Wiltshire Times: Gannett Grants

GANNETT FOUNDATION 2017

Application Guidelines

Closing date: Monday, October 9, 2017

The Gannett Foundation is the charitable arm of Gannett Co, Inc., owner of Newsquest Media Group, which publishes regional and local newspapers, websites and magazines across the UK including the Wiltshire Times. The Gannett Foundation provides funding to support local projects and organisations in areas where Newsquest operates. The funds are managed by the Quartet Community Foundation. In the last 10 years alone, the Gannett Foundation has made grants in the UK alone totalling nearly £4 million.

We value practical and creative projects that bring lasting benefits to the communities and neighbourhoods served by our newspapers and online audience. That includes schemes for neighbourhood improvement and local problem-solving, economic development, youth development, education and cultural enrichment, care of the elderly or infirm, help for the disadvantaged or disabled, and environmental conservation.

We particularly invite clearly reasoned applications asking for specific items of equipment or materials. Most of our applications are for relatively modest sums meeting every-day needs, but we will consider worthwhile projects on a bigger scale. And we are also able to join with other contributors to support elements of more ambitious projects. While preference will be given to ideas which create a durable legacy for the community, we will consider single events or projects of limited duration that otherwise meet our criteria.

Restrictions:

• Applicants must be registered charities

• Applicants must not have received a grant from us within the last two years

• We will NOT fund:

- salaries, professional fees or day-to-day running or maintenance costs

- general appeals as opposed to specific projects

- projects that do not bring benefits to our local communities

- political or religious objectives

- state or privately run schools (other than special needs) or hospitals (other than hospices)

We will favour projects that demonstrate good planning, oversight and financial responsibility. You must supply copies of your most recent accounts (where required by the Charities Commission) or other appropriate financial information, together with any supporting materials and details of your organisation’s managing committee. The grants will be monitored by the relevant local newspaper Editor, and it will be a condition of each grant that the recipient must report back on it use to the Chairman of the Trustees within 12 months of the award.

This application form must not be altered in any way.

We will not accept applications that are not made using this form.

Applications must be sent initially to your local Newsquest publication by no later than 5pm on Monday, October 9, 2017.

Please complete this questionnaire and return it electronically to the email address given in the newspaper, on the website and repeated at the end of this questionnaire, together with scanned electronic copies of supporting documents.

Alternatively, type or print clearly and put the form and documents in the post to the relevant newspaper address, which is also repeated at the end of this questionnaire. We may reject incomplete questionnaires. If you need more space to answer our questions, please attach a detailed proposal on no more than two pages.

The Trustees will meet to make the awards at the end of November 2017. Please note that completed application forms and any attachments (including discs or USB sticks etc) are non-returnable.

The official application form and a copy of the Gannett Foundation Guidelines can be obtained from Ian Parker, Swindon Advertiser, 100 Victoria Road, Swindon SN1 3BE, or by telephoning 01793 528144,email ian.parker@wiltshire.newsquest.co.uk

or by clicking GANNETT FOUNDATION APPLICATION FORM 2017.pdf

to download an application form

Deadline for applications: Monday, October 9 2017