The UIA Charitable Foundation
The UIA Charitable Foundation is a small-grant-making trust, established to provide financial support to organisations that help people in need. The Foundation is funded entirely by donations from UIA (Insurance) Limited, a mutual insurance company with an 'Insurance with Principles' ethic. The company provides household insurance to trade union and charity members.
Applications should reach the company no later than the beginning of February or August.
The UIA Charitable Foundation supports a range of activities (see list below) provided by UK registered or formally constituted charities.
Grants up to £1,000 are available.
Details
The Foundation supports small organisations or groups where a modest grant would make a real difference to managing a project.
The activities the Foundation will support are those that focus on:
- Victims of domestic abuse;
- Victims of drug and alcohol addiction;
- Rehabilitation of offenders;
- Third World poverty;
- Third World human rights.
The Foundation will not make grants for:
- Organisations that are not registered charities or formally constituted voluntary organisations
- Organisations that are not based in the UK
- Charities whose combined grant-related support costs and governance costs are greater than 10% of their turnover
- Work that we believe should be, or is, publicly funded
- National charities that have an established constituency of supporters
- Funding for information/advice-giving or newsletters
- Conferences or training courses
- Personal support of individuals
- The arts
- Work in mainstream education, including schools, nurseries, playschools, 'out of hours' clubs and academic research
- Environment, conservation, animal welfare, heritage or sporting projects
- Work with a bias towards a particular religion
Committee meetings are usually held twice a year, in March and September. The trustees will only consider applications submitted on the Foundation's application form and operate on a first come first served basis. In order to keep costs down and avoid postage, the Foundation asks applicants to download the form from its website (http://www.uia.co.uk/About/Charitable-foundation/) and post a signed copy and their annual accounts to:
The UIA Charitable Foundation
Kings Court
London Road
Stevenage
Herts SG1 2TP
For more information, go to: The UIA Charitable Foundation
last updated on 11th March 2010