Trust Guidelines

(adopted by the Trustees at their meeting on 19th February 2007)

In furtherance of and for the purposes of implementing the charitable objects of The Leche Trust as set out in the Settlement dated 1st February 1963, The Leche Trustees have resolved that the following (which are not in order of precedence but which follow the particular wishes of the Settlor) shall be their non-exclusive guidelines for the purposes of determining whether favourable consideration should be given to applicants for financial assistance from the Trust:

  1. the promotion of amity and good relations between Britain and third world countries by financing visits to such countries by teachers or other appropriate persons, or providing financial assistance to students from overseas especially those in financial hardship during the last six months of their postgraduate doctorate study in the UK or those engaged in activities consistent with the charitable objects of the Trust;
  2. assistance to academic, educational or other organisations concerned with music, drama, dance and the arts;
  3. the preservation of buildings and their contents and the repair and conservation of church furniture (including such items as monuments, but excluding structural repairs to the church fabric); preference is to be given to buildings and objects of the Georgian period;
  4. assistance to conservation in all its aspects, including in particular museums and encouraging good practice in the art of conservation by supporting investigative and diagnostic reports;
  5. the support of charitable bodies or organisations associated with the preservation of the nation's countryside, towns, villages and historic landscapes.

As a matter of present policy the Trustees are in general not minded to make grants for or to:- religious bodies, overseas missions etc., schools or school buildings, social welfare, animals, medicine, expeditions or British students.