Trusts & Foundations

 

Organistion

Contact details

Application dates

Average  size of award

 

 

 

 

 

29th May 1961

Charitable Trust

Address: c/o Macfarlanes, 10 Norwich Street, LONDON  EC4A 1BD

Tel 020 7831 9222

Trustees meet March, June, September & December

Preference to  Coventry & Warwickshire areas

£1,000 - £5,000 

4front Awards

Address: Camelot Foundation, 11-13 Lower Grosvenor Place, LONDON SW1W OEX

Tel 020 7828 6085
E-mail
: info@camelotfoundation.org.uk
Website http://www.4frontawards.org

 

4front is being reviewed for its final year in 2008 - see website for further details.

Up to £3,000 to young people

Abbey Charitable Trust

Address: PO Box 911 MILTON KEYNES MK9 1AD

Tel 0870 608 0104
E-mail communitypartnership@abbey.com
Website http://www.abbeynational.com

 

All year

One-off grants, mostly between

£500 and £4,000

BBC Children in Need Appeal

For regional offices see website 

E-mail  pudsey@bbc.co.uk
Website http://www.bbc.co.uk/pudsey

 

30 March &

30 November each year.

Grants range from a few hundred pounds to a normal maximum of about £100,000.


 

Big Lottery

Awards  for All

Tel. 0845 600 20 40

E-mail general.enquiries@awardsforall.org.
Website http://www.awardsforall.org.uk/
                                   

All year round

Maximum  grant £10,000

Big Lottery Fund  the Young People's Fund

Tel. 0845 4 10 20 30
E-mail
enquiries@biglotteryfund.org.uk       
Website http://www.biglotteryfund.org.uk/

 

Round 2  is due to be launched in two stages in December 2007 & April 2008

Check website  for details

Big Lottery

Advice Plus

Tel. 0845 4 10 20 30
E-mail
enquiries@biglotteryfund.org.uk       
Website http://www.biglotteryfund.org.uk/

 

Round 2 is due to open in late Autumn 2007. Check website  for  details

Check website  for  details

Big Lottery

Reaching Communities

Tel. 0845 4 10 20 30
E-mail opteam@biglotteryfund.org.uk.
Website www.biglotteryfund.org.uk

 

 

All year

£10,000- £500,000, including a maximum of £50,000 for capital grants.

Camelot Foundation

Address: University House 11-13 Lower Grosvenor Place,
LONDON SW1W 0EX

Tel.  020 7828 6085
E-mail
info@camelotfoundation.org.uk       
Website
http://www.camelotfoundation.org.uk/tl.asp

 

Various times of the year  check the website for further  details

Grants range from £10,000 to £90,000

Capital Radio - Help A London Child

Address Rich Horsnell c/o Capital Radio, 30 Leicester Square, LONDON WC2H 7LA

Tel 020 7054 8395/8396
E-mail halc@capitalradio.com
Website http://www.capitalfm.com/article.asp?id=7024

 

May and October each year

Greater London only

Grants of up to £3,000

City Bridge Trust

Address: City of London PO Box 270, Guildhall LONDON EC2P 2EJ

Tel 020 7332 3710
E-mail  citybridgetrust@cityoflondon.gov.uk
Website http://www.bridgehousetrust.org.uk/CityBridgeTrust/

 

 

All year round.

Greater  London only

£500-£5,000 to registered charities with an annual income of under £50,000.

Comic Relief

Address: UK Grants Programme 5th Floor, 89 Albert Embankment LONDON SE1 7TP

Tel. 020 7820 5555
E-mail red@comicrelief.org.uk
Website http://www.comicrelief.com/

 

Grants below £5,000 there is no deadline.  For grants over  £5,000 See website for details

No set amount but average grant £15,000 - £30,000

 

Coalfields Regeneration Trust

Address: Gary Ellis, PO Box 97 ROTHERHAM S63 7WX

Tel. 0800 064 8560
E-mail
info@coalfields-regen.org.uk
Website http://www.coalfields-regen.org.uk
             

All year round

Regions in England include

East Midlands , North West,  West  Midlands  & Yorkshire

Grants from £500 to £10,000 projects to be completed within 12 months.

Community Champions Fund

For regional offices see website 

Website http://www.dfes.gov.uk/communitychampions/index.cfm

 

 

All year2007/08 likely to be the last year the fund will be available

Small grants  up to £2,000 for  volunteers  who  want

to  become  active and make a difference 

Co-operative Community Dividends

Address: Customer Relations, Freepost MR9473 MANCHESTER M4 8BA

Tel. 0800 0686 727
E-mail  customer.relations@co-op.co.uk
Website http://www.co-op.co.uk
 

 

  All year round

Small  grants of £100 - £5,000

Diana, Princess of Wales Memorial Fund

Address: The County Hall, Westminster Bridge Road, LONDON SE1 7PB

Tel 020 7902 5500
E-mail
memorial.fund@memfund.org.uk
Website
http://www.theworkcontinues.org/

 

This grants round is currently in the development phase, and criteria and other details will be announced in due course.

