Andrews Charitable Trust is a Christian organisation that wants to achieve social change for faith and humanitarian reasons. We support Christian, other faith and no faith organisations' work. If you are thinking of applying to us, please read this page very carefully. If your work or situation appears to be outside the two programmes listed on the previous page, then the Trustees will not support your application for funding.

Don't apply if...

We can't emphasise too strongly that applications with any of the following characteristics will be REJECTED immediately. Please do not waste your time making an application to us if any of the following apply to you. It is the policy of ACT not to support ventures:

1. of individuals seeking support for their educational expenses at any academic or vocational level

2. of individuals undertaking charitable works in their own or another country on a project/’gap’ year/work experience/exchange basis

3. seeking a contribution or total funding to the ongoing work of the organisation

4. that are about new projects as satellite aspects of the existing organisation

5. that are about building or capital works

6. offering what exists already in the same way and for the same beneficiaries

7. led by people or teams who cannot make the vision a reality

8. responding to a particular event or with a time limited span e.g. appeals

9. not open to sharing learning, resources and materials with others working in that particular field

10. that are not innovative, replicable and sustainable.

You should apply if...

We will be happy to consider your application if your venture:

is new, justis new, just starting OR

• seeks to expand significantly the work and organisational ability to reach and impact with your work on a regional, national or international level

AND

• involves people who have the vision, determination, and ability to make change happen
• offers real improvement or a different solution to a problem facing many disadvantaged people
• is innovative, can be replicated and become sustainable in the medium term
• the people leading it welcome management support, involvement and oversight
• can offer shared learning, resources and materials to others working in your particular field.

Please note that this is not an exhaustive list, and there is no guarantee that if you meet all these points then we will fund your venture.

If you want to learn more about the characteristics of successful ventures we have funded, read on.

We don’t have an application form or pack. This website offers an explanation of what it is that we are looking to achieve and what our Trustees are currently focusing on.

Any written application to us should be in the form of a brief summary of your proposal (maximum 3 pages) stating:

• WHAT you want to do/are doing – explain the idea/work and its value.
• WHY it should be done – the need for it and why it is innovative/better than what is currently offered.
• WHEN you will do this – what are you seeking support for, how much, over what period of time (please include both the human and financial input you are looking for)
• WHERE you are working now/envision working if supported and how this will impact upon people/communities
• WHO you are/your organisation and its Trustees/Board and its achievements to date.
• HOW you will go about your plans and deliver Threading through this brief summary we need to understand:
• If for the Homelessness and Parenting programme, how your work adds to existing services
• If for the innovations programme, whether If for the innovations programme, whether your organisation is a new/step change organisation and how the work is innovative, replicable and sustainable.

Please e-mail your proposal to info@andrewscharitabletrust.org.uk