The Baily Thomas Charitable Fund - Main Grants Programme and Small Grants

The Baily Thomas Charitable Fund is a grant making registered charity which was established primarily to aid the research into learning disability and to aid the care and relief of those affected by learning disability.

Learning Disabilities Learning disabilities (intellectual disabilities), with or without autism are our priorities for funding. We consider projects for children or adults. We do not give grants for research into or care of people with mental illness, dyslexia, dyspraxia, autism, nor ADHD, if they do not also have learning disabilities (intellectual disabilities).

Funding is available only to organisations within and projects based in the UK. Grants will not normally be awarded to individuals. 

Applications for General Grants will only be considered from voluntary organisations which are registered charities or are associated with a registered charity. 

Schools and Parent Teacher Associations, Co-operative and Community Societies/Community Benefit Societies and other such exempt charities can also apply. 

The Fund does not currently accept appeals from Community Interest Companies. 

The Fund does not give grants towards anything considered to be statutory, if you are applying on behalf of a School or PTFA, it would have to be for something such as an extra-curricular club. 

Applications for Research Grants will only be considered from university departments, we do not award research grants to charities due to research governance requirements. 

The Trustees seek that funding is granted for the benefit of the community and appeals which benefit a specific target group of individuals are often unsuccessful.

Who can apply

Applications will only be considered from voluntary organisations which are registered charities (that includes Schools and Parent Teacher Associations, Co-operative and Community Societies/Community Benefity Societies and other such exempt charities) or are associated with a registered charity. Please note the Fund does not give grants towards anything considered to be statutory, if you are applying on behalf of a School or PTFA, it would have to be for something such as an extra-curricular club.

The Fund does not currently accept appeals from Community Interest Companies.

Restrictions

Please note that the Trustees will not consider more than one application from an organisation at any one meeting at a time (this does not apply to the Research Grants programme). 

The Fund’s work is linked with The Rix-Thompson-Rothenberg Foundation therefore applicants cannot apply to both. If you receive a grant from either trust you are not eligible to reapply to the Fund until 2 years from receipt of the grant.

Grants should normally be taken up within one year of the issue of the grant offer letter which will include conditions relating to the release of the grant.

For more information, and to apply, visit: https://www.bailythomas.org.uk/