We fund foundational work for innovative new startup, growth or improvement initiatives, which will create multiplied front-line outcomes. We don’t fund front-line work or business-as-usual activity.
We typically fund new initiatives over 2-3 years to reach sustainability, with each year’s funding dependent on the achievement of agreed milestones.
Since 2000 we have supported foundational work for 45 new initiatives across 25 different charities, enabling them to deliver a multiplied impact to their front-line work. The chart shows the breakdown of types of projects we have supported.
Scroll or click to know more about three of the projects we support:
Allia modular homes – start
Hope into Action franchising – grow
Viva QIS – improve
The support of Aidan Trust was essential to the success of this project as they were prepared to take a risk on whether it would work, and were also agile and engaged enough to adjust the support as circumstances changed. We are delighted that the project succeeded and has helped to multiply the approach by inspiring other similar initiatives. All down to the pump priming of Aidan Trust and their faith that we would deliver.
I’ve really enjoyed working with Aidan Trust as a funder. I always got the impression they had listened and heard what we were trying to do. They challenged and encouraged and then were appropriately trusting as well.
Support from the Aidan Trust was instrumental in helping us to develop and launch QIS, which has now helped churches and organisations in 13 countries to reach quality standards in their work with children. The funding, input and advice we received from the Trust helped to shape a programme to enable safe, well managed, sustainable children's projects run by motivated staff and recognised by Government departments and institutional donors to bring about positive change
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