Baron Davenport’s Charity

Baron Davenport’s Charity is a charity registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales (charity number 1209342).

Baron Davenport's Charity is a registered charity in England and Wales whose activities are the distribution of income for the public benefit under its Constitution. It makes grants in four categories: homes, almshouses and hospices; organisations for children and young people under 25; organisations supporting older people in retirement; and individual grants to single ladies and single mothers. In the six-month operating period ended 31st December, it made 614 grants.

Priority Areas

The Charity makes grants in four categories: residential homes for older people, almshouses and hospices for children and adults; organisations established for the benefit of children and young people under 25; organisations supporting older people in retirement; and individual grants to single ladies living alone or single mothers who meet its criteria. Organisational grants can support special projects, equipment and running costs, and applications are accepted from charitable and not-for-profit companies, social enterprises, voluntary and faith organisations. Its area of benefit is the City of Birmingham and West Midland counties within 60 miles of Birmingham Town Hall. The website also describes emergency grants for disadvantaged single ladies living alone or only with their children, and twice-yearly grants for ladies of retirement age with limited means.

Themes

• Children and young people
• Older people
• Homes and hospices
• Single ladies

Geographic Focus

City of Birmingham; West Midland counties.

For the homes and hospices, children’s organisations and older people’s organisations categories, organisations apply online after registering and receiving an Applicant ID and Registered Organisation Name.

Deadlines:

• Spring organisation applications should be received no later than 28 February.
• Autumn organisation applications should be received no later than 31 August.

Application windows:

• Homes for Older People, Almshouses and Hospices
  • Spring applications should be received no later than 28 February.
  • Autumn applications should be received no later than 31 August.
• Children's Organisations
  • Spring applications should be received no later than 28 February.
  • Autumn applications should be received no later than 31 August.
• Older People's Organisations
  • Spring applications should be received no later than 28 February.
  • Autumn applications should be received no later than 31 August.

Who can apply:

• Organisation grants
  • We can accept applications from a wide variety of organisations including charitable organisations, not for profit companies, social enterprises, voluntary and faith organisations.
  • You will need a bank or building society account in the name of your organisation.
• Emergency Grants
  • We can accept applications from a wide variety of organisations including charitable organisations, health care and advice services, tenancy support, education services, NHS and primary care trusts.
  • Online applications must be completed by a support worker who is part of an organisation that is supporting the lady or children and is capable of assessing their needs.

What to send:

• Organisation grants
  • Your organisation’s aims and activities.
  • How our last grant benefited your organisation (if applicable).
  • What you are seeking funding for and how many people are expected to benefit.
  • Costs of the project or work and the amount of any money raised so far.
  • Details of how you will measure your success.
  • A copy of your organisation’s latest audited accounts.
  • Your organisation’s bank details.
• Emergency Grants: Documentary evidence that they have exhausted all possible support from public funds.

Applying again: Organisation grants: We ask that no more than one application be made in each twelve months so if you are awarded a grant at the Autumn distribution, you should not make a further application until Autumn the following year.

What the charity says:

• For the two categories covered by the report, the Trustees award grants on merit and consider whether applicants meet the Constitution’s requirements.
• The Charity tries to visit applicants, particularly organisations applying for the first time.