The Trustees look for evidence that applicants have thought carefully about how to evaluate the work undertaken and judge whether it is successful or not. Not all projects we fund meet all these criteria, but most of them do. As an applicant you must be able to convince the Trustees that proposals are especially suited to the Foundation, and could not as easily be considered by a government department, Research Council or a more appropriate charity. See exclusions . Research projects must be intended to have a practical or policy outcome in the short or medium term.
Experimental projects involve trying something new and evaluating the outcome.
Such projects must be of more than local interest. Practical development projects involve the development of some facility that will be of practical value. The Trustees have five areas of special interest Child Protection, Family Law and Justice Education Access to Justice Mental Health. Older people and their families. Grants in these areas of special interest account for around half our project grant funding.