Under
our Trust Deed we are empowered to apply the income or capital of
the Trust Fund:
1. for the advancement of the Christian faith
2. for the encouragement, promotion and development
of public appreciation in those arts which are essentially consistent
with the Christian faith and have as their primary purpose the propagation
of Christian truths and ideals.
Our policy is to offer help at an early stage in order to give
encouragement and to help projects "get off the ground".
Initiatives we would like to help in this way includes:
A.
Dance and mime groups
B. Concerts
and recitals - Gospel artists
C. Video
and Film production - Promotional videos (i.e: music video)
D. Exhibitions
E. "Creative
Conferences" of Christian artists |
GUIDELINES
FOR APPLICANTS
Applicants
should first of all ask themselves whether their aims, individually
and corporately, are consistent with the objects of the Trust.
2. The Trust
does not engage in sponsorship, but makes charitable gifts from
time to time. Such gifts are not large - typically in the range
£500-£2000 - and are intended to encourage artists
to develop their projects and help "get them off the ground",
rather than to provide major funding, which is outside the range
of the Trust.
3. The Trust
reserves the right to inspect a project to ensure that it is both
Christian and professional. This might involve two Trustees reading
a script, seeing a performance or viewing a work of art.
4. A registered
company, whether or not it is a charitable company, may be asked
to produce a copy of its Memorandum of Association to ensure that
its objects accord with the objects of the Trust. Other forms
of association, which are not registered companies, may be asked
to produce copies of their constitution or other document of incorporation.
Individual artists may be asked to produce evidence of previous
work and the names of two referees.
5. Applications
should be addressed to the Executive Secretary in writing. Only
the first two pages of A4 will be circulated to the Trustees in
advance of their meeting. You should therefore ensure
that these are concise and include:
A statement
of the objects of your company or group
The purpose for which you need a grant
A brief description of the project
Your target audience and what effect you hope to have on them
The amount you are requesting
The overall budget
Other sources of funding
Other documentation in support of your application may be sent
to the Executive Secretary who will make it available to the Trustees
when they meet.
6. The Trust meets twice a year, in May and November. Applications
should reach the Executive Secretary no later that 1 April and
1 October respectively. Consideration of applications received
after those dates may be held over until the next meeting.
The Trustees
have registered a strong preference for supporting single arts
projects, such as performances, exhibitions or commissions and
do not support training, education, administration or other ongoing
expenditure.
7. The Trustees
are also able to consider applications for grants from outside
the UK if the language used is in French only. |
