Gannett Foundation Grants 2019

The Gannett Foundation is the charitable arm of Gannett Co, Inc., owner of Newsquest Media Group, which publishes regional and local newspapers, websites and magazines across the UK. The Gannett Foundation provides funding to support local projects and organisations in areas where Newsquest operates. The funds are managed by the Quartet Community Foundation.  In the last 10 years alone, the Gannett Foundation has made grants in the UK alone totalling nearly £4 million.

We value practical and creative projects that bring lasting benefits to the communities and neighbourhoods served by our newspapers and online audience. That includes schemes for neighbourhood improvement and local problem-solving, economic development, youth development, education and cultural enrichment, care of the elderly or infirm, help for the disadvantaged or disabled, and environmental conservation.

We particularly invite clearly reasoned applications asking for specific items of equipment or materials.  Most of our applications are for relatively modest sums meeting everyday needs and that will be our special focus in 2019. We are also able to join with other contributors to support elements of more ambitious projects.  While preference will be given to ideas which create a tangible and durable benefit, we will consider single events, performances or other projects of limited duration that otherwise meet our criteria.

Restrictions:

• Applicants must be registered charities
• Applicants must not have received a grant from us within the last two years
• We will NOT fund:
  • salaries, professional fees or day-to-day running or maintenance costs;
  • general appeals as opposed to specific projects;
  • projects that do not bring benefits to our local communities;
  • political or religious objectives;
  • state or privately run schools (other than special needs) or hospitals (other than hospices);
  • Community Interest Companies that are not registered charities.

We will favour projects that demonstrate good planning, oversight and financial responsibility.  You must supply copies of your most recent accounts (where required by the Charities Commission) or other appropriate financial information, together with any supporting materials and details of your organisation’s managing committee.  The grants will be monitored by the relevant local newspaper Editor, and it will be a condition of each  grant that the recipient  must report back on it use to the Chairman of the Trustees within 12 months of the award.

The following are just some typical examples of the grants we made in 2018 all over the UK:

• £1,560 towards a polytunnel and  greenhouse at a community garden project in Pollokshaws, Scotland
• £3,000 for 30 starter packs supporting the previously homeless settle at Elmbridge Rentstart, South London
• £1,000 to build a retaining wall at Stroud Sea Cadets premises in Gloucestershire
• £5,000 to create a sensory garden at High Royds Memorial Garden in Bradford
• £5,000 for kitchen equipment at a Tullibody Trust community café in Scotland.
• £2,800 to buy new equipment for Pembrokeshire Special Needs Gymnastics Club in Wales
• £9,000 to help Aire Rivers Trust clean up a stretch of the River Aire in West Yorkshire
• £3,000 to refurbish a foodbank in Brighton
• £1,475 for two portable therapy beds and three medical screens at Breast Cancer Haven in Hereford
• £4,000 to replace windows in Upshire Village Hall Essex
• £5,860 for three new hoists at a centre for disabled children in Southampton
• £5,530 for kits allowing access to sail training for people with disabilities in Dorset

Please note:

The application form must not be altered in any way. We will not accept applications that are not made using the form.

An electronic PDF copy of the completed form and supporting document should be sent via email to stuart.martel@nqyne.co.uk by no later than 12 noon on Friday, 18th October, 2019