Innovative fund Print

The Trust has set aside some funds to support new, imaginative and creative ways to address social problems.  The boundaries of this programme have been deliberately left fairly open.  Multi-year funding commitments are occasionally made.  Examples of projects that might be considered include:

  • A new programme in one part of the country that might have potential elsewhere
  • A programme with a strong preventative aspect
  • Partnerships involving two or more organisations – some of which may be from outside the community sector  
  • Action-oriented research
Usually, grants from this fund are made to a small number of the applications that come into our main funding rounds, that is, Regional or National.  You are welcome to suggest this when you apply, and make a case that your proposal is innovative. If you want to depart from this usual process, or to discuss your ideas, please contact us.

To see a list of recent Innovative grants, click here