This policy sets out the use of any assets or income that is held within the trusteeship of The Graham Ecroyd Trust (“The Trust”).
The Trust welcomes applications that cover one or more of the following priority areas:
1. To encourage the development of sustainable communities, especially in Greater Bristol and neighbouring areas
The aim is to help communities to become sustainable, where currently they are not and to encourage the creation of sustainable communities.
By ‘Community’, we mean any group of people that have a common heart – that heart could be economic, geographic or spiritual. Such communities could be of any size.
By ‘sustainable’ we mean for communities to maximise the use of energy from means which have a low cost on natural resources: both physical and human, and to be tenable within the context of the wider society.
Examples of sustainability, in this context, are:
- cultural, ethnic and sociological harmony
- non-violence
- use of alternative energy, low-pollution and low fuel-use
Examples of how sustainability could be promoted are:
- education in ethnic and cultural awareness and tolerance
- personal development of young people to understand and implement sustainability
- supporting disadvantaged groups in order to empower them to create sustainable lifestyles
- supporting/creating communities that set examples of sustainable society
- supporting victims of crime and violence in ways that break cycles of crime
- supporting activities that bring out peoples’ or communities’ natural strengths
Small component parts of large communities would be considered worthy of support, if the activities promote sustainability of the wider community.
2. To support Religious Society of Friends (Quaker) activities, in Britain, with an emphasis on the involvement of young people.
3. To support Quaker projects in Africa to be interpreted widely, but not to include the payment of school fees of individual applicants.
IMPORTANT NOTES TO BID APPLICANTS:
- The Trust is unlikely to accept bids from National organisations unless the criteria laid out in this policy can be demonstrated for a specific project
- We would not normally expect to pay for the total cost of any project.
- We would look favourably on proposals by Friends World Committee for Consultation
- The Trust’s resources are limited and to date, grants have been less than £5000, although applications for larger amounts will be considered
- No bid will be considered other than via the approved application form
- Any project or activity supported by the Trust, must be inclusive and lawful in its nature.