Supporting the
work of Hospices
in the UK
The Trustees allocate resources specifically to support the work of hospices in the United Kingdom.
The Trust is accelerating its annual Hospice Fund programme for 2021, in recognition of the continued pressures that many hospices are experiencing due to COVID-19 and the associated restrictions on normal activities.
As last year, the Trust has simplified the application process and amended its normal eligibility criteria. The available funding will be used to provide one-off grants of up to £5,000 to support hospices’ core costs.
The application window is short; reflecting both the simplified process and the desire to take decisions and allocate funding as quickly as possible to support hospices in a period when other income streams have been disrupted. The deadline for applications for the current funding round is Monday 3 May 2021.
ELIGIBILITY
Applications will only be accepted from hospices that are charities registered in the UK, and are members of either Hospice UK or Together for Short Lives. Applications will not be accepted from faith-based charities, charities operating outside the UK or for multi-year funding.
The Trust is unable to consider a further appeal from hospices which received an award from the Hospice Fund in November 2020. Hospices which received an award in earlier funding rounds, or which were unsuccessful in November 2020, are eligible to re-apply.
In order to focus the available funding on areas of greatest need, the Trust will only make awards to hospices whose current level of free reserves is equivalent to 12 months or less of their operating costs.
Potential applicants should note that it is not possible for the Trust to make donations to:
- Organisations that are not registered charities. Regrettably the Trust cannot consider requests for financial help from community groups which are not registered charities or from or on behalf of individuals
- Organisations that are not members of Hospice UK or Together for Short Lives
- Overseas organisations, or to organisations based in the UK who use their funds for charitable purposes overseas
- Hospices which received an award from the Trust’s Hospice Fund in November 2020
HOW TO APPLY
Applications must be submitted using the online application form
As part of the application process applicants will be asked to submit:
- their most recent audited Trustees’ Report and Financial Statements & most recent Management Accounts
- information about the charity’s current level of free reserves
- a copy of a recent bank statement.
- CQC (or equivalent) rating
Before applying applicants should ensure that they have read and understood the guidelines. Applicants will need to confirm that they accept the Trust’s Terms and Conditions of funding before submitting their application.
TIMINGS
The window for applications opens on Monday 19 April 2021 and closes at midnight on Wednesday 5 May 2021. Applications will not be accepted after this date. Subject to the volume of applications, the Trusts aims to convey decisions and initiate payments to successful applicants by the end of June. The Trust hopes to open a second funding round in the Autumn of 2021, if funding is available.
Applicants should contact the Trust, should they have any further questions on [email protected].
More information about grants awarded under this programme can be found on the Previous Awards page of our website.
