The Hargreaves Foundation
Giving those under the age of 18, and living with a mental health condition, disability, or growing up in poverty, the opportunity to fulfil their potential whilst improving wellbeing, self-esteem and independence.
All requests must fit with our objective:
Transforming young lives through sport and education.
In addition, requests must address one or more of the following priorities:
Enables individuals to experience the mental and physical health benefits of participatory sport
Ensures participatory sport is accessible (accessibility includes affordability)
Provides sporting or educational activities that foster life skills
Aims to improve academic engagement and attainment
Encourages the development of skills and personal attributes to aid future employability
Who can apply
We will consider applications from the following:
Registered Charities or Charitable Incorporated Organisations
Schools and Further Education Colleges (usually exempt charities)
NHS Trusts
Organisations must have:
At least one set of published accounts at the point of applying
A bank account in the organisation’s name with at least two unconnected signatories
(for charities) At least 3 unconnected Trustees
We receive more applications than we can fund and give priority to organisations based in and/or working in the South West.
We do not fund:
Individuals
Social Enterprises including Community Interest Companies
Private Companies
Local Authorities
Eligible expenditure
All requests must fit with our objective:
Transforming young lives through sport and education.
In addition, requests must address one or more of the following priorities:
Enables individuals to experience the mental and physical health benefits of participatory sport
Ensures participatory sport is accessible (accessibility includes affordability)
Provides sporting or educational activities that foster life skills
Aims to improve academic engagement and attainment
Encourages the development of skills and personal attributes to aid future employability
How to apply
It is the intention of the Trustees to distribute the annual income available to The Foundation, likely to be in the region of £2,000,000 per annum.
Grants will only be allocated to fund defined projects, initiatives or the purchase of specific items and wherever possible payments will be made directly to suppliers. We have no minimum or maximum grant size.
Provided your project, initiative or purchase aligns with at least one of the Foundation’s objectives you are encouraged to complete the Online Application Form.
Please note you cannot save the application form - we suggest saving elsewhere first and cutting and pasting the text into the form once you are ready to submit.
We can only accept our online application form. Applications are reviewed in the month following online submission. At this stage your application will be acknowledged, and we will provide an update after the initial screening.
Access the application form by clicking the following link: https://www.thehargreavesfoundation.org/apply/