The Will Charitable Trust was established in 1990 by private philanthropy as a charity making grants to other charities in specific fields of activity defined in our grants policy.

The purpose of this site is to help those applying to us for grants. It sets out our guidelines so that you can check whether you are eligible to apply, and tells you what you need to include in an application.

What is the Commissioner's Community Action Fund for?

Grant Criteria

The CCAF is funded by the Police and Crime Commissioner for Avon and Somerset in order to enable communities to come together and tackle issues in their local area relating to the priorities set out in the Police Crime Plan. 

When reviewing your application Trustees will be looking to ensure that:

Our Small Grants programme is open to charities and not-for-profit organisations applying for any amount up to and including £10,000 per year for up to 3 years. Check the information below to see if your project should apply. But first – have you read about how, together, we improve children’s lives in the UK?

We’ve changed the way our Small Grants programme is delivered:

The Jean Sainsbury Animal Welfare Trust was set up in 1982, by Mrs Jean Beryl Lilian Sainsbury, and is a registered charity (No. 326358). Since then, the Trust has given over £8.6 million to animal welfare charities.

The Trust has seven Trustees including two practising veterinary surgeons, one of whom is a partner in a mixed small animal, farm animal and equine practice and the other specialises in birds and wildlife.

The objectives of the Trust are to donate to UK registered charities whose purposes encompass one or more of the following:

JRCT is a responsive grant-making trust. Trustees have agreed on the following priority areas and welcome applications for funds under each of these headings.

26 July 2017  Main Grants Programme

Our Main Grants Programme will be taking a short break from accepting applications at the end of August whilst we make some changes.

We will be back in October with a new website, and with new guidelines and application materials.

Apply for funding if your place of worship needs extra security to protect it from attacks on racial, religious or ideological grounds.

About the Scheme:

The scheme will provide funding for security measures to places of worship and associated community centres that are vulnerable to attack on racial, religious or ideological grounds.

You can bid for funding from 30 June 2017.

Eligibility:

The GSK IMPACT Awards provide funding and training and development for charities doing excellent work to improve people's health. They are funded by GSK and managed in partnership with The King's Fund. The awards are open to registered charities that are at least three years old, working in a health-related field in the UK, with a total annual income of between £80,000 and £2.5 million. Up to 20 awards will be made, ranging from £3,000 up to £40,000.

Hate crimes are crimes that are motivated by hostility on the grounds of race (including colour, nationality, ethnicity and national origin), religion, disability, sexual orientation and transgender identity.

Providing funding for projects that prevent hate crime is one of the actions included in the UK government’s hate crime action plan.

Our Families Fund – Supporting Families to be Active Together will invest in projects that deliver what families really want and need.

Organisations with a track record in changing behaviour with families in lower socio-economic groups are invited to submit an expression of interest for our latest funding programme.