Minutes of the Macfarlane Trust Grants Committee meeting held 15 January 2015. Attendees were Paul Biddle, Matt Gregory, Patrick Spellman, Jan Barlow, Victoria Richards and Keisha Hanchard. Includes updated from VP that the Hepatitis C Trust Counselling Fund was not taking on new referrals; resolution that office guidelines should be amended to provide grant of up to 900 for counselling sessions; and details of applications/appeal decisions with reasons for those of which were declined