Toy Trust
Money raised through fundraising events and other initiatives is distributed by the Toy Trust committee that meets four times each year to allocate grants to children’s causes in need of support.
Maximum value:
5000.00
Objective of fund:
Toy Trust funds help disadvantaged children and their families to:
Alleviate suffering
Support children through awful experiences
Encourage achievement through adversity
Purchase vital equipment
Provide care
Bolster existing initiatives
Initiate brand new projects
Satisfy basic needs
Who can apply
At the current time, we welcome applications from small UK based children's charities - working for the benefit of children across the UK. As part of your application you will be asked which area of the UK you work.
Trustees meet 4 times a year and we encourage applicants to note the following deadlines. Every effort is made to review all applications that meet our criteria but the Toy Trust reserves the right to review any funding applications received at future meetings should a higher volume than normal be received.
If an application meets all criteria and cannot be reviewed immediately, then the application will be seen at the next available meeting, providing any deadlines within the application have not been exceeded.
Application deadlines:
March meeting – mid February
July meeting – mid June
September meeting – mid August
December meeting – mid November
Restrictions
The Toy Trust will not pay for salaries, research or running costs
Eligible Expenditure
All applications should:
Be supported by a registered Charity number
Be in support of disadvantaged children aged below 13 years
Have supporting up to date financial accounts
Be in support of children and projects regardless of faith, sex or disability
Come from a charity that has been running for a minimum of one full year
Be for less than £5000 unless a compelling case can be put forward
Show real benefit for relieving hardship and suffering to beneficiaries
Not be for individual cases without compelling reasons
Be for equipment and services but generally NOT for salaries, wages and research
Demonstrate effective fund raising effectiveness by the applicant
Not be for books or publishing unless for compelling reasons
The applicants accounts must show a ratio of administration & overhead costs (including wages & salaries) to income of less than 30%
The applicants accounts must have unrestricted net assets of not more than £200,000 or of less than one year’s income
Should the applicant not provide a set of accounts by the time the applications are submitted to the committee for approval that application will be declined.
Applications are accepted from organisations based in the UK and Ireland but applications will also be considered from organisations around the world who have a UK based office.
Successful applicants cannot reapply for funding for 2 years. This in turn will allow the Toy Trust to distribute funds fairly given the large volume of applications we receive.
How to apply
Apply online at https://www.toytrust.co.uk/apply-now/