What is the Foundation?
What are the challenges?
An independent grant making charity that works closely with other charities to help people who are denied the basics in life
Why did we set up the Foundation?
We had been concerned for some time about the high operating costs of some charities and that not enough of their funds were benefiting the people in need. There is a better way that puts the people centre stage so we established the Foundation in 2014 to work with great causes and ensure that the maximum amount of our funds is spent making a real difference. Later that year we became a registered charity with the Charity Commission.
Our first donation was received in April 2015 and we were overjoyed to make our first grant in July 2015 to Tiger Kloof, a township school in Vryburg, South Africa, to fund the installation and operation of wifi which has transformed teaching and learning at this impressive institution.
There are three key reasons for creating our Foundation.
Partner Charities are an important part of our long term approach to making a difference.
In response to the abject plight of the homeless, in 2025 we set up our Homeless Hub which works with trusted charities to tackle this crisis in our Society.
The Foundation is committed to being open, welcoming and transparent. The trustees make available a wide range of information about the Foundation to help you gain a better understanding about who we are and what we are about.
all about making a difference
What are our priority areas?
What is our strategy and approach?
- Our target charities are small and medium sized with focused aims and a successful record of tackling their target need.
- Support vibrant, innovative and super efficient charities to deliver meaningful projects that have a tangible impact on improving people’s lives. These charities will be well run with great leadership, clear objectives and proven track records. They must be able to demonstrate they can deliver value for money with the maximum amount of any grant spent on the people in need.
- Build long term relationships with like-minded charities with the potential of becoming a Partner Charity or part of our Homeless Hub. We believe fewer but deeper commitments will deliver the best results over time.
- Grants must deliver maximum core benefits in addressing the need.
- Our focus is to offer grants to fund in part or whole discrete programmes. This could include equipment for example or as part of a large scale project.
- Make sure that our Foundation is run efficiently. We currently have no staff with the trustees undertaking all the administrative work claiming only reasonable expenses.
- Our aim is for over 95% of our income to be taken up by the annual Grant Budget or added to the Expendable Endowment Fund to secure future budgets.
- We will only work directly with charities and will not engage with intermediaries nor respond to marketing circulars.
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