# Henry Smith Charity director on hospice funding

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2005/03/08/henry-smith-charity-director-hospice-funding/
- Published: 2005-03-08T00:00:00+00:00
- Author: Howard Lake

The director of the Henry Smith Charity told delegates at a recent workshop that
the trust finds funding hospices ‘difficult’.
Speaking at a recent Midas workshop,
Richard Hopgood, director of major grant-maker the

Henry Smith Charity, said that the trust finds funding hospices difficult for two
reasons. First, there are many hospices, and secondly, it feels that hospices’ local
communities should be the basis of hospice support.

That said, the Henry Smith Charity does occasionally make grants to hospices, either
where a hospice has special difficulty, such as a very poor area, or if it is engaged
in a particularly innovative project.

## Advertisement

 [⌊Posthub advert. You create the campaign. We'll handle the postal journey. Get started at post-hub.co.uk.⌉](https://fundraising.co.uk/ads/posthub-20261007-300x250/)

The Henry Smith Charity gives away 10% of its budget to hospices and palliative 
care, resulting in donations of around £2 million a year.

Mr Hopgood reported a substantially increased number of applications to the trust.

His staff also manage Trusthouse Trust, a smaller trust with average grants of £
3,000 and a top of £50,000.

 * **[Third birthday campaign launched for Bono](https://fundraising.co.uk/2005/03/24/third-birthday-campaign-launched-bono/)**(
   24 March 2005)
 * **[Mencap sends publication by people with learning disability to donors](https://fundraising.co.uk/2005/04/04/mencap-sends-publication-people-learning-disability-donors/)**(
   4 April 2005)
 * **[New minister for the voluntary sector](https://fundraising.co.uk/2005/05/13/new-minister-voluntary-sector-374/)**(
   13 May 2005)