhere; it sees its role as pump-priming and does not usually provide long-term funding, although it does sometimes provide more significant help to particular projects.
Applications are considered by the Charitable Grants Committee at their meetings in February, May and October. In considering whether a project is worthy of support and provided it meets all the Fund's criteria, an assessment visit by a member of the Company is always made. Guidelines and Application Form for prospective applicants are attached.
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| Supporting Fine Cell Work |