Jean Sainsbury Animal Welfare Trust

Overview

The objectives of the Trust are to donate to UK registered charities whose purposes encompass one or more of the following:

• to benefit or protect animals
• to relieve animals from suffering
• to conserve wild life
• to encourage the understanding of animals

Funding Levels

Donations are considered three times each year in spring, summer and winter, by a panel of up to 7 trustees and range from £1,000 to a normal maximum of £10,000. Smaller donations may be awarded between the meetings at the discretion of JSAWT’s Chair and Administrator.

Who do the Trust fund?

The Jean Sainsbury Animal Welfare Trust expects all applicants with an annual income of over £5,000 to be charities and to have been registered for at least 12 months with: The Charity Commission for England and Wales, The Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator, or The Charity Commission for Northern Ireland.

JSAWT favours applications from:

Smaller animal welfare charities registered as above and working in the UK and/or abroad:

• Which have independently examined up to date annual accounts;
• Which demonstrate an active re-homing and rehabilitation policy for animals taken into their care, unless the animals are endangered species;
• Are involved with conservation of wildlife, where the rescue, rehabilitation and (when possible) the release of animals is their main aim.

JSAWT aims to support registered charities by making donations toward the following:

• General running costs associated with the rescue, rehabilitation and re-homing or release of domestic, wild and exotic animals.
• Costs associated with the direct protection of endangered species.
• Feeding, capture, neutering and release of feral cats and dogs.
• Assistance with vets’ fees and neutering costs of animals owned by those facing financial hardship.
  • Please note, Trustees prefer to see awards being used to benefit the largest number of animals possible ( eg for neutering, worming, vaccinating & treating minor injuries & illnesses) rather than assisting a small number of complex cases.
• The Trustees may also pledge funds towards larger projects, which will only be released when all other funding is in place and the work is ready to commence. The maximum pledge they will give is unlikely to exceed £35k.
• Donations toward the purchase or improvement of property or fixed buildings are only considered if:

a) the property is clearly in the ownership of the charity, or

b) at least 10 years is left to run on the charity’s lease, or

c) a letter from the landowner states that the charity will be reimbursed for the improvements on sale of the property or at the end of the lease. Otherwise, support for improvements on non-charity owned land can only be considered when they do not increase the saleable value of the property.