Santander Foundation - Grants of up to £10,000 are available
19 January 2010
The Santander Foundation brings together the charitable donations formerly made in the UK by Abbey, Alliance & Leicester and Bradford & Bingley savings business.
All its funding must directly help disadvantaged people through one or both of these charitable priorities:
• Education and training - This does not have to be formal training or lead to a qualification. It could be any activity disadvantaged people undertake where they improve their confidence in a skill or their understanding of a subject eg independent living skills, anger management, improving self-esteem, reminiscence projects for older people, art and craft sessions as well as IT classes.
• Financial capability - This covers activities that help disadvantaged people understand how to manage their money. It could include budgeting skills, accessing affordable credit as well as managing the challenges that arise from being a carer, unemployment, disability or relationship break-up.
All funding is for one-off donations. Grants are available to buy tangible items such as equipment or training materials. Grants are also available to fund project costs such as sessional worker fees, salaries, room hire or other costs.
The foundation can make donations only to organisations with charitable status for their work within the UK. This includes registered charities, Friendly Societies, Industrial & Provident Societies registered under charitable not membership rules (an exception to this are credit unions – which can be funded).
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