This award is funded by the Barbara Ward Children's Foundation, which is a small grant-making body that helps smaller, non-religious charities. Since its registration with the Charity Commission in December 2001 it has awarded grants of more than £8 million to more than 325 organisations.

The aim of the Foundation is to help small, non-religious charities to serve severely disadvantaged children anywhere in the world. In recent years, the Foundation has provided grants to organisations working on youth projects in the following categories:

Education.

The Anton Jurgens Charitable Trust (AJCT) gives grants to registered UK based charities who support people of all ages, who are socially disadvantaged and/or have mental and/or physical disabilities. 

The joint administration means that an application to the Beatrice Laing Trust is considered as an application to all Laing Trusts, with administrators and trustees deciding which Trust is most suitable for any grant offered.

The Beatrice Laing Trust state that they welcome applications from:

The Foundation supports causes within four broad categories. These being:

• People
• Animal welfare
• Armed forces
• Local community  (defined by the Foundation as Tynedale Valley and beyond).

They state that these grant priorities may change on an annual basis and whilst it appears they have not changed for a number of years it is worth checking their guidelines to ensure this is still the case.

Help The Homeless provides grants to small to medium registered charities wanting help with projects focusing on helping the homeless return to mainstream society. Organisations reaching out for help from the charity may run small to medium sized projects, or residential/ training facilities that focus on helping the homeless rebuild their lives.

The Ulverscroft Foundation is a UK based charity supporting visually impaired people. The Foundation supplies grants to organisations looking for help with projects relating to improving the quality of life of visually impaired people.

Funding is mainly given to organisations directly helping the visually impaired, such as libraries, schools, colleges and hospitals.

Any organisation applying is only able to submit one application every 18 months regardless of the outcome of the application.

Opportunities through Sport

Applications for this programme are accepted from charities throughout the United Kingdom.

The Trustees wish to support sporting activity or projects which provide opportunities for people who are disabled or otherwise disadvantaged to fulfil their potential and to develop other personal and life skills. We will consider applications for capital, revenue or project funding.

The Trustees welcome applications for the following types of project:

The Jean Sainsbury Animal Welfare Trust is a regular supporter of animal welfare charities and gives out around £500,000 each year.

The Jean Sainsbury Animal Welfare Trust aims to support projects or activities encompassing one or more of the following:

The objective of the Green Hall Foundation is to sustainably improve lives: among the sick, the elderly, the disabled and the disadvantaged particularly in the UK. Overseas project are also supported provided that the applicant charity is registered in the UK.

Preference is given to appeals where the Foundation can meet a significant proportion of the funding required and to appeals where permanent equipment or building is required as opposed to funding salaries or the charity running costs.

We believe that looking after our neighbourhoods can have a real impact on the quality of life of the people who live there. Our Environmental Grant fund is therefore dedicated to improving the local environment - whether that means turning a piece of wasteland into a garden or organising litter picking days on the beach.