Harborne Parish Lands Charity

Harborne Parish Lands Charity is a charity registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales (charity number 219031).

Harborne Parish Lands Charity is a registered charity that holds endowments dating from the sixteenth century. For its first two hundred years it acted only as a grant-making trust, and later it also provided almshouses. Its purpose is to help people in need who live in the ancient parish of Harborne, through social housing and through grants to individuals or to organisations that help individuals. In its latest annual report it awarded £222,850, of which £66,546 went to individuals.

Priority Areas

Harborne Parish Lands Charity makes organisational grants to established organisations working to relieve need within the Ancient Parish of Harborne, including projects benefiting its residents. It aims to protect known and valuable local services threatened by reductions in funding elsewhere. Its annual grant strategy identifies target areas such as child poverty, debt management, food and household goods distribution, social isolation among older people, and younger people at risk of becoming NEET. It also provides individual grants for people facing immediate poverty and crisis, intended to relieve need through essential household items that cannot readily be funded elsewhere. The charity understands need to include material needs such as food, warmth, housing, adequate income and employment, as well as psychological needs including mental health, relationships, security and self-esteem.

Themes

• Child poverty
• Debt management
• Food and household goods
• Older people's isolation
• Youth NEET prevention
• Essential household items

Geographic Focus

The Ancient Parish of Harborne.

Organisations submit the Charity’s grants-to-organisations application form with a copy of their audited accounts.

Deadlines: Grant applications are assessed in four rounds each year.

Application windows:

• Grants to Organisations
  • The application deadline is in August.
  • The application deadline is in February.

Who can apply:

• Grants to Individuals
  • Applicants must be permanent residents of the charity’s geographical area.
  • Grants are only awarded for the relief of poverty to applicants on a restricted income.

What to send:

• Grants to Individuals: The application must be made on the Harborne Parish Lands Charity grants to individuals application form.
• Grants to Organisations
  • The Charity’s grants to organisations application form.
  • A copy of the organisation’s audited accounts.

What the charity says:

• The charity prioritises established organisations relieving local need and protecting valuable services threatened by reductions in other funding.
• Applications are scored on how closely and accurately they address needs identified by one or more grant priorities.
• Funding is directed first to the highest-scoring successful application and then to lower-scoring applications until it is fully allocated.
• The Grants Officer visits applicant organisations to ensure a full understanding of their proposals.
• Applicants should explain what they will do, the difference they hope to make, and how their project meets the guidelines.
• The charity monitors whether grant money is spent as stated and expected results are achieved.