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Bishop Stamer Fund

The Bishop Stamer programme aims to support organisations who help the aged and/or the infirm in the North Staffordshire area.

The fund is available to community groups, voluntary groups and in some cases statutory agencies.  Applications may be submitted at any time, but the panel meets only twice a year, usually in January and July.  Grants from this scheme are available to organisations in North Staffordshire, (including Stoke-on-Trent, the borough of Newcastle-under-Lyme and the Staffordshire Moorlands district), although applications from the northern part of Stafford borough may be considered, (those parts north of Stone).  The panel of donor advisors may, at their discretion, consider applications from outside of this area.

Eligibility

Who We Are Able to Support

This programme is able to consider applications from:

  • Constituted community groups
  • Constituted voluntary groups
  • Registered Charities
  • Social Enterprises
  • Statutory Agencies

 

 

Who We Are Not Able to Support

This programme is not able to offer funding to:

  • Non-constituted community groups
  • Non constituted voluntary groups
  • Organisations that have been established less than 12 months
  • Organisations that do not have a proven track record of service delivery
  • Limited companies, sole traders or partnerships without charitable aims

Projects We Can Support

Your project must meet one of the following aims;

  • Increase or enhance your current service provision
  • Make your organisation more efficient, more sustainable or more resilient
  • Be used to improve facilities for your service users

All projects must help the aged and/or the infirm 

Eligible Costs

  • Equipment costs
  • Capital costs
  • Training costs

 

 

Ineligible Costs

  • General running costs
  • Core costs
  • Event costs
  • More than 75% of the whole project cost
  • Funding towards religious projects or projects that promote religion, (although religious organisations can be funded for non-religious projects)
  • Party political activities, (where one particular political party is promoted above another)

Application Process

Grants Available

Grants of up to £10,000 are available 

Grants from this scheme are available to organisations in North Staffordshire, (including Stoke-on-Trent, the borough of Newcastle-under-Lyme and the Staffordshire Moorlands district), although applications from the northern part of Stafford borough may be considered, (those parts north of Stone).  The panel of donor advisors may, at their discretion, consider applications from outside of this area.

  • Applications may be submitted at any time.
  • There will be two meetings each year to decide on applications.  One will take place in February and one in August.
  • Applications must be submitted by the end of January to be considered at the February meeting.
  • Applications must be submitted by the end of July to be considered at the August meeting.

Documents You Need to Send Us

The following documents must be provided with your application form.  If you fail to provide these documents your application will not be considered for funding.  All documents should be submitted at the time of application.

  • A copy of your governing document, (constitution or Memorandum and Articles of Association)
  • A copy of your most recent accounts, (audited or independently examined)
  • A recent bank statement, (dated within the last three months clearly showing account number and sort code)
  • A copy of your safeguarding policy
  • At least three quotes for any capital items

Submission Dates

Programme is currently closed for applications.

How To Apply

To apply, please submit an application via the link below.

You can attach your supporting documents to the application or e-mail them to programmes@staffordshire.foundation

If you need any support with your application, please contact us using our email address or by calling our team on 01785 339540