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The Drapers’ Charitable Fund
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Registered Charity number 251403
Objects
The objects of the charity are very wide ranging being such purposes and objects which are charitable at law, as the Trustee determines.
Origin
The bulk of the Fund’s capital was donated by The Drapers’ Company in two tranches in 1959 an 1965 respectively. Further amounts have been received from the Company by way of Gift Aid.
Aims of grant making
The Drapers’ Company aims to improve the quality of life and expectations of people and their communities within the UK, particularly those disadvantaged or socially excluded, through the award of grants in the fields of education and relief of need.
The Company also aims to support organisations and institutions, particularly those with historic links to the Drapers’ Company and the City of London, within the fields of education, heritage, the arts, prisoner support, and in Northern Ireland, and to promote the Company’s textile heritage through support for technical textiles and textile conservation.
These wide ranging aims and objectives are achieved by making grants in six broad areas.
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The Lambarde Cup, 1576, inscribed A proctour for the poore am I, remember theim before thou dye
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Please refer to the Guidelines for Applicants before submitting an application - Click here.
Each of the broad themes above lists the charitable causes and related criteria which the Company supports. Click here for details of What the Company does not support.
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When to apply
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Dates of meetings for the Company year to 31 July 2010 and deadlines for the receipt of completed applications.
13 October 2009 (meeting), 18 September 2009(deadline)
19 January 2010 (meeting), 18 December 2009 (deadline)
20 April 2010 (meeting), 26 March 2010 (deadline)
6 July 2010 (meeting), 11 June 2010 (deadline)
Please refer to the Application checklist to ensure that you have provided all the information required in order for your application to be considered. Incomplete applications will not be presented to the Charities Committee for consideration.
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Relief of need
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The Company has allocated approximately 30% of its annual grants to this theme.
- Homelessness
i) funding will only be considered for structured programmes aimed at breaking the cycle of homelessness
ii) area of operation should be inner city areas
iii) projects offering temporary outdoor relief will not be funded
- Causes and effects of social exclusion
i) beneficiaries should be young people under 25 years old
ii) projects are expected to be based in deprived inner cities areas. Preference will be given to such projects in inner city London
iii) projects should be focused on returning young people to education, employment or training
- Prisoners
i) preference will be given to projects assisting young offenders
ii) projects should aim to improve the opportunities for offenders on release or to reduce reoffending
- Servicemen and women
i) projects should support injured or incapacitated Ex Services personnel; or
ii) charities should improve the welfare of Ex servicemen and women, particularly those disadvantaged by need, hardship or distress
- Welfare, particularly the provision of care or support services to the following beneficiaries:
i) elderly
ii) vulnerable people or those disadvantaged due to poverty
iii) carers, particularly young carers
- Disability
i) projects should ease the lives and reduce the suffering of disabled people or those suffering long term ill health
ii) support will be focused on less visible disabilities such as hearing impairment, dyslexia, mental health, chronic fatigue syndrome
iii) applicant charities should seek to improve the quality of life for adults with less visible disabilities
iv) charities addressing children's disabilities, physical disabilities or medical conditions will not be funded
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Education and Training
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- Outreach programmes
i) in particular encouraging young people from disadvantaged backgrounds to continue or further their education
- Leadership and volunteering
i) either in the UK or overseas and as part of a structured programme
ii) applications from individuals will not be considered
- Promotion of the learning of science
For support of educational initiatives in North Wales and the London boroughs of Greenwich and Lewisham please see The Thomas Howell's Education Fund for North Wales and Sir William Boreman's Foundation links on the Grant Making Trusts page of the Drapers' Charities website.
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Textiles
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- Technical Textiles
i) projects which support the study of technical textiles or the encouragement of young people to pursue careers in the sector
- Textile conservation
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Northern Ireland
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- Projects falling under the Company's other themes for support in the area of historic involvement for the Drapers' Company, particularly in and around Draperstown and Moneymore
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Heritage and Arts
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- Support for the preservation of the nation's heritage and the provision of public access to the arts and heritage, particularly in Greater London, in one of the following areas:
i) City of London and the Mayoralty
ii) museums, memorials and monuments related to former exploits of the armed forces, the history of London or the textile trade
iii) public access to the arts for young people
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