 

 

Drapers' Charitable Fund

Address: The Drapers’ Company, Drapers’ Hall, Throgmorton Avenue, LONDON EC2N 2DQ

Tel 020 7588 5001
E-mail  mail@thedrapers.co.uk
Website http://www.thedrapers.co.uk/Charities/8_charitable_trust.html

 

Five times a year -  Feb, April, June, Oct  &  Dec

Priority   given to inner city areas such as London , Birmingham & Liverpool & where there is an historical link with the Drapers’ Company

Average grant is between £1,000 and £5,000

Dulverton Trust

Address: 5 St James Place, LONDON SW1A 1NP

Tel 020 7629 9121
E-mail
trust@dulverton.org
Website http://www.dulverton.org/

 

Trustees meet January, May, July &October.

Excludes work in  Greater London

Major grants programme £5,000 - £25,000 for  national or regional appeals

Minor grants £3,000

Esmee Fairbairn Foundation

Address: 11 Park Place, LONDON SW1A 1LP

Tel 020 7297 4700
E-mail info@esmeefairbairn.org.uk
Website http://www.esmeefairbairn.org.uk/

 

All year.               

Average grant £44,000

 

Ford of Britain Trust

Address: R.M. Metcalfe, c/o Ford Motor Co. Ltd, Room 1/619 Eagle Way, BRENTWOOD CM13 3BW

Tel 01277 252551
Website http://www.ford.co.uk/ie/fbtrust/-/fob_trust_guide/-/-/3/750899

All year  considered in June & November

Essex / East London Southampton Daventry & Lemington Spa only

 

£100 - £5,000

Francis C Scott Charitable Trust

Address: Chris Batten, Suite 3, Sand Aire House KENDAL LA9 4UJ

Tel 01539 741610
E-mail info@fcsct.org.uk
Website http://www.fcsct.org.uk

 

 

March, July & November Beneficial areas Cumbria & North Lancashire

£1,000 to £15,000.

Garfield Weston Foundation

Address: Weston Centre 10 Grosvenor Street LONDON W1K 4QY

Tel 20 7399 6565
Website http://www.garfieldweston.org/

 

All year.

No limit to size of grant

GlaxoSmithKline IMPACT Awards

Address: Grants Department, The King's Fund, 11-13 Cavendish Square, LONDON W1G 0AN

Tel 020 7307 2466
E-mail funding@kingsfund.org.uk
Website http://www.kingsfund.org.uk/funding/gsk_impact_awards/index.html

 

Closing  date  for 2008  awards 28 September 2007

Check website  for  future information Registered charities working in a health-related field in the UK are invited to apply for an IMPACT

  . 

Ten main awards, each of £20,000, with a further £10,000 for the overall winner.  A further ten

 'highly commended' organisations will each receive £5,000.

 

Hayward Foundation

                                                                     

Address:  David Brown, 45 Harrington Gardens, LONDON SW7 4JU

Tel 020 7370 7063/7067
Website http://www.charleshaywardfoundation.org.uk

 

 

All year round

Capitol projects

Small grants of up to £5,000 must have a turnover of less than £250,000.

 Other  funding areas  £10,000 - £25,000

 

HBOS Foundation

Address: PO Box No. 5 The Mound, EDINBURGH EH1 1YZ

Tel 0845 673 2005
Website http://www.hbosfoundation.org/index.html

                                  

Applications dealt with as received.

Community Action  programme  grants of  up to £10,000

Hedley Foundation Ltd

Address: Pauline Barker, 9 Dowgate Hill, LONDON EC4R 2SU

Website http://www.hedleyfoundation.org.uk

 

 

All year.

Average grants are around £3,000.with £15,000 as a usual maximum.

Henry Smith's (Kensington Estate) Charity

Address: Richard Hopgood, 6th Floor 65 Leadenhall Street LONDON EC3A 2AD

Tel 020 7264 4970
Website www.henrysmithcharity.org.uk

 

All year.

