Charitable Trusts
By Occupation
Funding for doctors, nurses, microbiologists and emergency service workers
Funding for Workers such as barbers, fisherman, foresters, glaziers, civil servants, grocers, pharmacists, ironmongers, hairdressers, injured jockeys, cordwainers, writers, journalists, secondary teachers, the automotive industry and disabled drivers
Funding for Armed Forces Personnel and Heroes
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By People
Funding for Children
Funding for Disabled People
Funding for Disadvantaged People
Funding for those with the surname Buchanan
Funding for Homeless People
Funding for People in Need
Funding for Prisoners and Ex-prisoners
Funding for Officers
Funding for Older People
Funding for Refugees
Funding for Woman
Funding for Young People
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By Location
Funding for the People of England
Funding for the People of Northern Ireland
Funding for the People of Scotland
Funding for the People of Wales
Funding for doctors, nurses, microbiologists and emergency service workers
Microbiology society - A membership charity for scientists interested in microbes, their effects and practical uses
Junius S. Morgan Benevolent Fund — For the benefit of nurses, midwives and health care assistants in hardship, whether practising or retired
Medical Womens Federation — Working for woman doctors and their patients
Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists — Working to improve health care for women everywhere, by setting standards for clinical practice, providing doctors with training and lifelong learning, and advocating for women's healthcare worldwide
Royal College of Nursing — Support for nurses
Royal Medical Benevolent Fund — Help for doctors and their families in need
The Cameron Fund — The GPs own charity
The Queens Nursing Institute — The charity for community nurses in England, Wales and Northern Ireland
The Royal College of Surgeons — Committed to enabling surgeons to achieve and maintain the highest standards of surgical practice and patient care
British Fire Services Association — Actively promoting the personal development of all fire fighters and control room staff including those who are retained or volunteers within local authority, occupational, airport, military, private and volunteer fire services as well as those who are now retired from the service
North West Police Benevolent Fund — To support officers of Cheshire Constabularly, Greater Manchester Police, Merseyside Police, Lancashire Constabulary, Cumbria Constabulary and NCA, retired officers of those and previous police forces amalgamated within the constituent forces, together with their dependents, who are in a condition of need and hardship or distress
The Ambulance Staff Charity — Dedicated to supporting the lifesaving ambulance community in the UK
The Gurney Fund — Educational support for the children of police officers
Worshipful Company of Firefighters — Service, Fellowship, Harmony and Honour
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Funding for Workers
The Worshipful Company of Barbers — support for charities, institutions and individuals in the City of London associated with ancient and long established traditions and origins.
Fisherman's Mission — this is the only Fishermans charity that provides emergency support alongside practical, financial, spiritual and emotional care to all fisherman, active or retired and their families.
The Institute of Chartered Foresters — this trust seeks to foster the maintenance and improvement of the standards of practice and understanding of all aspects of forestry and arboriculture in England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales.
The Worshipful Company of Glaziers and Painters of Glass — membership is open to everyone of any nationality with an interest in stained glass. New members join as Freemen and may after a time apply to become Liverymen.
The Charity for Civil Servants — practical, emotional and financial support for civil servants.
The Leverhulme Trade Charities Trust — support for grocers, pharmacists, commercial travellers and their families.
Hair and beauty benevolent — help for hairdressers and beauty therapists who find themselves facing challenging times.
The Ironmongers' Company — working in the city of London providing support for educational establishments and their students, almshouses, historic ironwork and other good causes.
The Injured Jockeys Fund — appropriate support in a prompt and sympathetic manner to those jockeys past or present who are injured, unable to ride or generally in need.
The Worshipful Company of Cordwainers — working in the city of London, providing support for shoemakers.
Arvon — residential creative writing courses and retreats for schools, groups and individuals held at three rural centres. Arvon residential creative writing courses and retreats for schools, groups and individuals held at three rural centres. Helping people write creatively free from distractions of everyday life.
Journalists' Charity — advice, support and financial assistance to journalists thoughout the UK and Ireland.
Oppenheim-John Downes Memorial Trust — Small scale grants to British artists, designers, writers and performers over the age of 30 who are experiencing financial difficulities in the pursuit of their careers.
Royal Literary Fund — grants and pensions to all sorts of writers in financial difficulty
The Leeds Philosophical and Literary Society — dedicated to promoting the advancement of science, literature and the arts in the City of Leeds.
The Pratt Green Trust — help for hymn writers and hymnody
The Peggy Ramsay Foundation — Help for writers writing for the stage and dramatists.
Scottish Secondary Teachers' Association — support for Scottish Secondary Teachers.
Dyslexia Action — Training courses designed to strengthen the expertise and confidence of those that teach and support students
ASLEF — the train drivers' union
Ben — The automotive industry support service.
