The Pilgrim Trust was founded in 1930 by Edward Stephen Harkness of New York, with an endowment of just over £2 million, in order to promote the future well being of the United Kingdom. For nearly eight decades The Pilgrim Trust have been giving grants to charitable organisations operating in the heritage and social welfare arenas in Britain. Their aim is to preserve and promote Britain's historical and intellectual assets and to provide assistance to vulnerable members of society.

The Thompson Family Charitable Trust provides grants to registered charities for general charitable purposes.

Previous grants have been given in the following areas:

• Health and social welfare.
• Medical research.
• Animal welfare.
• The arts.
• Sports.
• Education.

Funding is provided at the discretion of the Trustees.

In 2020, £6.9 million was awarded in grants that individually ranged from £500 to £600,000 in value.How To Apply

Funding for registered charities in the UK for projects in the following areas: arts and heritage UK, cathedrals and major churches, parish churches, arts and heritage overseas, developing countries, education, and health and social welfare.

The Headley Trust Grant is provided and administered by The Sainsbury Family Charitable Trusts and is available to registered charities throughout the UK

Funding is available for registered charities in the UK or activities with clearly defined charitable purposes

The trust is particularly interested in supporting charitable causes in the arts, community groups and projects, cultural and environmental causes, disability groups and charities supporting people with disabilities, educational projects, welfare causes to include hardship alleviation, and medical charities encompassing treatment, care and support.

Last year, 152 grants, totalling around £672,000, were awarded to the charitable sector.

The Trust was established to encourage and assist the provision of leisure activities for the disabled.

The Trustees will consider grant applications related to the provision of leisure activities for the disabled but favour particularly applications whereby the potential beneficiaries meet one or all of the following criteria:

Please note: this fund wa paused in May 2021 due to high demand, but will open at the end of January 2022.

Grants are available for UK-based charities and community interest organisations to support projects that promote the mental health and wellbeing of children and young adults.

The Ashley Family Foundation is an independent family Trust Fund set up in 1986, in memory of Laura Ashley, the designer, who died the year before.

The Foundation awards funding to charities and community groups for good small-scale arts and community projects in England and Wales that fit with the Foundation's ethos of protecting rural communities and encouraging participation in the arts.

It welcomes proposals from community museums, organisations, farms and gardens for funding for arts subjects

Funding available is intended to support Christian charities and churches that are serving their local community. Projects which spark interest and passion are favoured.

The Trustees consider the following factors in the decision process:

The Grocers Company has a tradition of dispensing monies to charitable causes and in 1968 it founded the Grocers' Charity, through which it offers financial support a wide range of charitable causes.

The Charity provides one-off grants for UK registered charities to support the following areas:

• Relief of poverty.
• Children and young people.
• The elderly.
• Disability.
• Health.
• Military.
• Heritage and the arts.
• Environment.

Community Grants

 Our Community Grant Scheme is available to constituted not-for-profit organisations and local authorities. Grants of between £10,000 and £75,000 are available to create or improve buildings or outside spaces for the benefit of the community. Please read our criteria document for further details by following the link to the website.