The Trust seeks to identify and support charitable initiatives that:
- Strengthen local communities – by empowering local people, bridging divides, building neighbourhood connection, encouraging community participation, and fostering inclusion.
- Address causes of deprivation.
- Create opportunity for disadvantaged individuals.
- Champion small to medium-sized charities – by supporting grassroots, community-based charities and voluntary organisations in the UK, with frontline experience of service delivery for vulnerable individuals.
Grants are available to support small and medium sized charitable and not-for-profit organisations based in and carrying out work to improve the lives of people in areas of extreme urban deprivation or deprived rural districts in the UK.
Projects should fall into the following two categories:
- Community support – small grants.
- Family support – major grants.
Two levels of grants are available:
- Small grants of £2,000 to £10,000 for one year. (Successful applicants can reapply for a further two years. No further applications can be made after the completion of a third grant.)
- Major grants of £10,000 to £50,000 for one year or multi-year grants for a maximum of three years not to exceed £100,000 in total over this period. (No further applications can be made for two years after the completion of the grant.)
The amount requested must not be for more than 50% of the total cost of the project.
Grant recipients must be able to start spending the grant within three months of the award being made.
Applications are accepted from charitable organisations (including social enterprises, not-for-profit registered companies and voluntary organisations) in the UK.
To be eligible, applicants must:
- Have a total annual income under £250,000 to apply for a small grant.
- Have a total annual income up to £500,000 to apply for a major grant.
- A demonstrable track record of success working to address local issues in communities in areas of extreme urban deprivation or deprived rural districts.
Eligible areas:
- Urban locations (with a population of more than 10,000 people) in England, Scotland and Wales – applicant organisations’ postcodes must be ranked within the most deprived 15% of the Index of Multiple Deprivation.
- Rural locations (with a population of fewer than 10,000 inhabitants in a village/town) in England, Scotland and Wales – applicant organisations’ postcodes must be ranked within the most deprived 50% of the Index of Multiple Deprivation.
Funding is available for revenue costs including core costs, salaries, running and projects costs.
Applications for small and major grants are accepted at any time and are assessed on a rolling basis:
- Small Grants will usually receive a final decision within 8 weeks of the receipt of application.
- There is a two-stage application process for Major Grants. The first step is to complete the online Expression of Interest (EOI) form. Successful applicants will be invited to submit a full application. Major Grants applications will be decided at the committee meetings which generally take place in January, April, July and October. Applicants should allow 12–15 weeks for the entire two-stage application process, though this may take longer.
Applications are submitted via the Trusthouse Charitable Foundation’s website.
