The Trust makes small and medium-sized grants to a wide range of UK charities working in the UK and/or overseas. Recent grants have ranged from £3,000 to £47,000.
Its principal areas of interest are:
- The arts.
- Charities working in prisons.
- Cost-of-Living and – particularly – Food Banks and related charities.
- Education.
- Human rights.
- Organisations working with people with a disability, and
- Social policy and research.
In many cases the Trustees prefer to make grants to organisations whose work they personally know and admire. This does not, however, mean that charities unknown to the Trustees personally do not receive grants. These often include small charities working in areas which cannot easily raise funds and which are without the resources themselves for professional fundraising. The Trust has also continued to help previously funded small charities which come into these categories.
The Trust can provide financial support in the form of either one-off grants or commitments to donations spread over more than one year.
Please note that the Trust does not have a website. Further information is, however, available on the Charity Commission website.
Applications may be made at any time in writing. The trustees meet formally approximately four times throughout the year to review requests for grant support.