The charity has two main aims:

• To support younger people by giving grants to schools to improve the opportunities available to young people and to reward those to seek to benefit from the opportunities made available to them.

• to support older people by giving grants to charities that benefit older people.

The charity provides grants and donations to schools, school students, hospice care and welfare care and receives funding from its subsidiaries.

Thanks to the Foundation many young people across Bedfordshire with talent and drive are being helped in schools, colleges and universities to achieve this.

Students can apply for both Excellence and Discretionary Awards.

Some donations are given directly to the students, some via the schools, colleges and university and some in partnership with other charitable trusts. The charity also supports local charities caring for elderly people in Bedfordshire