Grant guidelines

 Object

The Triangle Trust 1949 Fund is a charitable trust that was endowed by Sir Harry Jephcott in 1949, when he was managing director of Glaxo Laboratories Ltd.

The objects of the Trust are:

• the education and alleviation from poverty of past or present employees, and their dependants, of the pharmaceutical industry;
• the promotion of a good standard of health in the community, including recreational facilities and medical welfare;
• such charitable purposes as the trustees may determine.

Grants policy

Trustees have established the following priorities within these objects:

(a)  grants to individuals in need who are or have been employed in the pharmaceutical industry for a minimum of 2 years and resident in the UK, or their dependants.

(b)  grants to individuals in need made through block grants to a number of selected agencies.

(c)   grants to registered charities in the UK for activities which improve the well-being and health of communities.

Criteria for grants to organisations

The Trust's current areas of interest for support are:

• Carers
• Community arts and education (where no statutory sources of funding)
• Disability
• Older people (particularly projects which maintain independence)
• Poverty

• Integration and rehabilitation

Successful projects will either:

• maintain an open, inclusive society or

• promote integration (or reintegration) of individuals or groups into society.

In general, priority is given to:

• smaller charities
• charities which serve a locality or region of the UK, rather than national charities
• causes which find it more difficult to raise funds from the general public
• activities where the Trust's financial contribution will have an identifiable impact

• new activities, provided there is evidence of these being sustainable in the longer term if they demonstrate success in meeting a need.

Grants are normally in the range £1,000 to £10,000, with the majority of grants around £4,000 to £5,000.   Trustees either make one-off grants, or offer funding for up to 3 years, sometimes on a tapering basis.  In the case of multi-year funding, an annual report is required to confirm funding for the second and third years.

Re-applications are not usually considered within 2 years of an application being rejected or of a grant being made.

Grants are not made for activities which promote the advancement of religion, nor for medical research or animal welfare.

Before proceeding please note the following as failure to provide the necessary documents may disqualify applicants from being considered:

• Handwritten applications are not normally accepted.
•  If you wish to submit more than one project, please complete additional copies of pages 2 and 3 only.
•  Please ensure that you sign the form.
• You may submit the form by e-mail but we will still need a signed hard copy, together with a hard copy of your charity's latest report and accounts. 
• If you would like any grant awarded to be paid directly into your bank account, please supply your bank account details on the final page of the application form.  This information is kept separate from the main body of the application for security purposes.

Further information

If you have any difficulties completing your application, please do not hesitate to contact Lesley Lilley, telephone 0207 299 4245 between 8.30am and 4.30pm Wednesday, Thursday and Friday.