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

Write a succinct but complete application that should include:

• 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.
• whether you will accept a contribution to the amount requested.

Applications should be sent to the Charity'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.

If you have not heard from the administrator by the end of the month in which the trustees' meeting was held you must assume your application was not successful.

Level of grant

The Charity has paid small, one-off grants of below £200 and made major grants of up to £30,000 over three years. The most common level of funding is between £1,000 and £5,000.