Supporting recreational activities

Grants are available for medical, socially supportive, educational and cultural charities in England and Wales.

The Basil Samuel Charitable Trust offers grants to UK registered charities.

In particular, the Trust wishes to support projects with the following themes:

• Education.
• Cultural activities.

This Trust does not maintain a wesbite. Applications must be made in writing.

Address:

Basil Samuel Charitable Trust 
c/o Smith and Williamson 
25 Moorgate 
London 
EC2R 6AY

The trust supports charitable causes which promote education and the practice, enjoyment and appreciation of the musical and pictorial arts in Scotland. The trustees aim to support activities that provide wide public benefit in pursuance of these purposes. A number of the Trust's grants are to organisation that operate in Fife and Tayside.

Grants are normally in the range of £1000 to £6000.

Applications to be sent c/o Thorntons Law LLP, Kinburn Castle, St Andrews, KY16 9DR
 

This small trust supports charities working in Scotland and overseas – focusing on children and young people, community arts, social justice, international development, health and wellbeing and community outreach programmes.

The Trust will consider applications for grants from charities registered in the United Kingdom, with preference being given to charitable organisations operating from Scotland and with an annual income of less that £500,000. 
 

The Trust can support a wide range of charitable projects. Preference given to causes within Perth & Kinross with emphasis on the sphere of education, music and the arts. There is a preference to fund start up projects or improvements to projects.

The maximum amount is normally £5,000.

Apply to: Messrs Miller Hendry Solicitors, 10 Blackfriars Street, Perth, PH1 5NS
 

Grants are given to a wide variety of organisations (generally in Scotland, particularly Tayside) including cancer research and other medical charities, youth organisations and arts and music.

Apply in writing, enclosing a copy of your most recent accounts, to the following address:

Thorntons Law LLP,

Whitehall House,

33 Yeaman Shore,

Dundee, DD1 4BJ
 

The Jack Brunton Charitable Trust has been operating since 1986, when it was created by Jack Brunton, a local farmer in North Riding of Yorkshire.

The Trust provides grants to charities, community groups, enterprise groups and a range of other organisations, for projects which benefit the rural villages, towns and communities within boundaries of the old North Riding of Yorkshire.

Funding is intended to support general charitable purposes. In the past grants have ranged from £250 to £1,000. Charitable organisations in the UK are eligible to apply.

No website, contact details:

Martin Paisner CBE,

Denise Cohen Charitable Trust,

Berwin Leighton and Paisner,

Adelaide House

London Bridge,

London

EC4R 9HA
 

The Said Foundation is a British charity founded in 1982 by international businessman and philanthropist, Wafic Said, and his wife Rosemary.

Amal (‘hope’ in Arabic ) is a programme of the Said Foundation making grants in the UK in support of a rich diversity of arts projects and activities, including storytelling, visual arts, theatre, poetry, film, music and dance.

The programme aims to further the following dual interlinked objectives:

Persimmon, the UK’s leading house builder, launched their £750,000 community fund in 2015 to support local groups and charities across England, Scotland and Wales.

The Persimmon Community Champions is a national programme where charities and local groups and organisations can apply for funding up to the value of £1,000 to match money they have already raised themselves.

Each Persimmon business, as well as the Head office in York, gives away two grants of up to £1,000 each to support local community initiatives.

Funding is available for general charitable purposes. Previously the Trust has supported a wide range of different local, national and international causes, including charities working for human medical research, the relief of suffering and respite, and religious and heritage charities.

The G F Eyre Charitable Trust does not maintain a website or an email address. Groups should write to the Trust for further information on how to apply.

Funding is at the discretion of the Trustees. Previous grants have been for between £500 and £4,000.