Charles Hayward Foundation
The Charles Hayward Foundation accepts applications from registered charities and not-for-profit organisations with projects that relate to these themes:
- Social and Criminal Justice
- Heritage and Conservation
- Overseas
- Older People
The main grant programme currently only makes grants in Social and Criminal Justice theme and to charities with an income of between £350,000 and £4,000,000. Grants are for one to three years with grants of £15,000 – £25,000 per year. The Foundation may invest up to £25,000 in a pilot project, if it addresses complex problems in an innovative way and may lead to replication if proven effective. The Foundation’s Small Grants programme is currently close and will re-open in January 2024.
Background
Sir Charles Hayward was born in 1893 in Wolverhampton, Staffordshire. In 1911 he started a business making wooden patterns for the developing engineering trade. His early involvement in the motor industry proved to be a springboard for his later success culminating in the formation of Firth Cleveland Ltd. He was Chairman from its inception in 1953 until 1973 when he retired. Sir Charles used his personal fortune to establish and endow two charitable trusts, the Hayward Foundation and the Charles Hayward Trust. The two charities were combined on 1st January 2000, to become the Charles Hayward Foundation.
Social and Criminal Justice
The overall aims of Social and Criminal Justice grants are to prevent people entering the criminal justice system and to support those already in the system to move on and rebuild their lives. The Foundation funds early intervention programmes with young children and their families, tailored preventative work with young people at risk, and holistic support services aimed at reducing re-offending and aiding re-settlement. The Foundation also looks to alleviate the consequences of domestic abuse and criminal exploitation of vulnerable persons.
The Foundation looks out in particular for project that relate to:
- Targeted early intervention programmes aimed at reaching the most troubled and vulnerable families in a community.
- Preventative and diversionary projects for young people at risk of offending including tailored interventions identifying and addressing the particular needs of girls and young women.
- Programmes, particularly those with a focus on young offenders, combining prison based and community interventions dealing with rehabilitation of offenders, accommodation and support on release, helping with maintaining family relationships, mentoring, and mapping and creating pathways to employment.
- Schemes offering viable alternatives to custody, in particular for women and young people.
- Programmes of support directed towards rehabilitating the victims of domestic abuse and criminal exploitation.
The trustees look in particular for an holistic approach addressing multiple and complex needs with a range of appropriate interventions. They like to see programmes tailored to individual needs and local situations involving families and communities; these can be designed and delivered in partnership. The Foundation is open to creative and specialist approaches and trialling new solutions. Programmes should be of appropriate duration and intensity, have a clear rationale and be properly monitored and evaluated. You will need to present a plan for the future, including an exit strategy.
In this stream, the Foundation doesn’t fund: policy and research; short term interventions; trips and youth volunteering; uniformed organisations; generic youth programmes; or capital projects.
General Eligibility
This fund is for registered charities only and the Criminal and Social Justice theme is only open to charities with an income of between £350,000 and £4,000,000. In general the Foundation does not fund: endowments; general appeals; individuals; grant making charities; loan and deficits; retrospective or unrestricted grants.
Applications
You’ll need to submit a proposal (no more than four A4 pages in length) by email including the following information: charity name and location; contact details; a description of what your charity does; a description of the proposed project; project outcomes; project cost; details of matching funds raised and pledged; a project timetable; and accounts. See the guidance following the link above.
Deadlines
The Foundation offers main grants and small grants.. The small grant programme is currently closed to new applications and is set to reopen in January 2024 with revised guidelines and funding priorities. The next deadline the main grants programme for UK and overseas projects is the 2nd February 2024 followed by deadlines on 26th April 2024; 16th August 2024; and 8th November 2024.