Motability Scheme — The car and scooter scheme for disabled people
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Funding for Armed Forces Personnel and Heroes
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Andrew Carnegie Hero Trust Fund — recognising acts of civilian heroism by those over 18 and giving financial assistance to dependants of those that have died or been injured or suffered financial loss through heroism
ARNO — support for navel officers
Blesma — a military charity for limbless veterans
Burma Star Association — relieving hardship or distress among men and women
Royal Commonwealth Ex-Services League
The Royal Merchant Navy Education Foundation
Royal Air Force Benevolent Fund
Royal Air Forces Association
Royal Naval Benevolent Trust
Scottish War Blinded — supporting visually impaired ex-service personnel
SSAFA the Armed Forces Charity — support for military families
The Royal British Legion — support for British Armed Forces, reservists, veterans and their families
The Royal Scots — The Royal Regiment
The Theodore Salvesen Memorial — training and support for the British Merchant Navy in Scotland
Funding for Young People
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Andy Fanshawe Memorial Trust — grants that allow disadvantaged young people to take up opportunities to develop an exciting interest in the great outdoors
Charity Of Sir Thomas White Warwick
CLIC Sargent — support for young people with cancer
The Duke of Edinburgh Resilience Fund — Young people facing disadvantage need support more than ever
Echo Trust — grants to childrens and young adults charities across the UK
Esh Charitable Trust — esupport benefiting young people and the environment
Francis C Scott Charitable Trust — Supporting Charities Since 1963
Geoff Brown Charitable Trust — provides young local people with critical and terminal illnesses and their families with an opportunity to go on their dream holiday
Halls Exhibition Foundation — to benefit educationally young people between the age of 11+ and 25 resident in the village of Snettisham
Hedley Foundation — grant giving charitable foundation which supports small to medium sized charities which work with young people
Henry Morris Memorial Trust — Funding Awards to young people aged 13-19 in Cambridgeshire for projects with purpose
Impetus — transforms the lives of young people in poverty in the UK by backing some of the best charities and social enterprises specialising in this area
Irish Youth Foundation — helping disadvantaged young Irish people and their families
Jack Petchey Foundation
John Lyons Charity — grant-giving charity supporting young people in nine London boroughs
Liphook, Hampshire — serving the needs of young people in the Parish of St Mary the Virgin, Bramshott, with Liphook
Marine Society and Sea Cadets — helping young people stand out and get qualifications.
Pain Adventure Trust
Peter Cruddas Foundation — benefits disadvantaged and disengaged young people in society
Polska Fundacja Dzieci i Młodzieży
Ragdoll Foundation
Shepherd Street Trust
Shuttlewood Clarke Foundation
Sir Thomas Middlecotts Exhibition Foundation — support for young people in further education that went to Algarkirk, Fosdyke, Frampton, Kirton, Sutterton or Wyberton primary schools
The Elifar Foundation — helps to improve the lives of children and young adults with severe learning difficulty and associated physical disability
The Esmee Fairbairn Foundation — grants that focus on the Arts, Children and Young people, the environment, food and social change
The Hellenic Journal — supports those engaged in Hellenic Studies and makes grants to schools, universities, cultural institutions and young researchers
The Holywood Trust — helps young people in Dumfries and Galloway and gives grants to individuals and organisations, creating opportunities for young people in the region
The Key — inspiring belief in young people
The MacRobert Trust — assistance to young people to help them achieve their potential no matter what disadvantages they may face
The Oli Bennett Charitable Trust — funds to buy a business asset for young people between 18 and 30
The Prince's Trust — Inspiring Young Lives
The Wakeham Trust — Supporting Small Scale Change
The Warwick Apprenticing Charity
The Wilson Foundation
The Woodward Charitable Trust
Tribune Trust — support for young people plagued by crime, for example, they would fund a community garden to rejuvenate a piece of land plagued by crime and disorder
Worshipful Company of Coachmakers — forum for meeting like-minded people whose interests centre on the automotive and aerospace industries, coach making and the armed forces
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Funding for the People of England
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Berkshire Community Foundation — grants to local charities and community groups addressing identified need across Berkshire
Bravehearts of the North East — recognising courage and bravery of children of the North East of England
Brelms Trust — grants to a wide variety of charities operating in Yorkshire and directly benefitting only Yorkshire communities
Brighton and Hove City Council — engaging people who live and work in the city and tackling inequality
Bristol Charities — improving the lives of individuals and families experiencing poverty in Bristol
Bristol Corn and Feed Trade Association — educational grant scheme to which member companies can apply for assistance with funding for industry related training
Cambridgeshire Community Foundation — grants for community programmes in Cambridgeshire
Chippenham Borough Lands Charity — benefits the majority of Chippenham's population
City Bridge Trust — tackling disadvantage in London
Colyer-Fergusson Charitable Trust — grants to preserve Kent churches, promote musical excellence and support the local communities of Kent
Community Foundation — Philanthropic charity helping communities in Tyne and Wear and Northumberland and across North East England
Community Foundation for Calderdale
Community Foundation for Merseyside
Community Foundation for Surrey
