Connexions Salford

Grant-making policy

The Salford Foundation Trust supports children and young people who live in Salford by providing opportunities to fulfil their potential and achieve change in their lives. It provides financial assistance to those who wish to experience or enhance personal and learning development opportunities that may otherwise be restricted by their financial means.

Criteria

The Salford Foundation Trust will consider requests to fund opportunities that will enable a young person to learn and/or develop new skills or take part in a character building experience or activity. Examples of this “opportunity” could be an item of equipment, an activity etc. We are keen to hear about the impact the opportunity will have on the applicant and what they hope to achieve from it. The Trust will not make payments directly to the individual.

If you are applying for a college or apprenticeship kit, please note the Trust will only consider applications from those who are solely responsible for dependants or young people who live on their own. 

Exclusions (This is not an exhaustive list)

The Salford Foundation Trust will not consider requests for:-

• Driving lessons and associated items e.g. insurance and licences
• Membership fees
• Childcare costs
• Course fees for Higher Education and associated general living expenses
• Living expenses
• Remedial intervention, i.e. therapies (speech/language/occupational etc)
• Retrospective funding
• Standard school/college trips
• Residential excursions under normal circumstances will not be considered, however in cases that are unique to the individual the Trustees will consider how/if they can support the application.

The Salford Foundation Trust will not consider opportunities that:-

• Have a political or religious focus
• Should be financed by statutory services
• Are for the benefit of a group of people e.g. a school, youth club etc

Priorities

The Salford Foundation Trust will give priority to:-

• Applicants who currently reside in Salford and have been resident for a minimum of three years.

This policy will be reviewed on a quarterly basis.

The Trustees decision is final and no further discussion or correspondence will be entered into once the decision has been made.

Download Application form (pdf)

Download Application guidelines (pdf)

Download Information for Applicants (pdf)

Application Rounds Deadlines

Round 3 Opens 20/07/2009 Closes 21/08/2009

Round 4 Opens 14/09/2009 Closes 16/10/2009

Round 5 Opens 09/11/2009 Closes 11/12/2009

Round 5 Opens 18/01/2010 Closes 05/03/2010