Barbara Ward Children's Foundation

Open (ongoing) Children (0-12) Health, wellbeing and sport Human rights and equality Medical conditions People with disabilities Poverty and deprivation Social welfare and poverty Antrim & Newtownabbey Ards & North Down Armagh City, Banbridge & Craigavon Belfast City Causeway Coast and Glens Derry City and Strabane England Fermanagh and Omagh Great Britain Lisburn and Castlereagh Mid and East Antrim Mid Ulster Newry, Mourne and Down Northern Ireland Scotland Wales Large (over £60,000) Medium (up to £60,000)

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Overview

Since making the first grant in June 2002 the Trustees have reviewed over 7000 grant applications and approved almost 670 grants totalling in excess of £11.4 million to more than 450 organisations. The charity has made grants to support charitable activities throughout the United Kingdom, but also around the world, helping children in Barbados, Belarus, Cameroon, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Kosovo, Malawi, Nepal, the Philippines, Romania, Russia, Thailand, Uganda, Ukraine and Zambia.

The aim of the Foundation is to help small, non-religious charities to serve severely disadvantaged children anywhere in the world. In recent years, the Foundation has provided grants to organisations working on youth projects in the following categories:

Education.
Health and wellbeing.
Holidays.
Sport, play and leisure.
Support, care and respite

Who can apply

Applications will only be considered from those charities registered in the UK whose income does not exceed £2m.

The BWCF focuses its support on financially healthy children's charities where funding is not forthcoming from statutory bodies, where incomes and fund balances are constantly put to good use and where administration overheads are kept to a minimum. They welcome all applications that fit these simple criteria.

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