Promotion of Literature;Promotion of human rights of Writers and Publishers throughout the World;Relief of Poverty and Distress among beneficiaries' dependants

Awards annual prizes to poets under 30 on the strength of a submitted collection

Gives grants to published writers over the age of 35 who need financial help during a period of illness, disability or temporary financial crisis

Works to get everyone reading, from toddlers and children to older people and prisoners, arguing reading can tackle social mobility and mental health.

The charity makes grants to published authors who need extra funding while working on a book.

The Foundation gives grants to professional writers working on a book, in order to help cover research expenditure or to buy time

Provides emergency financial help to authors

Awards prizes to first novelists under 35 for a work of traditional or romantic nature

Annual awards to poets of distinction

This foundation awards grants to UK and Japanese organisations for UK-Japan projects in education, science, the environment, health, arts, sport and Japanese studies.

The Trust gives grants to published writers under 40 to assist with research and other costs.

Provides a limited number of pensions to authors who have been members of the Society of Authors for more than 10 years

Annual literary prizes to authors under 30

The Trust promotes access to, and availability of, manuscripts of use to historians, biographers and other researchers, as well as assisting in the tracing of copyright holders.

Annual prize for first novel by an author over 40

The Trust provides an annual short story prize

The Fund provides scholarships enabling professional writers to travel abroad

The British and Irish Legal Information Institute (BAILII) provides access to the most comprehensive set of British and Irish primary legal materials that are available for free and in one place on the internet.

The Institute teaches and provides for others, courses in space policy and law at university level or above.