Funding Criteria

"Supporting charities that give individuals – mainly children and young people – help in making the most of their lives."

:: Respite breaks and holidays for young people – We support charities providing opportunities for young people and their families to experience challenging activities on a holiday or short break. We expect beneficiaries or their families to contribute to the cost. We do not fund overseas trips or visits to holiday camps unless it can be shown the beneficiaries cannot participate in something more challenging.

:: School holiday activity schemes – We will part fund so long as beneficiaries make a contribution to the cost. We cannot support schemes that are simply a child care service during school holidays.

:: Adventure and other training centres – We support charities booking places at adventure training centres. We do not directly fund centres or bursary schemes.

Four Acre Trust supports charities (registered in Great Britain and Northern Ireland) working in the following areas – see examples of recent grants – and we prefer to prevent problems occurring rather than trying to cure them.

:: Mentoring schemes – Mentoring schemes for young people aiming to achieve a significant change in lifestyle and aspirations. We cannot fund schemes linked to school or college.

:: Youth work in local communities – Core costs of local youth organisations using volunteers to deliver programmes for young people aimed at improving their future prospects. We cannot fund schemes that are properly the responsibility of the youth service.

We:

:: do support core costs

:: like to repeat fund

You:

:: don’t have to be innovative – just efficient at your service provision

:: must respond promptly, succinctly and factually to any queries we raise relating to your application