The Trust funds the running costs of registered charities that reflects its grant making policy and focus.

Focus

• Elderly people
• Children and young people aged 5 - 25
• People with physical impairments, learning difficulties or mental health challenges
• Social welfare – people trying to overcome life-limiting problems of a social, rather than medical, origin (such as addiction, relationship difficulties, abuse, offending)
• Education and learning (with a particular interest in people who are educationally disadvantaged, whether adults or children)

Priorities:

• Work that is unattractive to the general public or unpopular with other funders
• Services that help to improve the lives of marginalised, disadvantaged or isolated people
• Applicants that can demonstrate an effective use of volunteers
• Charities that seek to be preventive and aim to change opinion and behaviour through raising awareness of issues, education and campaigning
• Applicants that can demonstrate (where feasible) an element of self-sustainability by charging subscriptions/fees to service users

Your  applications must address at least two of the above priority work areas.

Grants

• Grants are for a maximum of £3,000 per year
• Funding for running costs is available for up to three years

Note

• Only grants for ongoing core funding are supported (costs associated with regular activities or services that have been ongoing for at least a year).
• Registered charities must have been formally established for a minimum of three years (newly registered charities may apply but the organisation must have appointed a management committee and adopted a governing document for at least 3 years). 
• Your annual expenditure must be less than £40,000
• Decision time can take up to 5 months from the date of submitting your application

For more information and to apply please visit the Trust website

Deadline: rolling programme