The Scriveners’ Company Sexcentenary Charity was established on 1 Aug 2020 when it superseded the Sexcentenary Charity Fund of the Worshipful Company of Scriveners. The purpose of the change in structure of the Charity was to form a new Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO) which updates the governance structure and reviews the overall charitable objectives.

The overarching aims of the CIO remain the same and are:

• Providing for the relief of hardship among Liverymen and Freemen of the Worshipful Company of Scriveners and their dependents;
• The making of grants to schools, colleges and other organisations for the advancement of education and contributing in whole or in part, to bursaries being awarded by such schools, colleges and other organisations, particularly but not limited to those involved in trades and crafts associated with the Worshipful Company of Scriveners;
• The relief of those in need by reason of youth, age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage;
• The advancement of culture and heritage in the trades and crafts associated with the Worshipful Company of Scriveners;
• To support the charitable work of the Lord Mayor of the City of London;
• To further the charitable work of the Worshipful Company of Scriveners.

In common with other livery companies, we support City of London-associated schools (see the Livery in Education booklet https://issuu.com/liveryschoolslink/docs/the_livery_in_education_a4_booklet_2021) services affiliations, the Lord Mayor’s Appeal, and other charitable organisations with which the Company has an association – such as the College of Arms, the Heraldry Society and the Society of Scribes and Illuminators. We also give annual prizes for Calligraphy and Illumination, and for clarity and excellence of Handwriting (the Karen Nehammer Prize) for year 6, 7, 8 and 9 pupils at schools associated with the City. The Charity Fund may also support ‘such Charitable Foundations for such Charitable Purposes as the Court shall from time to time in its absolute discretion determine and direct’.

Applications for funding are subject to the following preconditions:

1. Any funds donated shall be for a purpose which is consistent with at least one of the objects of the Sexcentenary Charity.
2. In the case of a project, applicants shall provide a written description as to how progress or success shall be measured.
3. No later than 6 (six) weeks prior to the anniversary of the making of a donation, the applicant shall report what has been done, and disclose, on its website or other publication relating to a project, that the donation has been made by the Sexcentenary Charity.
4. Donations are not made to individuals.