# The Ransford Bedward Foundation

- Type: Trust / foundation
- Charity number: 1215427 (https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-search/-/charity-details/1215427)
- What it funds: General charitable purposes, Disability, Economic / community development / employment
- Who it helps: Children / young people, Older people, The general public
- How it gives: Makes grants to organisations
- Area of operation: Jamaica
- Trustees: 3
- Last verified: 2026-11-04T00:00:00.000Z
- Canonical URL: https://opengrant.co.uk/funders/ransford-bedward-foundation

To promote for the benefit of the inhabitants of TopHill Jamaica and the surrounding areas the provision of facilities for recreation or other leisure time occupation of individuals who have need of such facilities by reason of their youth, age, infirmity or disablement, financial hardship or social and economic circumstances or for the public at large in the interests of social welfare.

## Open and forthcoming schemes (0)

None in OpenGrant's sources right now.

## Charitable objects

> To promote for the benefit of the inhabitants of tophill Jamaica and the surrounding areas the provision of facilities for recreation or other leisure time occupation of individuals who have need of such facilities by reason of their youth, age, infirmity or disablement, financial hardship or social and economic circumstances or for the public at large in the interests of social welfare and with the object of improving the condition of life of the said inhabitants by awarding grants to community organisations and educational establishments for the provision and improvement of recreational facilities.

## What it funds

The Ransford Bedward Foundation is registered under the Charity Commission purposes disability and economic / community development / employment for children / young people and older people; the register records that it makes grants to organisations.

The Charity Commission register lists its area of operation as Jamaica.

## How to apply

OpenGrant has not found an open scheme from The Ransford Bedward Foundation in its sources (last checked 4 Nov 2026). It may fund by invitation only, or through programmes that OpenGrant's sources do not cover. OpenGrant does not take applications; always check the funder's own guidance.

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