Cornwall Community Foundation
County Durham Community Foundation — grants that make a genuine difference to the lives of local people
Cumbria Community Foundation — grants to help grassroots community groups and small-to-medium-sized voluntary organisations
Devon Community Foundation — grants for individuals and organisations in Devon
Dr Edward and Bishop King's Fulham Charity — supplying essential items to Fulham residents on low incomes who may be referred by local welfare agencies or who may apply direct
Durham Freemasons — Members are expected to be of high moral standing and are encouraged to speak openly about Freemasonry
Eleanor Rathbone Charitable Trust — grants for charities and charitable projects focused on Merseyside and benefiting women and unpopular and neglected causes
English Schools Football Association — supporting new schools football activity nationwide
Essex Community Foundation — grants for specific projects and everyday running costs for Essex, Southend and Thurrock
Frome Society for Local Study — preserving historic buildings and records in Frome
Gatwick Airport Community Trust — helping local projects get off the ground
Gillian Dickinson Trust — offering support to small charities in Northumberland, Tyne and Wear and County Durham
Girton Town Charity — help for Girton residents, both as individuals and collectively through Village societies and activities
Harefield Parochial Charities — aims to benefit either the poor of the Ancient Parish of Harefield or poor persons resident therein
Heart of England Community Foundation — grants for community and voluntary groups in Coventry
Hertfordshire Community Foundation — grants to charities for those in greatest need
Hillingdon Community Trust — To support projects which benefit people living in the southern six wards of the Borough of Hillingdon; Botwell, Pinkwell, Heathrow Villages, Townfield, West Drayton and Yiewsley
Hospital Of God — providing quality care and housing and helping communities throughout the North East of England
Huntingdon Freemen's Trust — supporting the residents of Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire
International Students House — provides accommodation for British and international students in one of the safest and most convenient locations in central London
Jill Franklin Trust — funding for deprived areas of Great Britain, but mostly funding for the North of England and Wales
John James Bristol Foundation — grants to charitable organisations working for the benefit of Bristol residents
John Lyons Charity — grant-giving charity supporting children and young people in nine London boroughs
John Martins — supporting the people and organisations of Evesham, Worcestershire
Kent Community Foundation — helping vulnerable, isolated and disadvantaged people and communities in Kent
Kent Gardens Trust — working for Kent's garden heritage
Kingspan Community Trust — bringing funding into the heart of the communities that surround Kingspan, near Liverpool
Lancashire Environmental Fund — grants to community and environmental projects which benefit the environment and people of Lancashire
Leeds Community Foundation — large grants of up to £25,000 to community groups working to improve the social networks of disadvantaged communities and individuals
Len Pick Trust — charity for the general benefit of the townspeople of Bourne, Lincolnshire
Lincolnshire Community Foundation — funds and facilitates people and projects from the Humber to the Wash
Manchester Airport Community Trust Fund — supporting neighbourhood and community projects throughout the area
Market Harborough and The Bowdens Charity — working to protect and enhance the lives of the residents and groups of Market Harborough
Melton Mowbray Town Estate — supporting the town of Melton Mowbray
Merchant Taylors — helping young people, medical research, welfare and poverty relief in London
Metropolitan and City Police Orphans Fund — support the children of police officers and former police officers of the Metropolitan Police
Milton Keynes Community Foundation — supporting the growth of Milton Keynes and in making it a great place to live
Norfolk Community Foundation — aims to build a stronger community in Norfolk by making it easier to give to address the real needs that exist
Norman Family Charitable Trust — grants to charities and non-profit groups working in Devon, Cornwall and Somerset
Northampton Community Foundation — grants for projects across Northamptonshire providing funding for arts, culture and heritage, health and wellbeing, sporting champions and organisations, disability support, children and young people and crime safety schemes
Nottingham Roosevelt Memorial Travelling Scholarship — support scholars and creating leaders in Nottingham
Oxfordshire Community Foundation — charity that connects people who care with causes that matter
Quartet Community Foundation — inspiring local giving
Richmond Parish Lands Charity — support for charities and people in need
Royal Docks Trust — London
Royal Victoria Hall Foundation — A London based theatre charity which awards between twenty and thirty grants each year to smaller scale professional theatre projects based in London
RW Mann Trust Charitable Trust — helping improve the lives of people and communities in the North Tyneside, South Northumberland and East Newcastle area of the North East Safer London
ScotsCare — The charity for Scots in London
Sir James Knott Trust — supporting community projects in Tyne and Wear, Northumberland and County Durham including Hartlepool
Sir John Cass Foundation — supports education for young people in London through its grant programmes for individuals, schools and organisations
Society of Antiquaries of London
Somerset Community Foundation
Key Project supported by South Tyneside Churches
South Yorkshire Community Foundation — Our goal is to improve the lives of local people
St Johns Foundation — Independent Living and Funding Support in Bath
Stevenage Community Trust — the charity helping the local community
Stratford Town Trust
Summerfield Charitable Trust
Tees Valley Community Foundation
