Our Funding Criteria

Registered charities. The trustees will occasionally consider applications from Community Interest Companies and other not-for-profit organisations.

The minimum grant awarded is £2,500. There is no upper limit for a registered charity. A CIC or not-for-profit organisation can apply for up to £14,999. The trustees will not normally award all of the funding for a project and you should show how you hope to raise the rest of the funding, this could be from charging a fee for your services, fund-raising in the community or from other grant funding.

All projects must benefit children, young people or adults with a disability who live in Devon or Cornwall. This includes physical, learning, mental and sensory disabilities.

The trustees will consider applications for a wide range of projects – activities, advice and support, capital projects such as new equipment or building work, core costs, salaries and training.

Complete the online eligibility questionnaire.
If successful, you will be directed to the online application form.
You will be able to attach any supporting documents to the online application.

All applications will need to include a covering letter and a budget. Most applications should include a cash flow forecast and set of annual accounts.

If you are applying for capital funding you should include quotes and, where applicable, plans and architect’s drawings.

The trustees review grant applications four times per year, in January, April, July and October. The cut-off date for applications is normally 4 weeks before the next meeting. Click here to see the latest meeting dates. If your application has been successful you will be informed within 2-3 weeks from the date of the trustee meeting. If the trustees require further information, your application may be deferred until the next meeting.

You will be asked to sign a grant agreement and provide banking details. It would normally take a further 1-2 weeks before the grant funding is paid.

No, successful applicants must wait two years before they reapply to The Clare Milne Trust. This allows the Trust to reach a wide range of projects within Devon and Cornwall.

The Trust does not award grants to individuals or for projects outside of Devon or Cornwall.

In order to apply for a grant your organisation should be a registered charity preferably based within Devon or Cornwall, and directly benefitting people with a disability living in Devon or Cornwall. The trustees will occasionally consider an application from a CIC (Community Interest Company), or not-for-profit organisation, subject to a lower maximum grant level of £14,999. A CIC or non-profit organisation should follow the same application process as a registered charity.

We will strive to offer as much grant support to as many charities and organisations as we can, throughout both counties. This will be through our normal application review process, which occurs every three months.

We carefully review all applications in respect of our trust objects and values for those living within Devon and Cornwall and therefore it is essential that applications show the impact on those living within these two counties.