Resources: Funding focus - The Hedley Foundation

- What will it fund? The main objective of the foundation is to assist and encourage development and change. Its main priority, accounting for 60 per cent of its expenditure, is "young people:their education, training, health and welfare". Also considered is specialist medical equipment and support for disabled people, the terminally ill and carers. Grants are for specific projects only, not core revenue, salary or transport funding.They will be mostly one-offs, but the foundation does make a limited number of recurring grants for up to three years. Among youth organisations to receive funding are Prospex, a community-based charity working to improve the lives of young people in King's Cross, London, by building strong, positive relationships of trust, and GAP Activity Projects, which provides an international volunteering experience for young people that "fosters independence, helps others and promotes global understanding".