Bishop Stamer Fund for Organisations

The Bishop Stamer Fund is available to community groups, voluntary groups and in some cases statutory agencies. Grants from this scheme are available to organisations in North Staffordshire, including Stoke on Trent, the borough of Newcastle under Lyme and the Staffordshire Moorlands district, although applications from the northern part of Stafford borough may be considered. These grants will be awarded to organisations who provide facilities or services for older people, with a preference towards the elderly and infirm. The aim is to enhance the provision of service and to help make organisations more efficient or to improve the scope of their provision. This might include extending provision to older people, or providing facilities that make the use of a building easier. The fund prefers to fund capital projects, such as work on buildings and equipment, as opposed to revenue expenses and running costs, unless the project involves an extension to a pre-existing service. Applicants are expected to have secured at least 25% of the total project cost already through their own fundraising or by securing grants.