Trust and Grant Funding
Trust and Grant Funding
To find out more about each fund and deadlines click on each link. Please read carefully and make sure you meet all the requirements of the fund before submitting an application. These funds also regularly open and close so take note of those that are currently inaccessible but fit your criteria as they may be open in the future.
We have access to over 8000 Trusts and grants so please do get in touch with us to find out more
Basildon Borough Winter Warmth 2020/2021
Up to £500 Grant
Apply here
The purpose of this grant funding is to both prevent crises and respond to them in relation to cold-related illnesses and deaths amongst the frail, the elderly and other vulnerable people.
• Older people, especially those over 75 years.
• People living on their own who are socially isolated.
• People with a chronic and severe illness; such as heart conditions, circulatory disease, asthma and other respiratory disorders, depression and anxiety, diabetes and arthritis.
• Children under the age of five living in poor housing.
• Homeless people/street sleepers.
• People who are fuel poor (i.e. those who cannot afford to heat their homes adequately).
• People living in housing that is in poor condition, often with draughts, damp and mould and/or living in generally deprived circumstances.
Purpose of the Warm Homes Grant Funding
The purpose of this grant funding is to both prevent crises and respond to them in relation to cold-related illnesses and deaths amongst the frail, the elderly and other vulnerable people.
• Prevent cold related illnesses and deaths amongst frail elderly and other vulnerable people.
• Prevent and respond to crisis, using existing networks and services in both the statutory and voluntary sectors.
• Provide minor home improvements, emergency heating, food and clothing, home visits, transport and activities.
• Support clients most at risk to access a benefits check carried out by Age UK local offices.
To qualify for this grant, your activity must take place in the Basildon Borough i.e. Basildon, Billericay or Wickford
Grants to Basildon Borough Voluntary and Community Organisations
Deadline 29th January 2021
Grants between £100 and £2,000 are available to voluntary and community organisations based in the Basildon District for one-off projects that benefit residents.
Apply here:
Grants are available to support young people challenged by abuse and addiction, those who are young carers, and those without safe homes.
They offer three streams of funding: project applications for 16 year olds and under; long term applications for 16 year olds and under; and direct funding for 18 year olds and under.
Apply here:
Apply here:
Garfield Weston Foundation
Family Fund – for families with severely disabled children
The Family Fund helps families across the UK who are raising a disabled or seriously ill child or young person aged 17 or under. You can apply to Family Fund subject to a number of criteria which include that you are the parent or carer of a disabled or seriously ill child or young person aged 17 or under and that you have evidence of entitlement to one of the following: Universal Credit, Child Tax Credit, Working Tax Credit, Income-based Jobseeker’s Allowance, Income Support, Incapacity Benefit, Employment Support Allowance, Housing Benefit and Pension Credit.
See their website for more details. https://www.familyfund.org.uk/
Community Business Crowdmatch – Power to Change
Power to Change has teamed up with Crowdfunder UK to deliver this programme to local communities to raise much needed money to bring new community businesses to life. The fund will also support existing community business to grow, by launching new business ideas that create positive changes for local communities in England. Crowdmatch helps to raise funding to cover key costs, build a network of supporters and provides match funding
Groups accepted onto the programme will receive help to raise funding to cover key costs, help build their network of supporters and receive match funding, up to £6000.
https://www.powertochange.org.uk/get-support/programmes/community-business-crowdmatch/
Active Essex – Micro Grant
The Micro Grant programme offers awards between £50-£2,500. It is designed to be simple and light touch to enable residents and local community groups to easily access small amounts of funding to implement their ideas. We expect most activities/events will happen at a very local level. Apply here:
Please note this fund allows video applications. You can create your video application with us at BBWCVS – contact Pippa for more information
The Yapp Charitable Trust
The Trust continues to support the smallest of charities (spending less than £40k per year) and only fund running costs (including rent, utilities and salaries) with grants of up to £9,000 over 3 years. Apply here:
The Walter Farthington Trust
The Walter Farthing Trust is a long-standing independent foundation providing funds and grants to charitable projects and non-for-profit organisations in Essex. Apply here:
ASDA Foundation
Continuous rolling programme
A B Charitable Trust
Deadline: January, April, July and October
The Trust is particularly interested in charities that work with marginalised and excluded people in society, with a focus on:
- migrants, refugees and asylum seekers
- criminal justice and penal reform
- human rights, particularly access to justice
Allen Lane Foundation
Continuous rolling programme
The foundation funds small registered charities, voluntary groups, and charitable organisations that work with seven particular beneficiary groups
- Asylum seekers and refugees
- Gypsies and Travellers
- Migrant communities
- Offenders and ex-offenders
- Older people
- People experiencing mental health problems
- People experiencing violence or abuse
Particularly interested in unusual, imaginative or pioneering projects which have perhaps not yet caught the public imagination.
Maximum grant is £15,000 with average grant size around £5,000-£6,000
Anton Jurgens Charitable Trust
Decisions made Spring and Autumn
The trust gives grants to registered UK based charities who support people of all ages, who are socially disadvantaged and/or have mental and/or physical disabilities.
Antony Hornby Charitable Trust
Continuous rolling programme
The Trust makes general charitable donations to organisations working in the following causes:
- education, training and employment;
- medical, health and sickness;
- Arts and culture;
- animals and environment; and
- community development.
Grants are typically around £1,000, rarely over £5,000, however no maximum amount you can apply for is stipulated.
