How to apply for a grant

We are happy to provide early guidance before a preliminary proposal or formal application is submitted. Please contact Sarah Blomfield for more information.
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To be considered for an award from The Bedford Charity we strongly recommend that you fill in a preliminary proposal, which can be used to seek guidance from our Trustees.

If appropriate, following this guidance from the Trustees, you will then need to fill in an application form to have your request considered for an award by members of the Grants Committee.

Please read the Grant guidelines section carefully. Guidance notes will also be provided if you request an application form.

		It will be to your advantage to submit your preliminary proposal or application well before you need a final decision on your request. If you do this, and our Trustees feel they need more time to consider your request fully, they will not feel obliged to give you a ‘yes or no’ answer straight away. We may want to undertake some local (or more general) research to understand in more detail what your project aims to achieve. The outcome of this investigation may be favourable to your request, so please give us the time to do this extra work if we need to.