IMPORTANT: Please read information below to assist you in completing your application online.
The Helen Stewart Royle Charitable Trust
The Helen Stewart Charitable Trust Mission Statement is “To distribute widely to organisations that can directly apply funds to specific projects that provide humanitarian aid (assistance and relief) to women or older people”.
In selection the Trustee will focus on providing funding for one-off projects that address specific issues and needs that are directly relative to the Trust’s Mission Statement.
In order to be eligible to apply for funding in 2021 from the Helen Stewart Charitable Trust, your organisation needs to be:
Applications are only accepted from charitable organisations or other such bodies. (PLEASE NOTE: schools, individuals, sports organisations and service clubs are not eligible to apply to the Helen Stewart Charitable Trust. The Trustee does not fund overseas projects).
Please note each Grant to be awarded will be between $5,000 and $60,000.
Decisions relating to grant applications are made on the information provided in the application and other general enquiries. The Trustee may approve a grant subject to certain conditions in such circumstances, in which case the Grant would normally be held by the Trustee until the conditions have been met.
For the purposes of the Helen Stewart Royle Charitable Trust the Trustee has defined the following:
Woman – A female adult aged over 18 - The age of adulthood is defined in the Age of Majority Act 1970 which is now replaced by the Trusts Act 2019 as attaining the age of 18 years of age.
Older People – Over the age of 65 - While there is no legislative support for what are “Old people”, they are commonly defined as those over the age of 65 years of age.
Assistance and Aid - An element of humanitarian aid (e.g. relief of poverty) rather than the other classes of charitable aid generally considered to be the advancement of education, religion, or other general community benefits.
It is important that all details on the application form are concise and easy to read. Application forms that are not completed in full will not be accepted.
All grant applications are considered by the Trustee whose decision is binding and will be advised to all applicants by the 31st of May 2021.
IMPORTANT: Please read the information below to assist you in completing your application online.
Step 1: Determine eligibility
Step 2: Register or login to apply online
Hint: you will need an email address to register. If your organisation has a ‘generic’ email (e.g. info@organisation.org) using this may allow other staff members to use the same login in future (as long as they know the password).
Your login can be used for any Trust managed by Public Trust granting via SmartyGrants and can be used in future grant rounds.
Note: Please store your login details in a safe place for future reference.
Step 3: Complete your Application
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Step 4: Review and submit your Application
Note: Once you have submitted your application no further editing or uploading of supporting documents is possible.
Step 5: What happens next?
You will receive an automated email confirming your submission with a copy of your application attached and information about how/when your Application will be assessed. This will be sent to the email you used to register.
If you do not receive a confirmation email then your Application has not been successfully submitted (remember to check your spam email folder when looking for the email).
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