Purpose and Values

Courtesy of Coventry Law Centre

Our Purpose 
is to improve the quality of life of people suffering disadvantage and discrimination. We aim to achieve this through making grants to strengthen voluntary sector organisations which serve them directly or indirectly and by the added value we bring to this.

Our Values
We:

·        Believe in the fundamental value to society of an independent and effective voluntary sector;

·        Use our funds to strengthen voluntary sector organisations, responding flexibly; creatively and pragmatically to their needs and with a determination to achieve value for money;

·        Put high value on learning from organisations and their beneficiaries. We seek to add value to our grants by encouraging the communication of knowledge through a variety of means, including influencing others;

·        Seek to build positive, purposeful relationships with grant recipients, as well as with other grant makers;

·        Aim to treat grant-seekers and recipients with courtesy and respect; being as accessible as possible within clear programme guidelines and maintaining consistently high standards of administrative efficiency.