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.