Since our original inception our purpose has broadened and is as follows: To promote, for the public benefit, the improvement of tangible and intangible craft and technical skills employed in the gun and allied trades and in associated crafts, by the provision of scholarships for the advancement of education of persons involved in these trades and crafts; To relieve individuals connected to the Worshipful Company of Gunmakers and their families, who are in need by the provision of grants; To provide grants for any charitable purposes connected with the making, usage, conservation and curatorship of guns; To provide grants for charitable purposes connected with the City of London or other places in which the Worshipful Company of Gunmakers is situated.