 

Hi8us First Light Ltd

 

Address: Unit6, 3rd The Bond 180 - 182 Fazeley Street BIRMINGHAM B5 5SE

Tel 0870 770 3245
Website
http://www.firstlightmovies.com/funding/

 

 

Regular intervals - see website for deadlines

To support  young  people in  filmmaking  

Maximum grant £5,000 20% match funding required

Studio awards  maximum  grant £25,000 40% match funding required

Hilton in the Community

Address: 179-199 Holland Park Avenue LONDON W11 4UL

Tel 020 7605 7733
E-mail info@hilton-foundation.org.uk
Website http://www.hilton-foundation.org.uk/home.htm

 

No deadlines grants are awarded quarterly

Up to £50,000

Irish Youth Foundation (UK) Ltd

Address: Linda Tanner, The Irish Centre, Blacks Road, LONDON W6 9DT

Tel 020 8748 9640
Website
http://www.iyf.org.uk/

Applications invited in September each year

Small grants for up to £2,500,

medium grants for over £2,500 and under £12,000

large grants for one year or more range from £12,000 to £25,000. 

 


 

J Paul Getty Charitable Trust

Address: Bridget O'Brien, 1 Park Square West, LONDON NW1 4LJ

Tel 020 7486 1859
Website http://www.jpgettytrust.org.uk

 

 

All year.

Priority given to less prosperous parts of the country outside London & the South East

Grants are usually between £5,000 and £15,000, plus a small grants programme for sums under £2,000. 

                                  

Jack Petchey Foundation

Address: Andrew Billington, Exchange House, 13-14 Clements Court Clements Lane, ILFORD IG1 2QY

Tel 020 8252 8000
E-mail
                      mail@jackpetcheyfoundation.org.uk
Website
                  http://www.jackpetcheyfoundation.org.uk

 

All year

East & north London and west Essex.

£500 - £50,000

John Lyon's Charity

Address: The Grants Office, 45 Pont Street LONDON SW1X OBX

Tel 020 7591 3330
E-mail
info@johnlyonscharity.org.uk             
Website http://www.johnlyonscharity.org.uk

                                  

March, June & November

Beneficial areas are the London boroughs of Barnet, Brent, Camden, Ealing, Kensington and Chelsea, Hammersmith and Fulham, Harrow & the Cities of London and Westminster. 

£2,000 -  £50,000

JP Morgan Fleming

Educational Trust

 

 

Address: Duncan Grant, 10 Aldermanbury, LONDON EC2V 7RF

Tel 020 7325 8771
E-mail duncan.grant@jpmorganfleming.co

 

January, March, July and October

Geographical areas covered  London , London East & Bournemouth

£5,000- £25,000

LankellyChase Foundation

 

Address: Peter Kilgarriff, 1 The Court, High Street, Harwell, DIDCOT OX11 0EY

Tel 01235 820044
Website http://www.lankellychase.org.uk

 

 

All year

Excludes work in London 

Grants vary depending on the programme area  minimum grant £5,000 capital grants up to £50,000

Lloyds TSB Foundation for England and Wales

Address: Kathleen Duncan, 3rd Floor, 4 St. Dunstan's Hill, LONDON EC3R 8UL

Tel 0870 411 1223
E-mail guidelines@lloydstsbfoundations.or  
Website http://www.lloydstsbfoundations.org.uk

 

All year - approved quarterly

Check the  website  for regional priorities

Up to £5,500 for  local or  regional projects

£20,000 for  national projects

Local Network Fund for Children and Young People

 Tel  0845 113 0161
Website http://www.everychildmatters.gov.uk/strategy/localnetworkfund/

 

 

Funding is secured until March 2008

£250 - £7000. Groups with an annual turnover of more than £100,000 are

unlikely to be funded.

Milly Apthorp Charitable Trust

Address: Borough Treasurer's Department London Borough of Barnet, Town Hall LONDON NW4 4BG

 

March, June, September and December.

North west London only
 

 

Nationwide Foundation

Address: Nationwide House, Pipers Way, SWINDON SN38 2SN

Tel 01793 655113
E-mail
enquiries@nationwidefoundation.org
Website www.nationwidefoundation.org.uk

 

Small grants programme  open all year round

Check website  for Investor Programme

Small grants  up to £5,000  must  have a turnover less than £500,000

Northern Rock Foundation

Address: The Old Chapel, Woodbine Road, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE NE3 1DD

Tel 0191 284 8412

E-mail generaloffice@nr-foundation.org.uk
Website http://www.nr-foundation.org.uk

 

 

All Year

Geographical areas covered :

Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne & Wear, Durham & Teesside

 Average awards  between £1,000 - £20,000 

Paul Hamlyn Foundation

Address: 18 Queen Anne's Gate, LONDON SW1H 9AA

Tel 020 7227 3500
E-mail
information@phf.org.uk
Website http://www.phf.org.uk.