Thackray Medical Research Trust
The Anchor Society — caring for the elderly in Bristol
The Barnes Workhouse Fund — help for people living in Barnes, London
The Brighton Fund — one off awards to residents of The City of Brighton and Hove
The Charles and Elsie Sykes Trust
The Cotton Districts Convalescent Fund — supporting Lancashire, Greater Manchester, Craven, North Yorkshire and high peak Derbyshire, Macclessfield and Warrington, Cheshire; Calderdale and West Yorkshire
The Craven Trust — grants generally £100 – £1,500 to community projects and groups in the area
The Dolphin Society — helps older and disabled people on low incomes in the Bristol area to live independently and safely in their own homes
The Elmley Foundation — grantmaking charity which supports the arts in the counties of Herefordshire and Worcestershire
The Essex and Southend Sports Trust — charitable grants in support of sport and in particular football and cricket. The geographical area in which this trust operates is strictly limited to Southend-on-sea and the county of Essex
The Frieda Scott Charitable Trust
The Gloucester Charity Trust — providing affordable housing and practical assistance to older people in Gloucestershire
The Haberdashers Livery Company — developing the city of London
The Hampstead Wells and Campden Trust — Grants to individuals, whether one-off payments or pensions, can only be made to residents of the former Metropolitan Borough of Hampstead
The Kent Peoples Trust — helping prevent crime in Kent before it starts
The King Henry VIII Endowed Trust, Warwick — supporting the repair of historic buildings, for the relief of the elderly, infirm and needy, for the improvement of social welfare, recreation and leisure facilities and for the support of educational facilities
The Leonard Laity Stoate Charitable Trust
The Magdalen and Lasher Charity — assisting families and schools in the Borough of Hastings
The Mercers Company — grants to support education, general welfare, church and faith and arts and heritage in London
The Paristamen CIO — Standing beside charities with small grants to make a big difference
The Peter Minet Trust — aims to improve the quality of life for people living in the inner city boroughs of South East London, especially Lambeth and Southwark
The Prestbury United Charities — Helping people in our community
The Red Hill Trust
The Saddlers Hall
The Salters Charitable Foundation
The Sir James and Lady Scott Trust
The St Giles Charities — Meeting need and promoting education in central London since the seventeenth century
The Sunderland Guild of Help
The Sylvia Adams Charitable Trust — supporting early years preventative work in England and Wales, and development work in Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda
The Tower Hill Trust — Funding projects in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets
The Village of Groby
The Vintners Company
The Wakefield and Tetley Trust — Funding projects in Southwark, Tower Hamlets and the City of London
The Wixamtree Trust — Supporting the communities and people of Bedfordshire
The Worshipful Company of Coopers
The Worshipful Company of Curriers — A historic City of London Livery Company
The Worshipful Company of Farriers
The Worshipful Company of Glass Sellers of London
The Worshipful Company of Horners
The Worshipful Company of Marketors
The Worshipful Company of Plumbers
The Worshipful Company of Shipwrights
The Yapp Charitable Trust
Trust for London
Two Ridings Community Foundation
United St Saviours Charity
Uxbridge United Welfare Trusts
Vivian Moon Foundation — grants to people who have links with North Devon, and who wish to achieve a better life through further education
Walcot Foundation — aims to break cycles of financial deprivation for people living in Lambeth
Wates Foundation — Independent Grant-Making Family Trust
Wellfield Trust
William A Cadbury Charitable Trust — grant making charity which provides funding to other charitable organisations working principally in the West Midlands
Worshipful Company of Gold and Silver Wyre Drawers
York Civic Trust
York CVS — Supporting your charity or community group
Yorkshire Agricultural Society
Yorkshire Association of Change Ringers
Yorkshire Dales Millennium Trust — Working together for the Dales
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Funding for the People of Northern Ireland
Belfast Central Mission — works with people of all ages in communities throughout Northern Ireland
Fermanagh Trust — supports local communities and groups across County Fermanagh and its hinterlands
Ulster Garden Villages
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Funding for the People of Scotland
Absafe — teaches safety in Aberdeen
Agnes MacLeod Memorial Fund — grants to women resident in Scotland who were born MacLeod (or whose mothers were born MacLeod) and who are in need of assistance owing to sickness, advanced age or limited means
Banffshire Educational Trust — for residents, schools and organisations in the former county of Banffshire including Buckie, Keith and Aberdeenshire
Cattanach Trust — supports children from pre-birth to three years old, who are affected by levels of relative deprivation
Clackmannan District Charitable Trust - provide assistance for the benefit of the poor, sick, aged and handicapped persons and generally all persons in reduced or deserving circumstances
Donald Manson Bequest — bursaries available to Forres and Edinkillie residents
Glasgow Highland Society — provides funding for students of a Highland extraction or decent who are undertaking a course of academic or vocational study at an educational institution located within the Glasgow postcode of G
Medical Research Scotland — encouraging and supporting promising young people wishing to pursue a career in biomedical research
Moray and Nairn Educational Trust — grants for students who are resident and educated in the former combined county of Moray and Nairnshire, schools and further education centres in Moray and Nairnshire and clubs and organisations operating for the benefit of people in Moray or Nairnshire.
