Applications open for Harry Cureton Fund – UK

The fund supports both individuals requiring medical equipment and organisations who carry out healthcare activities.

Funding Information

• Grant amount: up to £20,000

Eligible Activities

• Applications for both capital and revenue costs for healthcare activities are invited covering:
  • Preservation and promotion of good health and education about health issues;
  • Provision of palliative care in relation to terminal or chronic conditions;
  • Research into the causes, treatment and care for of all forms of illness (which can be undertaken anywhere in the UK);
  • Relief and treatment of all forms of physical and mental illness and rehabilitation from such illness.

Ineligible Activities

• Grants will not be made for the following:
  • Capital or revenue costs for healthcare activities relating to the delivery of Directed Enhanced Services (DES);
  • where the activity could be paid for by a surgery, the NHS or another source;
  • where the grant will result in financial benefit to a person or group of people, through for example  improvements or alterations to a property;
  • to cover expenditure already incurred.

Eligibility Criteria

• Medical professionals on behalf of individuals and non-profit organisations.
• They only fund community-focused, not-for-profit organisations, which must be legally registered if their income is above £5,000. This includes the following:
  • Registered, exempt, and excepted charities
  • Charitable incorporated organisations (CIOs)
  • Religious organisations if the project benefits the wider community and does not include religious content
  • Parish and town councils, village halls, and parochial church councils
  • Community interest companies (CICs), Social Enterprises and Companies Limited by Guarantee.

Ineligibility Criteria

• They do not fund the following:
  • Organisational structures not listed above, or projects which are not charitable in focus
  • Activities or projects which have already taken place
  • Sponsored events or fundraising activities
  • They cannot usually fund grant-making bodies or activities
  • Improvements to land/buildings that are not open to the general public at convenient hours
  • Projects promoting political activities or lobbying for causes.

Application Requirements

• All organisations are required to have the following documents, which should be regularly and recently reviewed, signed, and dated by a member of your management committee:
  • A signed governing document specific to your organisation, such as articles of association or a constitution, which must confirm that you are operating not for profit.
  • Accounts for the past year. If you are a small unincorporated group, they will accept an income and expenditure document or something similar. If your organisation is less than a year old, please provide a list of your income and expenditure to date.
  • A recent bank statement or paying-in slip, from the last 3 months, to verify your organisation’s banking details.
  • Names of three independent/unconnected management committee members/trustees/directors. To ensure your organisation has good governance and fair decision-making, we ask that management committee members/trustees/directors are independent/unconnected.

For more information, visit Cambridgeshire Community Foundation.