Four Acre Trust
Vocational Guidance
Location National
Dates

Trustees meet in March, June, October and January. Applications need to be received by the middle of the preceding month to be considered at the next meeting.
Aims

Objective of the funding opportunity: The Four Acre Trust is a grant-making charitable trust supporting charities that make a real difference to people’s lives. It’s aims include:
- “Showing support and assistance to those in need”
- “Getting kids off on the right foot”
- “Supporting charities that give individuals – mainly children and young people – help in making the most of their lives”

It’s vocational guidance funding covers:
- Training for work – assistance over and above government schemes
- Work schemes – especially for those with learning difficulties
- Foyer schemes – whole person life skills
- Adventure centres – training courses
It aims to help the following client groups:
Young people
Those with disabilities
 The economically inactive
Those lacking basic skills
FRESA priorities The funding opportunity fits with the following FRESA priorities:

Top priorities:
Young people and career choices
Skills for employability

High priorities:
Future labour force
Under-exploited sources of labour

Medium priorities:
Increasing employment rates
More information on the FRESA
The following labour market factsheets contain evidence to support bids for this funding: 
Skills for employability
Eligibility Eligible Organisations:  Registered charities.
The Trust prefers to support local, district or smaller national organisations that have low reserves and broadly spend all their income on charitable works.
No match funding is required.
For details of activities the Trust does not support see Exclusions 
Accreditation Organisations must have the following accreditation to bid: No accreditation is needed
Amount available Funding available:
 The Trust provides grants of up to £120,000 but the majority are between £2,000 and £5,000.
Grants can be for core costs or specific purposes but applications must clearly show what the need is and how it is to be met.
Previous bids For examples of successful projects see the Recent grants page
Application

You will need the following documents to apply :
Application form

Latest audited accounts must accompany your application form.
A condition of the grants is a full report on the outcome.
Contact

For further information contact:  

Four Acre Trust
P.O. Box 48
Wotton-under-Edge
GL12 7WZ
Tel: 01453 844129
E-mail: info@fouracretrust.org.uk
Website: http://www.fouracretrust.org.uk