The Three Guineas Trust funds work to support the autonomy, liberty and civil rights of autistic, neurodivergent and disabled people in the UK.

The funding can support:

  • Autistic-specific activity programmes that run in the school holidays in the UK (including sessions for siblings), OR
  • The costs to include autistic children and young people who require two-to-one or greater support to take part in other (non autistic specific) play and activity schemes.

Who Can Apply

Not-for-profit organisations in the UK can apply. In addition, organisations must:

  • Have a safeguarding policy.
  • Use trained staff (not parents/guardians). For autistic children and young people who take part in other play and activity schemes (non-autistic specific schemes), staff must have specialist training to provide one-to-one support or greater.
  • Have bank account with two people to authorise or check on payments.

Restrictions

The following cannot be funded:

  • Residential activities.
  • Projects that use Applied Behavioural Analysis or other contested forms of coercive behavioural control.
  • Schools, local authorities or NHS Trusts.

Eligible Expenditure

Priorities for funding will be given to autistic-specific schemes. Grants are usually for part of the costs to run the activity schemes.

How To Apply

The next round will open for applications on 3 February 2025 and close on 28 February 2025 (6pm).

Grant decisions will be communicated week commencing 24 March 2025.

To apply, applicants should email the Trust.

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