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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.
Please click on the titles below to find out more.
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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 during the Company Year (1 August 2007 – 31 July 2008) and deadlines for receipt of completed applications.
Meeting 29 October 2007, deadline 5 October 2007
Meeting 4 December 2007, deadline 12 November 2007
Meeting 19 February 2008, deadline 28 January 2008
Meeting 15 April 2008, deadline 24 March 2008
Meeting 26 June 2008, deadline 2nd June 2008
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 35% of its annual grants to this theme.
- Homelessness
- Causes and effects of social exclusion.
i) Beneficiaries must be young people under 25 years old;
ii) Projects should be based in deprived inner cities areas. Preference will be given to such projects in inner city London;
iii) Preference will be given to educational projects.
- Prisoners
- Retired servicemen and women
- Welfare, including provision of advice, counselling, care or support services. Preference will be given to projects with the following beneficiaries:
i) Elderly
ii) Refugees or those disadvantaged due to poverty
iii) Those rehabilitating from alcohol and drug dependency
iv) Carers, particularly young carers
- Disability. Projects to ease the lives and reduce the suffering of the disabled or those suffering long term handicap or ill health. When considering appeals from organisations addressing disability:
i) Preference will be given to charities which improve the quality of life for adults with disabilities;
ii) Where possible, funds will be focused on core funding rather than capital projects;
iii) Grants will generally be made on a one-off basis;
iv) Support will be focused on the ‘invisible’ disabilities such as hearing impairments, dyslexia, mental health, autism and chronic fatigue syndrome.
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Education and Training
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The Company has allocated approximately 50% of its annual grants to this theme.
- Affiliated Schools, Colleges and Universities
- Outreach programmes
- Leadership and volunteering
- Promotion of the learning of science
- Student hardship
New grants in support of education will normally be biased towards the maintained rather than the private sector.
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Textiles
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The Company has allocated approximately 4% of its annual grants to this theme.
- Technical Textiles
- Textile conservation
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Northern Ireland
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The Company has allocated approximately 3% of its annual grants to this theme.
- Projects in the area of historic involvement for the Drapers’ Company particularly Draperstown and Moneymore
- Projects within the Province falling under the Company’s other themes for support, but with a preference for the above area of interest.
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Heritage
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The Company has allocated approximately 4% of its annual grants to this theme.
Support for the preservation of historic buildings and the provision of public access to the nation’s heritage particularly in Greater London.
- City of London and the Mayoralty
- Company linked churches
- Museums, particularly if there is a link to the history of the textile trade
- Memorials and monuments, especially those related to former exploits of the armed forces or the history of London.
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Arts
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The Company has allocated approximately 4% of its annual grants to this theme.
- Public access to visual arts, particularly for young people
- Preservation of works of art
- Music, particularly performance and educational projects for young people
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