The Fund has been established to provide targeted grants to individual species conservation initiatives, recognize leaders in the field and elevate the importance of species in the broader conservation debate. Its focus is global and eligibility for grants will extend to all plant, animal and fungi species conservation efforts, without discrimination on the basis of region or selected species.

The Stafford Trust is a grant making Scottish charitable trust which provides financial support to charities registered in the United Kingdom, with a preference towards charitable organisations in Scotland. It Funds charities under the headings of animal welfare; child / adult welfare; medical research; local community projects; HM services personnel; sea rescue; overseas appeals.

The fund offers funding to projects through the Scottish Landfill Communities Fund (SLCF). It will consider applications across all types of projects included in the SLCF Objects including: land reclamation, community recycling, public amenities and parks, biodiversity and historic buildings. Applicants can apply for between £10,000 and £50,000 up to a maximum intervention rate of 75% of the total eligible project cost.

The limit for a pump priming grant is £10,000. These grants are available to fund initial research which should ideally lead to further research. All pump priming applications which meet the criteria set out by the Trust are forwarded to the members of the Scientific Advisory Committee for consideration.

The fund supports organisations who work to make a real difference to the welfare of UK pets, either by improving the care that rescues provide to these animals or by actively reducing the number of homeless pets. All funding requests must be for purposes which have a direct impact on the welfare of domestic pets in rescue. They will fund running costs, capital items, vaccination and neutering and building renovations.

The Trust provides grants to Associations and Charities involved in work for the relief of poverty or suffering of any kind, for the preservation of wildlife and improvement of the environment. The Trust favours applications from the Dundee area.

The Trustees' current policy is to support primarily projects which are for the benefit of Glasgow and her citizens, funds are also paid to other areas of the central belt and the Argyll & Isles area, other Scottish and UK wide projects will be considered for small grants if they can be applied locally.

The Trust's objective is to maintain a fund to provide help or relief to hospitals, institutions, and other organisations whose objectives are the alleviation and care of sickness or infirmity or to provide assistance to necessitous persons or children who's circumstances are such as to require assistance.

The Trust give grants to assist: Personnel within the Armed Forces and Ex-Servicemen and women; Sport and Recreational Facilities for young people giving priority to Cheshire and Hertfordshire; The Welfare, Protection and Preservation of Domestic Animal Life giving priority to Cheshire and Hertfordshire; Natural History and wildlife; Other charities associated with the counties of Cheshire and Hertfordshire; Charities which would have had particular appeal to the founder, Major Robert Clutterbuck. Within the above categories the Trust prefers to make grants for specific items and projects rather than for running costs.

Funding for a wide variety of charitable organisations across Scotland and the UK. Previous recipients include: National Trust Scotland, English Speaking Union, The Abbotsford Trust, Erskine Hospital, St Mungos, Highland Hospice, The Timespan Heritage and Arts Society