The Trust can consider applications for grants at any of its quarterly meetings. The grant process begins with potential applicants contacting the Executive Director, Mike Jones, by telephone or email to discuss the proposed project and to see whether it is likely to fall within the Trusts funding criteria and is either charitably educational or charitably religious. Trustee meetings are held in March, June, September and December, so it is important that applicants contact the Trust at least 6 weeks before the next trustees meeting in order to prepare the application for possible consideration at the meeting. The Trust has the following core educational subjects for which grants are available.

▪ Social and community advancement
▪ Sustainable development – learning to create quality of life
▪ Preservation and improvement of the environment
▪ Culture, arts and heritage
▪ Religious studies
▪ Human ecology.

The Trust has a policy of promoting experiential spirituality within education and projects that encompass spiritual development will be favoured.

Religious projects need to be organised by legally recognised religions. Once the suitability of the applicant project has been established, applicants will be asked to fill out a grant application form that details the nature of the project, how long it will run for and what will provably happen.

The Trust does not insist on match funding or partnership with other organisations in grant applications. If the Trust agree to fund a project, successful applicants will sign a contract agreeing to timescale and agreed outputs.

Payment will generally be made in arrears on completion of specific targets, although advance payments can be made if the Trust can be ensured that this money can be returned in the case of non-completion of the project.