Officers Association Scotland — advice and welfare support for former military officers and a free recruitment service for employers
Perth and Kinross Heritage Trust — enhances the economic, social and environmental benefits of the historic environment of Perth and Kinross
Sacro — Safeguarding Communities, Reducing Offending
Spifox Too
Strathspey Charitable Trust
Argyll and Bute Supporting communities fund
The Barcapel Foundation — supporting charitable works and endeavours in Scotland
The Glasgow Educational and Marshall Trust — provides funding for the people of Glasgow to advance their academic or vocational qualifications - whatever age or stage
The Highland Children's Trust — support for those under 25 with a Highland postcode
The Holywood Trust — aims to help young people in Dumfries and Galloway. It gives grants to individuals and organisations, creating opportunities for young people in the region
The Hunter Foundation — supporting self-sustaining interventions that can solve intractable problems
The Mining Institute of Scotland — funding for miners
The Paristamen CIO — Standing beside charities with small grants to make a big difference
The Robertson Trust
The Royal Society of Edinburgh
The Scottish Association for Marine Science
The Scottish International Education Trust
The Trades House of Glasgow
VSA — The Social Care Charity for Aberdeen
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Advertising and media
NABS — improving the wellbeing of everyone in the advertising and media industry
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Aeronautics
British Women Pilots Association — supporting women who fly or who are learning to fly
The Air League — flying, engineering and gliding scholarships, not to mention flying bursaries
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Agriculture and farming
Nuffield Farming Scholarships Trust
RSABI — supporting people in Scottish agriculture
Studley College Trust — Agriculture, Horticulture and Arboriculture
Nuffield Farming Scholarships Trust
The Royal Agricultural Benevolent Institution
Tropical Agriculture Association
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Animals and animal welfare
British Ornithologists Union — Awards of up to £2,000 per project aimed at supporting small projects outright and to part-fund medium-sized research programmes
International Fund for Animal Welfare — rescuing and protecting animals around the world
Jean Sainsbury Animal Welfare Trust — Animal Welfare Grants
Peoples Trust for Endangered Species — grants to help protect endagered species
RCVS Knowledge — celebrates achievement, and builds new knowledge that contributes to evidence-based veterinary medicine and other projects.
David Shepherd Wildlife Foundation — saving endangered animals
The Animal Defence Trust
The Marchig Animal Welfare Trust — aims to protect animals and to promote and encourage practical work in preventing animal cruelty and the relief of animal suffering
The Woodland Trust
Vetlife
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Anthropology
Royal Anthropological Institute — a scholarly association dedicated to anthropology in all its many fields and applications
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Art, Architecture and Archaeology
Abbey Awards — Scholarship and Fellowships in Painting
Architects Benevolent Society — helping architects, assistants, technologists, technicians, landscape architects and their families in times of need
Art Fund — The national fundraising charity for art
Association For Art History — Shaping the future for art history
British Institute at Ankara — supports, enables and encourages research in Turkey and the Black Sea region in a wide range of fields including archaeology, ancient and modern history
CIAT — the qualifying body for architectural technology
Council for British Research in the Levant — sponsors a large number of individuals and research projects in the Levant, in topics ranging from Palaeolithic archaeology to contemporary social science, fostering collaborative research with scholars in the region
Eden Arts — Artist-led organisation based in Cumbria
Elephant Trust — develop and improve the knowledge, understanding and appreciation of the fine arts in the UK
Gatsby — supporting plant science, neuroscience, education, africa, public policy and the arts
Idlewild Trust — independent grant-making trust that supports conservation and the arts
Jerwood Foundation — dedicated to the arts in the UK
Oppenheim-John Downes Memorial Trust — funding for British artists, sculptors, writers, musicians and dancers
RC Sherriff Trust — Advancing The Arts in Elmbridge such as music, theatre, arts development with arts funding
Royal Scottish Academy of Art and Architecture
Society of Wildlife Artists
St Hughs Foundation for the Arts
Steel Charitable Trust
Stephen Lawrence Charitable Trust — grants for young people aged 13 to 30 to broaden their view of what is possible
The Architectural Heritage Fund — ensuring as many people as possible can enjoy the cultural, social and economic benefits of a vibrant and well-managed architectural heritage
The Barakat Trust — supports the study and preservation of Islamic heritage, architecture, archaeology, art and culture by funding students, academic research, publications, digitisation, conservation, conferences and other projects
The Four Lanes Trust, Basingstoke — money to people with ideas and projects which will improve life in Basingstoke and the surrounding district for social and community, education and the arts
The Kraszna-Krausz Foundation — supporting excellence in publications about photography, film and the moving image
The Linbury Trust — grants to organisations and towards causes across a broad range of categories, including the Arts; Education; Environment and Heritage; Medical; Social Welfare and Developing Countries
The Peter De Haan Charitable Trust — aims to improve the quality of life for people and communities in the UK through work with arts, environmental and social welfare organisations
The Rayne Foundation — tackling entrenched social issues through the arts, health, wellbeing and education
The Royal Institution of Naval Architects
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Business
Sir Thomas White Loan Charity — Interest Free Business and Education Loans in Leicestershire
