Jephcott Charitable Trust

Overview

Funding Priorities

The funding priorities of the Trust are:

• Education
• Health
• Environment

The diversity of appeals presented to the Trust makes it very difficult to apply definite rules for selection. The Trustees are flexible in their approach and take into account the following when considering a project:

• The degree to which the donation 'pump-primes' an initiative or project - i.e. helps to scale a new organisation or to develop a new area of work
• The ability to effectively evaluate and monitor the long-term benefit created by the donation
• Local involvement in overseas projects and local sourcing of any materials required
• Involvement with a third party in overseas projects - for example ODA, NGO
• Unduly excessive administration costs for a project or a Charity
• Unduly excessive reserves or liquid assets held by the Charity
• The extent to which the organisation has helped itself and sought to raise funds from other sources
• Whether the applicant has been the subject of any adverse comment or action by the Charity Commission - If so full details must be provided

Funding

The Trust will typically make single donations (in a range of £2,000 to £10,000 and, in exceptional cases only, up to £20,000). In only a limited number of cases, it will consider multi-year applications (of up to 3 years) if supported by a robust project or business plan, with associated monitoring and reporting.

Education

The Trust supports projects which benefit people of all ages and backgrounds to advance education, aid delivery and widen educational/training opportunities throughout the world, with particular focus on emerging and developing economies and female educational opportunities. This can include formal education at all levels, vocational skills training to enhance employment opportunities, technical development (for example to teach IT skills), health and hygiene training and awareness. Projects can also include school building and renovation programmes.

The Trust likes to support projects to enhance awareness and to develop and educate communities in the area of family planning and menstrual health and hygiene.

Health

The Trust supports projects which benefit, improve and advance the health, wellbeing and life chances of people, communities and their environments across the world. This can include capital projects to build or refurbish health centres, clinics and hospitals, to construct WASH facilities, to provide mobile health posts, to purchase essential equipment, to provide generators for hospitals or clinics and to upskill healthcare staff in new methods or techniques.

A wide variety of healthcare projects are supported.

Environment

The Trust supports projects involved in the conservation, improvement and regeneration of the natural environment. This includes environmental awareness, biodiversity, sustainability and initiatives to combat climate change and further carbon capture. Projects can include tree planting, rewilding, protection of habitats and farm sustainability.

The Trust does not support projects involving animal welfare or heritage sites and buildings.

Who can apply?

You can apply if:

• 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 their funding priorities.
  • The work for which you want funding has not already taken place.
  • The work will benefit a community, village, area or large number of people.
• The Trust prefers to support projects which:
  • Are pump-priming...
  • Clearly have a significant, tangible, long-term and sustainable benefit to a community, region, area or large number of people.

NOTES ON APPLYING TO THE TRUST

• Applications must be made on the Application Form and must be sent to the Secretary
• All appeals should include clear details of the need the intended project is designed to meet
  and exactly why funds are needed
• All applications must be from a registered Charity or must give the name of a registered
  Charity which will endorse the application and accept the grant on its behalf.
• The purpose for which you are applying must be legally charitable and your constitution must
  allow you to carry out the work
• The work for which you want funding should not have already taken place
• Accounts for the Charity and a budget for the proposed project should be available
• If the application is dependent upon the employment of personnel, the funds will not be released until such an appointment is made
• Once a donation is approved, the Trust requires feedback within the first year and further reports annually, if relevant. Failure to provide this information may result in the donation having to be returned

For details of projects previously supported visit their website here