Resources: Funding Focus - Abbey Charitable Trust

What does it support? Disadvantaged people in local communities through three main approaches: education and training that may lead to a recognised qualification or be part of a wider approach to lifelong learning; local regeneration based on partnerships such as intergenerational work or diverse ethnic communities working together; and helping disadvantaged people to take more control of their money through financial education. The funding is geared towards work suitable for one-off grants. Grants cannot be for salaries or core costs and are for one year only.

Who will it support? Only projects with charitable status. It favours small, local charities and also prefers to fund a complete project rather than make a partial donation to a fundraising campaign. Projects that benefit specific individuals are excluded, as are those that support lobbying or political parties, work outside the UK or that would principally benefit a single religious or ethnic group.