Grant funding from Leeds Area Quaker Meeting

Leeds Area Quaker Meeting makes grants to local individuals and groups for a variety of purposes:

Members of Leeds Area Quaker Meeting who are in financial need;
The upkeep and renovation of Quaker Meeting Houses in the Leeds area;
Voluntary and charitable organisations in the Yorkshire area, including non-Quaker groups.

A total of around £7,000 is allocated each year. Grants are considered and awarded by the Leeds Area Quaker Meeting Trustees, consisting of representatives from each local Meeting in Leeds Area Meeting. The Trustees meet four times a year, usually in January, April, July and October. Grants are agreed at those meetings – decisions between meetings can be made in exceptional circumstances.

Making a Donation/Applying for a Grant

One of the funds administered by the Trustees is the Leeds Friends Action on Poverty Fund, to which donations are invited. This fund distributes money to organisations in Leeds which support people that face poverty at the most acute level.

This Grant Application Form document contains...

details of how to donate to the Leeds Friends Action on Poverty Fund
a grant application form
information about who to contact if you wish discuss application.

Grant Application Form (65KB rtf)

Leeds Quakers

The Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) in Leeds, Otley, Gildersome, Rawdon and Ilkley

Grant funding from Leeds Area Quaker Meeting

Making a Donation/Applying for a Grant

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