Mr Allan Holmes
Antony Hornby Charitable Trust
C/O Saffery Champness Llp
71 Queen Victoria Street
London
EC4V 4BE
Arts Council National Lottery Project Grant
Currently suspended due to COVID 19
Open access programme for arts, museums and libraries projects. The fund will support thousands of individual artists, community and cultural organisations.
Austin and Hope Pilkington Trust
Currently supporting the COVID 19 Crisis
Consult website for next closing date for applications
The Trust awards grants to registered charities that work in the UK with the aim to give grants to those in society who face the greatest challenges and whose opportunities are most limited.
Currently focusing on People aged 60 and over
Grants up to £1000
Backstage Trust
Continuous rolling programme
The Trust’s main focus is to support projects in the performing arts, mainly theatre, however the Trust is open to hear from arts organisations with projects in which the arts touch society in other ways. Trustees favour applications seeking to fund professional advice to provide support in areas where the organisation are unable to access expertise. For example, fundraising, HR, Law, setting up a capital project, and many other areas where paying for professional help would be costly.
There is no minimum or maximum amount you can apply for.
Helen Cave, Executive Administrator
North House
27 Great Peter Street
London
SW1P 3LN
info@backstagetrust.org.uk
BBC Children in Need
Currently paused except for Emergency Essentials programme due to COVID 19
Grants to charities and other non-profit organisations that support and work with children and young people who are disadvantaged and face challenges in their lives.
Main Grants: Over £10,000 per year for up to 3 years
Small Grants: for any amount up to and including £10,000 per year for up to 3 years.
Emergency Essentials programme: supports children and young people who are facing exceptionally difficult circumstances
Biskra Charitable Trust
Continuous rolling programme
The Trust has been set up for the public benefit of all persons with special emphasis on organisations that operate for the benefit of young people. The charity focuses on providing opportunities for self-improvement, learning, skills training and welfare support.
Grants range from £500 (smaller organisations) to £50,000 (larger organisations)
Mr John Milford Buckland BDO LLP
Biskra Charitable Trust
c/o Arcadia House
Maritime Walk
Ocean Village
Southampton
SO14 3T
Boris Karloff Charitable Foundation
Continuous rolling programme
The Foundation issues grants to charitable organisations with emphasis on those connected with the performing arts and the promotion of cricket.
There is no maximum amount you can apply for.
Mr Andrew Studd
Russell Cooke Solicitors
2 Putney Hill
London
SW15 6AB
andrew.studd@russell-cooke.co.uk
Boshier-Hinton Foundation
Continuous rolling programme
The Foundation exists to improve quality of life for people with disabilities, learning difficulties or sensory impairment and their families.
R S Brownless Charitable Trust
Continuous rolling programme.
- Long-term and terminal illness
- Disability
- Disadvantage
Grants range between £100 – £2,000 and are usually one-off .
Mrs P M A Nicolai, Trustee
c/o The R S Brownless Charitable Trust
Hennerton Holt
Wargrave
Reading
RG10 8PD
Burg-Wächter Secure Communities Scheme
Security products to the value of £150 to help increase security around community buildings, equipment or outdoor areas.
Available to any grassroots organisation that benefits the local community. Applications only have to meet simple criteria: that they are a community organisation with limited access to funds with which to increase security . That means any charity, social enterprise, not for profit and community venture can apply so long as the security kits will be used locally.
The Calpe Trust
Continuous rolling programme
The Trust makes grants towards registered charities benefiting people in need including refugees, homeless people, people who are socially disadvantaged, victims of war and victims of disasters.
Reginald Norton
Hideaway
Sandy Lane
Hatford
Faringdon
SN7 8JH
reggienorton@talktalk.net
Discussed at the quarterly board meetings – no indication to exactly when these take place – contact funder directly.
Chapman Charitable Trust
Trustees meet twice a year to distribute the income of the charity
UK grant-giving charity focused on organisations which promote physical and mental wellbeing, conserve our natural environment, and increase the accessibility of the arts.
Charles Haywood Foundation
Main grant programme: Social & Criminal Justice and Heritage & Conservation (for charities with an income of more than £350,000) and Overseas (for charities with an income between £150,000 and £5,000,000). Grant Committee meets on a quarterly basis,
Small grant programme: Social & Criminal Justice and Older People (for charities with an income of less than £350,000). Continuous rolling grant programme and applications are considered every two to three months
Will fund project costs and capital expenditure.
Clore Duffield Foundation
Continuous rolling programme
The Foundation supports cultural learning, the creation of learning spaces within arts and heritage organisations, leadership training, and enhancing Jewish life.
Please note that the assessment process is thorough and it can take many months for a successful grant to be awarded.
Clothworkers Foundation
The foundation’s primary aim is to improve the lives of people and communities, particularly those facing disadvantage, deprivation and/or discrimination.
Comic Relief
Supporting COVID 19 – regular funding suspended
Their vision is to create a just world free from poverty by funding and investing in amazing organisations across the UK and around the world.
Dischma Charitable Trust
Continuous rolling programme
Grant for charitable organisations in the UK carrying out welfare, education, arts and conservation activities.
Previous grants have been for between £500 and £5,000.
Linda Cousins
Dischma Charitable Trust
Rathbone Trust Company Limited
1 Curzon Street
London
W1J 5FB
linda.cousins@rathbones.com
DWF Foundation
Applications reviewed March, September and November
The DWF Foundation supports registered charities with an impact in one or more of the following areas:
- Homelessness
- Health & Wellbeing
- Employability
- Education