Norwich Freemen’s Charity

Norwich Freemen’s Charity is a charity registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales (charity number 1169460).

Norwich Freemen's Charity exists so that Freemen of Norwich and their dependant relatives who are in financial need have that need reduced through its grants, and so that people living within a 20-mile radius of Norwich Guildhall who are in financial need have that need reduced through its grants to organisations. It offers four grant streams to Freemen and their dependant relatives. During the year it agreed 65 grants to other organisations, totalling £843,286, according to its annual report. Its multi-annual round will award three organisations a three-year unrestricted grant of £10,000 per year.

Priority Areas

The charity offers four grant streams to Freemen and their dependant relatives who are in financial need. For these grants, it focuses particularly on promoting education, removing barriers to education and earning a living, and making a significant positive difference. It also makes organisational grants benefiting people in need who live within a 20-mile radius of Norwich Guildhall. Projects must show educational benefit, provide facilities for recreation or other leisure-time occupation, or make a significant contribution to the cultural life and general benefit of inhabitants. The charity seeks community, advice, support, recreational, cultural and heritage projects that are welcoming, available, accepting of and accessible to all. After grants to eligible Freemen, remaining funds go to organisations whose aims fit well with its objects.

Themes

• Education
• Recreation and leisure
• Culture and heritage

Geographic Focus

Within a 20-mile radius of the City of Norwich Guildhall.

Organisations must arrange a pre-application meeting with the Chief Executive or Grants Manager before submitting a grant application.

Deadlines: Pre-application meeting requests must be submitted during a 15-minute window.

Application windows:

• NFC Multi-Annual Funding Round: Request an application link between 9:30am on September 22 and 9:30am on September 29

Who can apply:

• NFC Multi-Annual Funding Round: Your organisation must carry out a significant amount of work each year which: is of educational benefit (with the word educational being interpreted reasonably flexibly), or provides facilities for recreation or other leisure time occupation, or makes a significant contribution to the cultural life/general benefit of members of the community

What to send:

• NFC Multi-Annual Funding Round: A completed application

Applying again: NFC Multi-Annual Funding Round: Grant recipients cannot apply again for a multi-annual grant until two years after their grant ends

What the charity says:

• For organisational grants, the foundation focuses on people in financial need and work that makes a significant positive difference to their lives.
• For the multi-annual round, organisations should describe themselves as a whole; the foundation favours those creating long-term positive change rather than short-term impact only.
• For the multi-annual round, the foundation prioritises organisations for whom the grant would make a significant difference.
• For the multi-annual round, longlisted organisations receive a site visit from the Chief Executive or Grants Manager during normal working activity.