THE PETER MINET TRUST

The Peter Minet Trust seeks to improve the quality of life of people living in the inner city boroughs of South East London, especially Lambeth and Southwark by making grants to registered charities (not individuals) which support social welfare, health and community projects, working with people of any age.

The Trust is equally interested in new ventures, established projects and innovative schemes. 

Appeals from charities supporting the arts, culture and conservation are also considered from time to time.

Grants awarded are normally between £1,000 and £3,000.  If you are given a grant, you must wait 18 months before you can apply again.

There is also Small Grant Scheme.  

EXCLUSIONS

• We do not make grants directly to individuals. 

We do not normally make grants for: -

• National appeals by large charities for large sums of money

• Appeals where all, or most of the beneficiaries live outside the UK

• Appeals whose sole or main purpose is to make grants from collected funds

• Endowment or deficit funding

• Medical or other research

• Local appeals, outside the inner city boroughs of South London

SMALL GRANTS
Small grants are:

• for any amount between £50 and £500

• for small one-off events such as Christmas parties, play schemes, visits etc

You can apply for a small grant at any time. 
*Only one small grant will be made to an organisation within a period of 12 months   If you run several small small projects throughout the year, you can apply to a full trustees' meeting for one larger grant covering all the activities.
Small grants are put before a sub-committee and they take at 3-4 weeks to administer.

You need to fill in the same form and enclose the same documents as an ordinary grant.

HOW TO APPLY
You must fill in an application form and post it to us together with:

• Detailed costing of the project

• Details of funds already raised (if any) and where else you have applied for funding

• A copy of your most recent audited accounts

Form & Guidelines as a MS Word document  (137k) You can use your computer to complete this or print off the blank form and then fill it in by pen or typewriter

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If you would prefer printed form then telephone 020 8772 3155
or write to:

 The Peter Minet Trust, 1A Taylors Yard, 67 Alderbrook Road, London SW12 8AD            (SAE helpful)

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Closing Dates

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MEETINGS

We meet three times a year, usually in February, June and October.
You should submit your form well before the meetings. 

The closing date for the next meeting is 10th September 2010. (for a meeting of the Trustees in October 2010)

Future closing dates are:

• 10th December 2010 (for a Trustees' meeting in February 2011)

• 22nd April 2011 (for a Trustees' meeting in June 2011)

Please note that the office is closed from 29 July-30 August 2010 and 16 December 2010 - 4 January 2011, although applications can be submitted during this time.

SOME USEFUL HINTS........

• Do fill in all of the boxes on the application form - it is intended to give us a quick 'snapshot' of your organisation and your request for funding.

• Check your eligibility.

• Don't forget to include the accompanying documentation.

• Use black ink for handwritten applications.  Make sure that what you submit can be read easily and photocopied.

• If it's helpful, you can stick on typed text, particularly for the longer parts of the form

• Do telephone to check things out:
  020 8772 3155  between 9 am and 3 pm on Monday or Tuesday each week  

• Get your application in on time

• Send your form by first class post and make sure that the postage is correct. 

• Do not use Recorded or Special Delivery - it will delay your application.