Schroder Charity Trust
Objectives of Fund
The Trust aim to support charities in the UK who are working in the areas of education and young people, communities, environment and conservation, health, arts, culture and heritage.
Value Notes
The Trust generally makes grants of up to £5,000. Last year, the average grant value was £4,008.
Grants are usually for a one-year period.
There is a one in five success rate. Last year between 400 and 500 applications were received and of those, around 100 charities received funding.
Who Can Apply
Registered charities in England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland are eligible to apply.
Restrictions
The Trust will not support:
- Individuals
- Animal welfare organisations
- Political organisations
- Major capital appeals
- Retrospective costs
Charities in the following categories are unlikely to receive a grant:
- Charities with an annual income over £2,500,000
- Hospices
- Medical research
Eligible Expenditure
The funding aims to support work under the following categories:
- Arts, culture and heritage.
- Education, training and employment.
- Environment and conservation.
- Health and wellbeing.
- Strengthening communities.
The Trustees are particularly interested in applications which can demonstrate the following:
- Building strong communities and an understanding on how to engage with intended beneficiaries.
- Replicable and sustainable work, rather than one off events.
- Value for money.
- Maximising the use of volunteers.
- Support of older people.
- Support for marginalised/vulnerable younger people.
- The use of helplines and information support services.
- Sustainability of funding i.e. the charity will not be solely reliant on a grant from the Schroder Charity Trust for their work.
Grants can be used to cover both core costs and specific project costs, but not large capital appeals.
