The Sylvia Waddilove Foundation UK

Introduction

Miss Waddilove, who lived abroad, died in 2001 having left a portion of her estate on trust for charitable purposes. Miss Waddilove had indicated during her lifetime both the types of charitable purposes she favoured and the way in which her funds should be used and we intend to use our discretion to follow those wishes as far as possible.
 
Please scroll down to find out if you are eligible for a grant, and for information about when and how to apply.

When to apply

We will usually meet to consider applications in January, April, July, and October. Please submit your application for consideration at least a month in advance of the next meeting.

Minimum requirements

We will give priority to applications to fund a specific project from registered charities with a turnover of less than £500,000. More details are provided below, which we would advise you to review carefully.

We will not make grants to individuals.

What type of charity do we favour

We will favour small charities who will carry out the project themselves (except in the case of medical research), who rely on volunteers and who can demonstrate a successful history of projects.

We will review your charity’s reserves and any fundraising costs.
 

What type of project would be suitable

Projects must be for the benefit of the community or groups of more than four persons.

We will support projects that relate to those charitable purposes that Miss Waddilove favoured during her lifetime. These include:

• Educational projects for children and adults, particularly those relating to the Arts
• Musical composition and performances 
• Herbal medicine
• Medical research, especially regarding ageing diseases.
• Assistance of the disabled - not for individuals but for example, community projects to assist the elderly
• Farming, organic farming and animal husbandry

You will also have to demonstrate that your project is sufficiently capital.  By this we mean it should have some lasting value in either time or fixture so that it can make a real difference to people’s lives, and on an ongoing basis. 

We will not favour a list of ongoing or multiple projects. You should apply only in relation to one project. We will not choose the most suitable one for you.

What we will consider as sufficiently capital

• The construction or renovation of a building in relation to the above objects
• The funding of a focused research project that will have some lasting, demonstrative effect
• The purchase of equipment if, for example, it is part of a focused research project or for educational purposes
• The funding of an event if it can be repeated and is particularly related to the purposes Miss Waddilove favoured
• The funding of a project based over different locations if it can be shown to be focused

How much will you receive, and for how long

We will usually provide grants of up to £20,000. A grant may be spread over 2 or 3 years; the later payments being subject to a satisfactory report for the previous year. We will not support projects for more than four years.

Repeat applications

No charity should apply more than once in two years - more frequent applications will not be considered. If a grant is given to your charity, no further grant will be given for five years unless we agree that you may apply within that time when we make the original grant.

How to apply

You will need to prepare and complete a full letter of application, with any supporting information that is no longer than two A4 pages.

Instead of a letter, you may use the application form that can be accessed via the link, which details the information we require.

Please then send your application to us, preferably by email, to charities@pwwsolicitors.co.uk quoting the reference: "The Sylvia Waddilove Foundation UK." Alternatively, you can send us a hard copy, to Pothecary Witham Weld, Solicitors, 70, St. George's Square, London SW1V 3RD.

Please also only apply if you meet the criteria above.

If you are in doubt as to whether you meet the criteria, or require further information please email charities@pwwsolicitors.co.uk with your query before applying.

We would like to help you focus your application, and will answer your query without prejudicing your application.

Application Form

To download the application form in Word document format click here