# Gannett Foundation offers grants of up to £50,000

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2010/08/18/gannett-foundation-offers-grants-50000/
- Published: 2010-08-18T00:34:08+01:00
- Author: Howard Lake

The Gannett Foundation, the charitable arm of the Gannett Co. Inc, owner of the 
Newsquest Media Group, is inviting applications for grants for up to £50,000 from
local charities before 3 September.

The foundation funds local organisations in the areas where Newsquest operates in
the UK. Newsquest publishes more than 300 newspapers and more than 100 websites 
nationwide including News Shopper.

It favours projects which “take a creative approach to local community needs from
which a large number of people in that community benefit”. It gives priority to:

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* Projects of lasting benefit (e.g. specially adapted mini buses for elderly people
or people with disabilities)

* Projects that benefit people with special needs either through disability or disadvantage

* Sport, environment, conservation and local history projects

Grants will not be given to organisations that are not registered charities, national
or regional organisations unless the project addresses specific local community 
needs, general appeals, animal charities or school groups.

www.newsshopper.co.uk/contactus/gannettfoundation

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