The Skinners’ Company Lady Neville Charity

The Skinners’ Company Lady Neville Charity was formally set up in 1978 following a bequest from Ralph Neville JP. Its aim is to provide grants that will make a clear and significant contribution to grassroots charitable organizations working in designated priority areas.

One-off grants of up to £1,000 are made to small registered charities and not-for-profit organisations. The priority areas are Disability, Local Heritage, Local Community and Performing & Visual Arts.

Who can apply?

The Lady Neville Charity will accept applications from:

• registered charities or not-for-profit organisations based in the United Kingdom
• organisations employing less than the equivalent of four full-time paid staff, which are working in the following priority areas:
  • Disability – We support activities which provide opportunities to people of any age with physical or mental disabilities
  • Local Heritage – Projects which help local groups to conserve and restore their landmarks, landscape, traditions and culture
  • Local Community – Projects which are involved in improving the facilities or quality of life for people in a deprived neighbourhood
  • Performing and Visual Arts – Groups involved in undertaking a particular activity in any field in this area

What do we fund?

• Items of non-recurring expenditure (eg, equipment, an event, a particular element of capital building works)
• Grants should make a clear and significant contribution to the project
• The level of each grant is in the region of £500 to £1,000.
  

Who cannot apply?

We cannot fund:

• Sponsorships requests from individuals
• Revenue requests (ie, for staff salaries or for ongoing activities)
• Organisations working in similar areas as the Skinners’ Company (ie, education, vocational training, welfare grants for older or disabled people, sheltered and extra care housing)
• Projects taking place in a hospital, nursing or residential care setting
• Medical research
• Organisation which have received a grant within the last three years

How to apply

You are welcome to discuss a potential approach with the Charities Administrator. Please call us on 020 7213 0562 or email us at charitiesadmin@skinners.org.uk.

If you wish to proceed with an application, click here to download Guidelines to Applicants & Summary Application Form. You will need to return this, along with your latest audited Annual Report & Accounts by mid-March or mid-September for Committee meetings which take place in May and November.

In order to keep administrative costs down, we regret it is not possible to acknowledge unsuccessful applications.

 

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