Eligibility
Please see below our eligibility criteria for organisations wishing to make an application. An organisation must be a charity or a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO) registered with the Charity Commission. We will check your entry on the Charity Commission website to ascertain whether you are a local or a national organisation. If your entry states that you operate throughout England and Wales then you will be treated as a national charity, regardless of any projects undertaken in London.
To avoid disappointment, we advise you to check your entry on the Charity Commission website before making an application.
Who can apply
Who is eligible
- Registered local charities and charitable incorporated organisations (CIOs) based in the London Borough of Westminster or neighbouring boroughs that deliver services directly to beneficiaries in Westminster.
Who is not eligible
- National charities that operate throughout England and Wales (even if the main area of operation is London);
- Organisations that make their own grants;
- Organisations that run a commercial business as their primary objective, but also have charitable status e.g. theatres, art galleries and museums aimed at the paying public;
- Institutions of high education.
What we fund
Funding is available for the following areas:
- Addiction
- Children and youth
- Community
- The elderly
- Health and disability
- Homelessness
Grants are available for:
- Specific capital costs
- Revenue funding (including core costs)
- Specific project/service costs
The main criterion is that the project or service you seek funding for must aim to benefit a significant number of needy Westminster residents.
It is a requirement of the Charity that you enable one of our representatives to visit the activity/project and that you provide a report to confirm how the grant was used.
Westminster Amalgamated Charity awards one-off grants only and does not award recurring grants. A fresh application will need to be submitted for each request.
How to apply
The Charity cannot respond to general letters of appeal - you must make a direct application using the online form below.
If you are a new applicant, it will be necessary to meet with you before any application can be submitted to Trustees.
We recommend you submit your application in plenty of time. Applications arriving just before or on the deadline date run the risk of being deferred to the next meeting, as there will be insufficient time to resolve any queries.
If your application is successful, you will be required to send us a monitoring report once the project has finished. In any case, a report must be sent to us before making a further application. You are welcome to attach it in the application form below. If no monitoring report has been received prior to reapplying or attached with the form, we regret that we cannot accept your application.
If you have any queries relating to applications, please email wac@3chars.org.uk
Grant process
The Charity holds four meetings a year (typically in March, June, September and November) and awards grants ranging from £500 to £10,000. All grants are made at Trustees' discretion.
Application deadline dates for 2025 are below:
Closed for March meeting
16 May (for June meeting)
22 August (for September meeting)
24 October (for November meeting)
You will be notified of the outcome of your application by email following the meeting.
Click here to see list of organisations that were awarded a grant in 2024.
Questions
If you have any doubts about your eligibility or questions regarding your application please contact the Operations and Grants Manager.
Other sources of help
If you fail to meet this Charity's eligibility criteria, please click the links below for information on organisations that may be able to help you.