Objectives and activities for the public benefit
The Hobson Charity was founded in 1985 and was established to achieve the following objectives:
- The relief of poverty, suffering and distress of those in need in the United Kingdom, including the provision of facilities for recreation and leisure in the interests of their social welfare
- The advancement of education amongst the inhabitants of the United Kingdom
- The furtherance of other charitable purposes beneficial to such communities of the United Kingdom as the charity may think fit
- To make grants to such associations, trusts, societies or corporations established for charitable purposes
The trustees will consider applications for grants which are in accordance with the stated objectives of the charity and
- are submitted by a registered charitable organisation based in England or Wales;
- have a functioning website that provides information about the charity’s work and contact details;
- do not include requests for salaries, staffing or core running costs of any kind;
- are not repeat or multi-year funding requests;
- relate to items or projects that have not yet been purchased.
Please note that exceptions to these principles are only considered in very exceptional circumstances.
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