The charity is not able to fund:
- Items that are core NHS funding responsibilities
- Salaries or costs relating to the running core services
- Recurrent and ongoing maintenance costs for equipment that has already been purchased (projects and equipment must be self-sustaining once initial funding has been given)
- Applications for activities or equipment that have already been completed
- Staff social activities
- Applications to support individually named patients, as this has tax implications
- Projects or activities which directly or indirectly benefit commercial companies providing services to the hospital
- Academic/blue sky research
- Projects where there are any conflicts of interest with suppliers or employees of the trust
- Proposals which are detrimental to the trust’s environmental sustainability goals
- Unsolicited proposals from external organisations
- Items that include funds being used for the provision of alcohol
