OVERVIEW
The Basil Houghton Memorial Trust is a grant giving Trust, registered with the Charity Commission (no. 1101947). We use our modest resources to make small grants to support people with learning disabilities and/or learning difficulties and their family carers, either directly or through voluntary organisations supporting people with learning differences.
The Trust is able to make small grants within the following strict criteria
- Individual beneficiaries must have a learning disability/difficulty and be resident in Shropshire.
- Organisations seeking support for groups of people with learning disabilities/difficulties should be located in Shropshire or Telford & Wrekin and the majority of beneficiaries must be resident in Shropshire
Funding can only be given for people resident in the local authority areas of Shropshire or Telford & Wrekin, and grants will only be awarded for services which are not the responsibility of statutory bodies or are additional to those provided by statutory bodies.
Individual applicants may apply for up to £500 (A lower limit of £350 applies to applications of a "practical" nature - white goods, carpets, fittings and furniture). Grants to organisations will be considered on their merit, taking into account the number of people who will benefit. As a guide, grants for groups do not normally exceed £1,500 per group per annum.