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Charitable giving
Big Lottery Fund Awards for All
Big Lottery Fund — funding from the National Lottery
Bulldog Trust — financial and advisory assistance to charities
Charles Hayward Foundation — grant-making charitable trust making awards to charities that are registered in the UK
CHK Charities Limited — grants to charities across the UK
Edgar E Lawley Foundation — funding general charitable purposes with particular reference to medicine, to necessitous elderly persons, and to educational purposes with reference to the arts, commerce and industry
FIL International Foundations — funding strong charities in order to add lasting, measurable value
Foyle Foundation
Garfield Weston Foundation
John Moores Foundation — grants towards running costs, volunteers out-of-pocket expenses, one-off projects, equipment and salaries
Kitchen Table Charities Trust
P.G. and N.J. Boulton Trust
Rozelle Trust — Charity Support, Funding, supporting charities, local community
The Allen Lane Foundation
The Dulverton Trust
The Gay and Peter Hartley's Hillards Charitable Trust
The Gerald Micklem Charitable Trust — grants to individuals or to organisations that are not registered charities
The Norton Foundation — supporting disadvantaged young people who live in the area within the boundaries of Birmingham, Solihull, Coventry and the County of Warwickshire
The Pilgrim Trust
The Robert Clutterbuck charitable trust
Trusthouse Charitable Foundation
Tudor Trust
William Leech Charity — grants and interest free loans to registered charities in the North East of England
YBS Charitable Foundation — Society Matters
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Constuction and Surveying
Construction Youth Trust — the aim of the programme is to help build a cross-industry partnership and offer students a range of meaningful encounters with employers that widen their career horizons, challenge stereotypes, champion STEM careers and support them to achieve their career ambitions
Lighthouse Club — The Construction Industry Charity — delivering emotional and financial support to construction industry families in crisis
LionHeart — the charity for RICS professionals, past and present, and their families helping members whenever life throws them a curve ball
RICS Research Trust — an established grant award entity supporting research in the disciplines of land, real estate and construction right across the world
The Chartered Institute of Building — working worldwide in the development, conservation and improvement of the built environment
The Worshipful Company of Paviors — aims to promote the craft of paving in London through its outreach programmes and fellowship
Corporate
Air France Foundation — fighting against the inequalities that affect children around the world
BT Benevolent Fund — help BT employees and BT pensioners in financial difficulty
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Cultural and Social
A. G. Leventis Foundation — supporting the dissemination of Greek and Cypriot cultural heritage, as well as extensive public benefits programs, pioneering environmental protection projects, and medical research
AJ Muste Memorial Institute Nonviolence Training Fund — supporting efforts to attain racial, ethnic and gender equality, economic and environment justice, and immigrants and labor rights
Andrews Charitable Trust — supporting funding for housing and poverty and giving Christian community grants
Antigone — supporting the technology needs and ideas of charities in the education, health and criminal justice sectors
Attlee — community-based organisation, sharing a common commitment to Clement Attlee’s philosophy and ethos, whilst independent of the Attlee Foundation the focus of which is social policy research and innovation
Barrow Cadbury Trust — an independent, charitable foundation, committed to bringing about socially just change
Canon Foundation — grant-making institution, active in the promotion of international culture and scientific relations between Europe and Japan
European Cultural Foundation — supporting imaginative cultural initiatives that, in the midst of the global pandemic crisis reinforce European solidarity and the idea of Europe as a shared public space
Evens Foundation — contributing to rethinking and building a European reality committed to the values of diversity, freedom, responsibility and solidarity supporting innovative ideas and achievements through prizes and calls
Helena Kennedy Foundation — the Foundation exists to overcome social injustice by providing financial bursaries, mentoring and support to disadvantaged students from the further and adult education sectors, enabling them to complete their studies in higher education and move on successfully into employment or further studies
John Ellerman Foundation — an independent grantmaking foundation supporting charities that make a difference to people, society and the natural world
Joseph Rowntree Reform Trust Ltd — working for democratic and political reform through our activities and the campaigns we fund
Sir Halley Stewart Trust — a grant-giving charity that supports innovative and pioneering Social, Medical and Religious projects, to enable human flourishing and to prevent suffering
Steel Charitable Trust — The five current funding priority categories are Arts & Heritage, Education, Environment, Heath, and Social or Economic Disadvantage
The Anchor Foundation — The trustees look favourably on organisations whose boards demonstrate equal opportunities for projects abroad or in the UK
The Clore Duffield Foundation — a grant-making charity which supports cultural learning, the creation of learning spaces within arts and heritage organisations, leadership training, and enhancing Jewish life
The Esmee Fairbairn Foundation — aiming to improve our natural world, secure a fairer future and strengthen the bonds in communities in the UK
The Four Lanes Trust, Basingstoke — gives money to people with ideas and projects which will improve life in Basingstoke and the surrounding district for social and community action, education and the arts
The Henry Smith Charity — grants to reduce social and economic disadvantage
The Joseph Rowntree Foundation — an independent social change organisation working to solve UK poverty
