The Rowlands Trust
The Rowland Trusts funding decisions are guided by the criteria laid out in Mr Rowlands’ Will, and they are keen to hear from charities, within a specific geographical location, needing help.
It is the Trustees’ usual practice to make grants only for capital expenditure and applications for revenue funding such as annual running costs (e.g. salaries, rent and administration expenses) will not be considered. The Trustees consider expenditure to be capital in nature if, in its widest sense, the expenditure will have a lasting benefit. You should tell them what the lasting benefit would be. Wherever possible you should provide examples and case studies showing the benefit of your proposal.
The main areas that Mr Rowlands wanted the Trust to support were:
- Research, education and training in order to promote success
- Medical and scientific research
- The Armed Services
- People and areas disadvantaged by education, health, finance and disability
- Elderly and young people
- Music and the arts
- The environment
- Restoration and re-ordering of church buildings which lead to an increase in community use.
For more informatin and to apply click here.
Don’t forget that SCVO’s Development Team offers a FREE ‘critical friend service’ to groups that deliver in Sandwell and support Sandwell residents to help you build a stronger case for investment from the funder! (If you are from outside the borough, we may still be able to help through our fee-based SCVO+ service). Drop us a line at support@scvo.info to find out more.