The Shears Foundation place a great deal of emphasis in supporting organisations whose work is in the Tyne & Wear and Northumberland regions. Around 55-60% of their grant making is in this region.
The Foundation welcomes applications for grants of between £2,750 and £5,750 from charitable organisations who are working in one of their priority areas.
These are currently:
- The development of culture and the arts.
- The development and provision of educational opportunities for adults and / or children.
- Protection, preservation or enhancement of the natural environment.
- Creating stronger / better / more sustainable communities.
- Promoting health and medicine, with an emphasis on research or education.
The Shears Foundation will support project and core costs, including staffing and operational overheads. They do not contribute to capital projects for example, purchasing buildings (not including payments of a lease / rent costs); refurbishing buildings; significant repairs to buildings; major outdoor works; vehicles; larger equipment etc.
Here are some useful tips for making your application.
- Please make sure you've had a telephone or Zoom call before you make an application.
- Please give The Foundation all the information that you can to help the trustees make a decision.
- Ensure that the financial section of your application is accurate and balances, give any additional information in the box provided.
- The trustees look more favourably on applications where your work is being funded from a range of sources, or when the grant covers the full cost of a single piece of work.
- The trustees look more favourably on applications where you can show you are working collaboratively with other groups, organisations and charities.
- All grants to non-core groups are between £2,750 and £5,750. Please do not apply for less than the minimum or more than the maximum.
- You can make an application at any time, applications made after our quarterly closing dates will be considered in the following quarter.
- Applications that score highly enough in our initial scoring are considered at the end of each quarter by our trustees - our scoring system can be found below.
If you have any questions or need some help completing your application, then please call Carla Greenwood on 07860 131297 or book a telephone / Zoom call with her using the link on The Shears Foundation website. They have also provided links to some useful tools and documents which you’ll find useful when considering whether or not to make an application to The Shears Foundation.
Find out more about The Shears Foundation and apply for funding here.