Social & Criminal Justice Grants

The Charles Hayward Foundation funds projects which help to prevent people entering the criminal justice system, and which support those in contact with the system to rebuild their lives. The Foundation supports targeted early intervention programmes aimed at reaching the most troubled and vulnerable families in a community, preventative and diversionary projects for young people at risk of offending, programmes combining prison-based and community interventions dealing with the rehabilitation of offenders, and schemes offering viable alternatives to custody. The trustees look for projects which address multiple and complex needs with a range of appropriate interventions, are tailored to individual needs and local situations involving families and communities, and are of appropriate duration and intensity with clear rationale and proper monitoring and evaluation. The Foundation is also open to creative and specialist approaches and trialling new solutions. Grants are awarded to UK registered charities with annual income between £350,000 and £4,000,000, operating in the British Isles.