Beneficicary Policy

Money raised from garden openings is donated each year to beneficiary charities nominated by Council. Donations are governed by the Beneficiary Policy, set by Council and reviewed every three years. The current policy was agreed in June 2006 and sets out the following principles:

NGS will continue to support national nursing, caring and gardening charities

NGS will continue with the existing Beneficiaries, and should not actively seek additional Beneficiaries

The vision for the development of NGS will bring in additional income, and as and when it does, NGS will look for new Beneficiaries within the overall criteria of supporting national nursing, caring and gardening charities

There is already considerable support to cancer charities, and no further cancer charities should be added to the list of Beneficiaries 

Currently, the NGS does not wish to support charities whose aim is primarily research

NGS will continue to support charities on an ongoing basis, but in exceptional cases, a one-off grant may be considered if within the criteria

Support for Macmillan Cancer Support and Marie Curie should move towards an equal footing.

We donate money only to charities selected by Council.  We regret that we can not accept or acknowledge unsolicited applications for funds.