The Lotus Foundation — funding, supporting, participating in and promoting charitable projects aimed at developing social welfare in diverse areas such as substance abuse, cerebral palsy, brain tumours, cancer, battered women and their children, homelessness and animals in need
The Network for Social Change — funding for projects that promote social change (broadly defined) and tend to favour projects which are innovative, highly leveraged, and/or difficult to fund
The Polden-Puckham Charitable Foundation — a grant giving trust with Quaker family roots in the United Kingdom. We aim to contribute to the development of a just society based on a commitment to nonviolence and environmental sustainability
The Scurrah Wainwright Charity — supports a wide range of charitable projects with an emphasis on social reform and tackling the root causes of social inequity in Yorkshire, South Africa and Zimbabwe
The Andrew Wainwright Reform Trust —
Volunteer Service Bureau Foundation — grants for political and pressure group work that a registered charity could not support. The AWRT has a wide-ranging remit, striving for a just and democratic society, redressing political and social injustices
Webb Memorial Trust — aim is to create the narrative on a good society and to help connect key people and promising approaches
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Economic development
Aga Khan Development Network — protecting the environment and helping populations adapt to the effects of climate change
Shell Foundation — supports pioneering social enterprises and institutions that serve low-income communities across Africa and Asia lacking access to affordable energy and transport services
The Virtual Foundation: First in E-Philanthropy — a unique online philanthropy program which supported grassroots initiatives around the world. Carefully screened community improvement projects in the fields of environment, health, poverty alleviation and sustainable economic activity were posted on our web site. They could be read and funded by online donors
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Education
A. G. Leventis Foundation — scholarships in support of cultural heritage, museums, libraries, environment, conservation, humanitarian and medical science.
All Saints Educational Trust — personal grant awards to teachers, intending teachers and students in Religious Studies, Home Economics and related areas
Ark — support for problems facing children – including poor numeracy, inadequate support for dyslexic pupils, and the lack of quality social workers
Association of Colleges — technical and professional education and training for over 3 million young people, adults and employers
Barry Amiel and Norman Melburn Trust — purpose is to advance public education, learning and knowledge in all aspects of the philosophy of Marxism, the history of socialism, and the working class movement.
British and Foreign School Society — support for charitable organisations running UK and International projects to improve access to education or the quality of education for vulnerable or deprived children and young people under the age of 25
British Council — The international culture and education organisation in the UK — building connections, understanding and trust between people in the UK and other countries through arts and culture, education and the English language
BUNAC Educational Scholarship Trust — helping as many people as possible have their own work abroad experience with several scholarships to help fund trips.
Canon Collins Educational and Legal Assistance Trust — focus our scholarship provision for social justice on enabling access to postgraduate and doctoral studies.
Carter's Educational Foundation — supporting the Education, the Social and Physical Development of the young people of the Ancient Parish of Wilford, Nottingham
CLAAS Foundation — promoting science and research, as well as educate in the field of agricultural engineering and the related areas of engineering and economic science
Clingan's Trust — Grants For Students under 25 and in education for Christchurch, Highcliffe, parts of Bournemouth to the East
Comino Foundation — finding approaches to help young people be productive, develop personal capabilities to cope with life and practical capabilities such as designing and making, innovation and manufacturing
Crichton Foundation Charitable Organisation — funding for the Crichton Campus in Dumfries and Galloway to support the creation and development of a diverse Campus and innovative centre for learning and enterprise
DAAD Branch Office in London — German Academic Exchange Service
Dr Robert Oldfield — Chester based Charity, providing means tested financial assistance to students under 25 years of age and born or permanently resident in the Chester Area
Education Development Trust — improving school systems at scale and provide empowering employability and careers services to young people and adults
Education Support Partnership — supporting teachers to feel their best and to overcome stress, anxiety, depression and have a good work life balance
English-Speaking Union — a charity working to give young people the speaking and listening skills and the cross-cultural understanding they need to thrive
Erach and Roshan Sadri Foundation — providing financial assistance for education and welfare purposes, relieving poverty by alleviating homelessness and assisting members of the Zoroastrian religious faith
Eurasia Foundation — working with individuals and communities to create innovative solutions to local development challenges.
Feed the Minds — runs practical education projects to help women and people who have been marginalised due to extreme poverty, conflict or gender discrimination
Four Acre Trust — supporting schools extracurricular projects, early intervention work, international eye and water projects
Fuchs Foundation — creating science and geography teachers as leaders in education through carrying out science projects in the harshest of conditions in the Polar Regions
Gatsby — seeking to transform the cotton industry and develop science
Gilchrist Educational Trust — support for students with unexpected financial difficulties and support for organisations to fill educational gaps, or make more widely available a particular aspect of education or learning
Hertfordshire Educational Foundation — grants, scholarships and funds to help young people with their education across Hertfordshire.
