What we fund

Our grants support charities addressing community deprivation in Cumbria and North Lancashire – we are principally concerned with meeting the needs of the young from 0-19 years.

The majority of our grants are multi-year revenue grants (i.e. salaries and running costs) however Trustees will also fund capital projects that make a tangible difference to a local community.

Whilst we prefer to fund organisations that are registered charities, we will consider offering grants to organisations who are pursuing charitable objectives providing their aims / constitution are clearly not-for-profit. We will only consider applications from national organisations where the beneficiaries and project workers are based within our beneficial area.

Within our overall aim of supporting charities who are addressing the needs of the most deprived communities in Cumbria and North Lancashire, the following are our key priority areas:

• Early Years / Family Support work
  The nurturing and development of 0 to 5 year olds and those who are caring for them.
• Children's work
  Within the 6 to 13 age group, we are particularly keen to support projects that are assisting children with the transition from Primary to Secondary School.
• Youth work
  This Trust has long supported developmental work with teenagers and will continue to fund those projects addressing the needs of the most disadvantaged within this age group.

statistical summary

recent grants

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