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Comic Relief (6)

Charity No. : 326568

Purpose of Trust Fund :
UK grant-making scheme:
We accept applications from the voluntary and community sector throughout the UK including: constituted voluntary and community groups, charities, social enterprises, co-operatives, faith organisations, and community interest companies.

We can give grants for running costs and capital costs. However, we give building costs a very low priority, and only fund these in exceptional circumstances. We do not fund capital costs where they are part of a much larger appeal. We usually make grants to cover project costs, but we recognise that you may wish to include a contribution towards your organisational costs so that it reflects the true cost of running your project. This is sometimes known as full cost recovery. We are happy for you to do this, but you will need to show us how you have worked out these additional organisational costs.

Trust Fund Policy:
Current UK Programmes:
- Mental Health
- Domestic and Sexual Abuse
- Refugee and Asylum Seeking Women
- Sport for Change
- Local Communities
- Older People

Young People aged 11-25:
- Sexually Exploited and Trafficked Young People
- Young People and Alcohol
- Young People with Mental Health Problems

Beneficial Area(s):
UK and worldwide

Nature of Grants:
We usually make grants for between one and three years. We can pay for all or some of your project costs, but we encourage you to get some of your funding from other sources if you can. There is no minimum or maximum grant in most of our programmes, but where there are limits, these are clearly stated in the programme guidelines. Our grants on average vary between £25,000 and £40,000 per year, and rarely exceed this upper limit.

We are unlikely to make large grants to very small organisations, and we will not usually fund all the costs of an application made by charities with an annual income over £10 million. These charities will be expected to make a contribution themselves or secure other income towards the costs of the project.

Grants Given: 23 million in the UK in 2008-09
Annual Income: 97,194,000 in 2008-09

Restrictions:
Grants to individuals
Medical research or hospitals
Churches or other religious bodies where the monies will be used for religious purposes
Work where there is statutory responsibility to provide funding
Projects where the work has already taken place
Statutory bodies, such as local authorities or Primary Care Trusts or organisations seeking funding to replace cuts by statutory bodies
Profit-making organisations, except social enterprises
We are also unable to fund minibuses

Method of Application:
Application form on website

Contact Details:


UK Grants
Comic Relief
5th Floor
89 Albert Embankment
London
SE1 7TP

Email Address :

Telephone No. :0207 820 5555

Website URL : http://www.comicrelief.com