News from ACF Members

The Westminster Foundation is the charitable foundation that represents the philanthropic activity of the Grosvenor Family, headed by the Duke of Westminster, and the Grosvenor Estate.  It is delighted to announce that their new website is now live, and available at www.westminsterfoundation.org.uk.

 

The new site includes details of  current funding programmes, information about recent projects and a link to their online grant application form.

Richard Cloudesley's Charity, an Islington grant-making trust, has appointed Melanie Griffiths as its first Director.  She will take up this new role in April 2013.

 

Melanie joins from Sir Walter St John's Educational Charity, where she was Manager for eight years.  Over the past 15 years, she has been employed by and worked in a freelance capacity for a number of different grant-making organisations.  She was employed by the Association of Charitable Foundations as its Grant Risk Management Project Officer.  Prior to this, she was Head of Policy & Grants (Education and Vulnerable Children Team) at the Association of London Government.  

 

The Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) has announced that it is to become the first major UK funding body to require all large projects to undertake carbon footprinting as part of their application. 

 

Announced as HLF sets out its new strategic framework for 2013 – 2018, HLF will now ask all applicants requesting funding above £2m to measure the carbon footprint of their projects.