Main grants applications assessed four times a year

No minimum or  maximum grant size

Prince's Trust

 

Address: 18 Park Square East, LONDON NW1 4LH

Tel 0800 842 842
E-mail
info@princes-trust.org.uk
Website
http://www.princes-trust.org.uk/

 

UP to £5,000  for youth  led community projects

 

Racial Justice

Address: Bastille Court 2 Paris Garden LONDON SE1 8ND

Tel 020 7654 7242
E-mail
info@ctbi.org.uk
Website
http://www.ctbi.org.uk/index.php?op=modload&name=knowledge&file=index&viewCat=255

 

Any time - decisions made in January, May & September

£5,000 for  local grants up to £15,000 for national organisations

Rank Foundation

Address: Sheila Gent, PO Box 2862 Whitnash LEAMINGTON SPA CV31 2YH


Tel
01926 744550
E-mail sheila.gent@rankfoundation.com
Website
http://www.rankfoundation.com/

 

Trustees meet quarterly - March, June, September & December

 

Sky Youth Action

Email  makeadifference@bskyb.com
Website http://sky-makeadifference.com/sg_main.php

 

 

 

Deadlines vary for the different areas (see website for details ) London boroughs of Brent, Ealing, Hammersmith and Fulham, Hounslow, Lambeth, Richmond & Westminster.  Also parts of Yorkshire only

                                  

Grants are available of up to £5,000 (normally between £250 and £3,000)

Trust for London

Address: Bharat Mehta, 6 Middle Street, LONDON EC1A 7PH


Tel
020 7606 6145
E-mail
trustforlondon@cityparochial.org.uk
Website http://www.cityparochial.org.uk/tfl

 

End January, April, July & mid-October

London only

Grants of up to £10,000 to small organizations (no more than 2 FT staff or equivalent)

Tudor Trust

 

Address: 7 Ladbroke Grove, LONDON W11 3BD

Tel 020 7727 8522
Website http://www.tudortrust.org.uk/

 

All year

No maximum or minimum grant

vnicegrants

 

Address: 5th Floor, Dean Bradley House 52 Horseferry Road, LONDON SW1P 2AF

Tel 020 7960 7000
Website http://www.wearev.com/index.php
            

 

Details of the various grant rounds will appear on the website.

 

Wates Foundation

 

Address: Wates House, Station Approach, LEATHERHEAD KT22 7SW

Tel 01372 861000
E-mail
director@watesfoundation.org.uk
Website
http://www.watesfoundation.org.uk/

 

The Foundation aims to alleviate distress and improve quality of life by promoting a broad range of social priorities, with an emphasis on the physical, mental and spiritual welfare of the young and disadvantaged aged 8-25. Racial equality is stressed throughout.

 

All year

Greater London area with a preference for South London.

Small grants of up to £5,000 a year and larger grants of up to £25,000

Weavers' Company Benevolent Fund

 

Address: Saddlers' House, Gutter Lane, LONDON EC2V 6BR

Tel 020 7606 1155
E-mail
charity@weavers.org.uk
Website http://www.weavers.org.uk

 

Any time - trustees meet in February, June & October.

Grants are usually up to £15,000 per annum but smaller applications are also welcomed.

Woodward Charitable Trust

 

Address: Karin Hooper, Allington House (1st Floor) 150 Victoria Street LONDON

Tel 020 7410 0330
E-mail contact@woodwardcharitabletrust.or
Website http://www.woodwardcharitabletrust.org.uk/
          

 

Trustees meet twice a year - May & November.

Ten large grants are available each year of between £10,000 - £50,000 plus 50 smaller grants down to a minimum of £100.

 

Yapp Charitable Trust

 

Address: Margaret Thompson, 47A Paris Road, Scholes, HOLMFIRTH  HD9 1SY

Tel                             01484 683403
E-mail
                      info@yappcharitabletrust.org.uk
Website
                  http://www.yappcharitabletrust.org.uk/

 

 

31 January, 26 May & 30 September

Most grants are for under £3,000, given to smaller charities where a small grant will make a significant difference.

 

 

 

Please ensure you read any guidelines and application criteria carefully before applying to ensure your chance of success.

Other resources :

 

A  free searchable database of government funding  which  covers  most Government departments funding the VCS

Website: http://www.governmentfunding.org.uk 

 

The Finance Hub website has a number of useful resources relating to fundraising 

Website: http://www.financehub.org.uk/looking_for_funding.aspa

 

The Directory of Social Change has developed an internet – based service giving details of a wide range of charitable trusts

Website: http://www.trustfunding.org.uk/Default.aspx

 

The National Council  for  Voluntary  Organisations has lots  of useful information relating to fundraising .

Website: http://www.ncvo-vol.org.uk/index.asp?id=2090