Exclusions

Please ring the Director for clarification if you are unsure whether your project
fits within our guidelines. In general, we do not consider appeals:

from individuals
from statutory organisations
from national charities without a local base/project
from charities with substantial unrestricted reserves
from medical/health establishments
from schools/educational establishments
from infrastructure organisations/second-tier bodies
for projects principally benefiting people outside Cumbria/North Lancashire
for retrospective funding
for expeditions or overseas travel
for the promotion of religion
for animal welfare

Please note that Trustees prefer to fund small to medium-sized organisations and it is therefore unlikely they will support applications from charities with a turnover in excess of £1m. It is also worth noting that charities should not apply to both the Frieda Scott and Francis C Scott Charitable Trusts at the same time.

Whether your application is successful or not, we advise that you wait for a year before applying to the Trust again.

Complaints Procedure

In any one year the Trust receives three times more applications for funding than it can afford to support. The Trustees go to considerable lengths to ensure that every appeal for funding that is within our stated funding guidelines receives a full and fair hearing. Any applicants or beneficiaries who feel that they have a grievance against the Trust should write to the Chair of Trustees (marked Private and Confidential) who will respond following a period of consultation.

Mrs Susan Bagot
Chair of Trustees
The Francis C Scott Charitable Trust
Suite 3, Sand Aire House
New Road, Kendal
Cumbria LA9 4UJ