Aims/priorities: Core funding is available to support local charities throughout the UK that:
- Provide hospice care - this is a priority area.
- Provide support for the homeless.
- Promote health and wellbeing for areas such as family support e.g., Home Start, counselling services, suicide prevention, specific carers support, cancer support, prisoner support and rehabilitation, community centres, food banks and debt advice.
Who can apply? UK registered charities based in England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland can apply.
Organisations applying in the:
- Health and wellbeing category should have a total annual income of below £250,000.
- Support for the homeless category should have an annual fundraised income (non statutory) of below £500,000.
Grant amount: The following funding is currently available:
- Core funding of hospices - typical grant sizes range from £20,000 to £40,000 (an increase from the previous £10,000 to £20,000).
- Core funding support for the homeless - typical grant sizes range from £5,000 to £10,000.
- Promoting health and wellbeing - typical grant sizes range from £1,000 to £5,000 (an increase of the minimum grant of £500 to £1,000).
Application process: The Trust is open for core funding applications but closed to capital funding applications.
Groups that wish to apply under the health and wellbeing heading should first contact the Trust to see if their application would be considered.
Applications are made using the online application form on the Albert Hunt Trust website.
Deadline: Applications are reviewed on a rolling monthly basis subject to the trustees availability. The deadline for submissions is the last working day of each month. If successful an award is made around six weeks after the submission deadline.
Contact information: Email: jane.dellerray@alberthunttrust.org.uk
Website: The Albert Hunt Trust, a grant giving charitable trust