Independent Private and Boarding School in Scotland — Strathallan School
Integrated Education Fund — supporting Integrated Schools and opportunities for children to be educated together, not apart
Jephcott Charitable Trust — grants for charitable purposes in four main areas of funding — population control, the natural environment, education and health
Kelsick Educational Foundation, Ambleside — grants to help our local children and young people of all abilities who are resident in Ambleside, Rydal, Grasmere, Langdale and part of Troutbeck to achieve their full potential in a wide range of educational activities
Lansbury House Trust Fund — support for small, innovative projects which are not yet in a position to obtain support from anywhere else
Marc Fitch Fund — small grants towards the costs of publishing scholarly work in the fields of British and Irish national, regional and local history, archaeology, antiquarian studies, historical geography, the history of art and architecture, heraldry, genealogy and surname studies, archival research, artefact conservation and the broad fields of the heritage, conservation and the historic environment
Mario Lanza Educational Foundation — grants for students studying singing full-time at a college or conservatoire
Marshall Scholarships — finance for young Americans of high ability to study for a graduate degree in the UK
Marshall's Charity — to make grants for the support of parsonages to dioceses of the Church of England and the Church in Wales, also grants for repair of churches
MBI Al Jaber Foundation — helps the next generation of talent from the Arab world gain the freedom and opportunity to shape their future and that of their community, country and region
Newby Trust — to enable people to benefit from educational opportunities, to support excellence and to improve the quality of life and health in disadvantaged communities
Nuffield Foundation — mission to advance educational opportunity and social well-being.
Open Gate — a small charity supporting grassroots environmental, land-based and sustainable projects to benefit local communities, both in the UK and abroad
Perry Foundation — PhD Funding – a registered UK Charity with the objectives of promoting education and research connected with agriculture or food production for the benefit of the public
Rotherwick Foundation — advancement of education and health and the relief of the sick especially within a 20 mile radius of either Tylney Hall, Rotherwick; Ashdown Park Hotel, Wych Cross; The Grand Hotel, Eastbourne or Luton Hoo Hotel, Luton
Royal Academy of Engineering — working across all phases of education to encourage the widest diversity of people to work as technicians and engineers
Royal Caledonian Education Trust — Scotland's Armed Forces Children's Charity
Royal Commission for the Exhibition 1851 — grants for research in science and engineering, applied research in industry and industrial design to increase the means of industrial education
Savoy Educational Trust — an independent, grant giving charitable trust, whose main aim is to advance and develop education, training and qualifications within the hospitality industry
SPRET Educational Trust — Providing travel grants in Yorkshire and Norfolk
St Matthias Trust — Advancement of education with a preference for higher or further education; such education contributing to the advancement of the Church of England
Steel Charitable Trust — grants for Arts & Heritage, Education, Environment, Health, and Social or Economic Disadvantage.
Tallow Chandlers
The Beit Trust — support for established, independent institutions, in particular schools, hospitals and health centres to maintain, as far as possible, an equitable distribution of grants between Zambia, Zimbabwe and Malawi
The Carnegie Trust for the Universities of Scotland — improving access to university, encouraging the development of research skills in undergraduates and postgraduates and enable academics to establish new lines of enquiry
The Dick Harrison Trust — grants for students to study livestock auctioneering or rural estate management. Support by way of financial assistance would take the form of books, equipment or grants towards travel arrangements
The Foulkes Foundation — Supporting outstanding post-doctoral scientists wishing to undertake a medical degree, in order to make a significant contribution to medical research in all its diverse disciplines
The Four Lanes Trust, Basingstoke — money to people with ideas and projects which will improve life in Basingstoke and the surrounding district.
The Frederick Soddy Trust — funding to schools, students and postgraduates for studies of the social, economic and cultural life of specific regions within the UK, Ireland or elsewhere in the world
The Gen Foundation — grants to students and researchers in natural sciences, in particular food sciences and technology
The Hellenic Journal — Study of Greek language, Hellenic Society
The Linbury Trust — funding a wide variety of projects in the fields of culture (including arts, dance, museums and heritage) as well projects that improve the lives of people experiencing disadvantage, including older people, young people and homelessness
The Norwich Jubilee Esperanto Foundation — advancement of education in the study and practice of Esperanto
The Ogden Trust — The Trust supports schools, projects and programmes that are committed to enhancing physics teaching and learning
The Rayne Foundation — creative ways of tackling entrenched social issues through the arts, health, wellbeing, and education
The Roman Society — advancing the understanding of ancient Rome and the Roman Empire
The Salters Charitable Foundation — provides a range of project grants, small one-off donations and longer-term core support
The Sir Richard Stapley Educational Trust — supports the work of mature students of proven academic merit, and in financial need, who are pursuing further degree qualifications at an institution in the UK
The Skinners Company — tackling poverty and the restrictions it places on people; providing homes for older people in financial or social need; and creating opportunity through education, training or sponsorship
The Sutherland Trust — stimulating thinking about psychodynamic approaches to health, social care and education
Thomas Wall Trust — grants for encouragement and assistance of educational work and social service
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