About Us
St. James's Place Foundation
Background
As a successful commercial organisation, the St. James's Place Group believes it has a responsibility to apply some of its profits and energy for the benefit of people whose lives have been adversely affected by illness and or some form of disadvantage. To this end, the St. James's Place Foundation was established in 1992, funded during the first seven years entirely by members of the Partnership and employees of the Group. In 1999, the shareholders of St. James's Place agreed that, in future, the Company should match, pound for pound, all monies raised by Partners & Staff.
How we make a difference
At present we give vital funds to UK registered charities whose work is based on our two main themes
"Cherishing the Children" and "The Hospice Movement".
The Small Grants Programme is temporarily closed to new applications. Please contact the Foundation office if you have any queries relating to the Foundation. Thank you.
Cherishing the Children
Any charity with an annual income of less than £600,000 that has a project that will provide directly for young people (under the age of 25) within the UK who suffer from physical or mental health difficulties or conditions, or a life threatening or degenerative illness can apply for a grant of up to £10,000 from the Foundation. For details on the guidelines applying to grants, please click here, for an application form, please click here.
The Hospice Movement
The Foundation makes grants of up to £10,000 to Hospices in the UK for items such as equipment or a contribution toward the cost of specialist nurses or therapists. For details on the guidelines applying to grants, please click here, for an application form, please click here.
In addition to the grants awarded under the "themes", the Foundation has formed a long term relationship with
Hope & Homes for Children, a UK-based charity, which provides family homes and other support for children orphaned by war or disaster. More than £2.6 million in total has been given to Hope & Homes for Children in the last 9 years.
We are also funding the building of specialist Hydrotherapy Centre at The Children's Trust's centre in Tadworth, Surrey at a cost of £1.2 million. The Children's Trust offers residential care, education, rehabilitation and therapy for some the UK's most profoundly disabled children.
Help the Hospices is the umbrella organisation for independent hospices in the UK. In March 2004, the Foundation and Help the Hospices joined forces to bring hospice and palliative care to non-cancer patients and their families. The commitment we made was over a three-year period for a total of £800,000.
The Foundation also supports Teenage Cancer Trust and CIDA - with a total commitment of approximately £440,000. Teenage Cancer Trust aim to open 21 units around the UK for teenagers with cancer - they currently have 8 units. Each unit costs in the region of £1.5 million. CIDA is a University in South Africa run by the students. CIDA has implemented formal programmes that require students to give back to their home community.
In total, over £10.7 million has been given in grants to all causes since the Foundation was established just over 16 years ago and it's proud of what's been achieved in that time. We look forward to the challenge of sustaining and increasing its growth so that even more people may benefit from its success.
Registered charity number 1031456
