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The Henry Smith Charity (UK)
01/03/2015
The Henry Smith Charity makes grants totalling over £20 million per annum for a wide range of purposes across the UK, funded from investments.
The charity covers areas such as:
Hospitals and medical care (services operated by the NHS will not normally be funded)
Hospices and palliative care
Medical research
Disability
Elderly
Young people
Drugs and alcohol
Family services
Homeless
Holidays for children.
The Charity has three funding streams:
The main grants programme which offers grants for more than one year, and up to three years. Grant applications must be for £10,000 or more per annum, and can be used towards core costs.
The capital grant programme which offers grants of more than £10,000 for one year only for purchase/refurbishment of a building, purchase of specialist equipment, other similar capital expenditure, or one year's running costs.
The small grants programme which offers grants of £10,000 or less to organisations with an annual income of less than £150,000, for one-off capital items such as equipment purchase, or one year's running costs.
There are no specific deadlines, although Trustees meet quarterly in March, June, September and December to consider applications, so these must be received at least 8 weeks prior to a meeting.