Please follow these preliminary steps:

• check that your aims meet the Trust’s criteria outlined here;
• check that the amount of money you need falls within the Trust’s limits; see below
• check deadlines: the Trust meets three times a year and applications must be submitted by 1 February, 1 June or 1 October.

Write a succinct but complete application that should include:

• an opening section that gives the name and postal address of your organisation, details of a named contact for the application and where you heard about the Trust;
• background information about you and/or your organisation;
• the nature of the project you wish to pursue and what it seeks to achieve;
• your plans for practical implementation of the work and a budget;
• your most recent accounts and details of any additional sources of funding already secured or to be sought;
• a summary on no more than two sides of A4, using a font no smaller than 12-point.
• If the above information (exluding your accounts) takes up more than two sides of A4, please include a summary of that information on no more than two sides of A4, using a font no smaller than 12-point.

Applications should be sent to the Trust's administrator Kerry McQuade to arrive not later than 1 February, 1 June or 1 October:

• by email to admin@wainwrighttrusts.org.uk; or
• by post to 16 Blenheim Street, Hebden Bridge, West Yorkshire HX7 8BU.

Applicants may contact the administrator, preferably by email, for any clarification.

Level of grant

The Trust administers investments in excess of £1,000,000 and currently allocates a potential grant budget of about £60,000 a year.

Recent grants have ranged between £1,500 and £15,000.