A limited number of grants, usually for £10,000 per year for up to 3 years, are available registered charities and not-for-profit organisations, including Community Interest Companies, in England and Wales.
Grants are available for causes that inspire socially disadvantaged young people to achieve their full potential by developing their social, practical and life skills through mentoring, education and community activities.
The Tweed Family Charitable Foundation, based in Potters Bar, Hertfordshire, offers up to 3 grants each year to charities and not-for-profit organisations in England and Wales that meet its objectives of:
- Promoting life enhancing opportunities to socially disadvantaged young people under the age of 25. Such opportunities may be educational (in its broadest sense), or vocational, and should provide resources that would otherwise be inaccessible to the young people concerned without the Trust’s financial support.
- Inspiring young people to live full and valuable lives and break the cycle of chaos that many experience, and
- Supporting initiatives with smaller groups that have a lasting impact over the longer-term (programmes that seek to support large numbers through one-off presentations or experiences are unlikely to be supported).
Please note that the trustees will give greater consideration to applications that support socially disadvantaged young people in their teenage years.
Grants are typically up to £10,000 per annum for up to 3 years. The Foundation is seeking to make 3 grant awards during 2025 to organisations with an annual turnover of less than £1 million. In practice the Foundation expects the organisations it supports to have an annual income of less than £500,000.
Details of charities and not-for-profit organisations previously and currently funded can be found on the Foundation’s website.
To apply, eligible organisations should first complete the Eligibility Checklist on the Foundation’s website. If eligible, complete and submit the application form.
The Foundation will try to acknowledge all applications and keep applicants informed as to the status of their application.
They have an annual deadline for grants which was last in February 2026.