Small Grants
Make a Difference
This scheme is open to all John Laing staff and retirees or their partners, spouses, widows or widowers and provides up to £1,000 of funding per year to groups or organisations they are involved with.
Their involvement may be as volunteers or as beneficiaries of the charity organisations’ support. These range from major charities to small local clubs where pensioners have a chance to meet on a regular basis over a cup of tea.
Match Funding
This is open to all current and former John Laing employees or their partners, spouses, widows or widowers who have actively raised money for established charitable groups and societies. JLCT will match up to £1,500 of funding raised directly by their efforts.
If you are a JLG employee or retiree and wish to find out more about how to apply, please contact info@jlct.org.uk.
Read the FAQs for more details of these schemes
- Q: What is Make A Difference scheme?
A: Our Make a Difference scheme gives John Laing employees and retirees the opportunity to make a real difference to a charity they are involved with. A donation to the charity of up to £1,000 may be made to the charity.
- Q: What is the Matching scheme?
A: Our Matching Scheme encourages John Laing employees and retirees to carry out personal fundraising. Amounts raised will be matched up to a limit of £1,500, after evidence of the amount raised has been supplied.
- Q: Who can apply?
A: The Make a Difference and Matching schemes are available to John Laing employees, as well as John Laing pensioners, their widows and widowers who are on the JLCT database as eligible for visits by our welfare officers.
If you are not sure if you are eligible, please contact: info@jlct.org.uk
- Q: What organisations can be nominated to receive a donation?
A: A Make a Difference request can be made for a charity the employee or retiree, or a member of their close family, is involved with, for example as a volunteer.
A Matching request can be made for a charity the employee or retiree, or a member of their close family, has fundraised for.
The charity should be registered and not an animal charity. Some other not for profit groups are eligible, but this is subject to approval. A copy of the not for profit group’s constitution should be provided with the application form.
This FAQ is also available as a downloadable PDF (69.3 KB).