Recommended Trust List

Volunteer Fundraising

This is a list of donors who have supported our Volunteers in the past.

This does not guarantee that they will support you, but may give you a few starting points for your own research. Please use the guide and make sure that you only approach the Trusts for which you are personally eligible.

It is likely that there will only be a few donors in this list that you can approach, as most of these are specific to certain regions. You should only approach a donor if you fall into their catchment area. Unfortunately, you may find that no donors match your area, in which case we encourage booking a 1-1 with Fundraising Support to seek advice.

For each potential donor in our list we provide their name in bold, with their catchment area beneath and any further details. Unless otherwise specified, look for Scottish trusts in the OSCR, and Welsh or English trusts in the Charity Commission:

  • Name of the Trust
    Catchment area.
    Any other details.

Remember to do your own research on top of the donors in this list – by going through the registries you should be able to find a number of other Trusts who will consider your applications. You should always check your own research against our Do Not Approach list.

  • The North Weir Charitable Trust
    Within 10 miles of Hay-on-Wye
  • The Waterloo Foundation
    Wales.
    See their website for application guidelines.
  • The Clive Richards Foundation
    Within a 50 mile radius of their Herefordshire offices (see their map).
    You will have to wait for their Overseas Projects fund to be open – see their website.

Scotland

  • The Highland Children’s Trust
    Highlands.
    See their website for application guidelines.
  • Verden Sykes Trust
    Aberdeen.
  • Aberdeenshire Charities Trust
    Aberdeenshire
    See their website for your local area.
  • The Talbot Crosbie Bequest
    Bearsden.
  • Red House Home Trust
    East Lothian.
  • West Lothian Education Fund
    West Lothian.
  • Stirlingshire Educational Trust
    Stirlingshire.
  • The Mathew Trust
    Tayside.
  • Fife Council Youth Work Grants Scheme
    Fife.
    See their website for the International Youth Experience grant.
  • The Guildry Incorporation of Perth
    Perth or Guildtown.
  • Perth and Kinross Educational Trust
    If you attended a Perth and Kinross secondary school.
    See their website.
  • Thomson Charitable Trust
    Perth and Kinross.
    See their website.
  • Arthur and Margaret Thompson’s Charitable Trust
    The town or burgh of Kinross and its immediate neighbourhood.
  • Perth and Kinross Council Funds
    Perth and Kinross.
    Look at their website for any funds which may apply to you.
  • The Lethendy Charitable Trust
    Tayside or North Fife.
  • The Holywood Trust
    Dumfries & Galloway.
    See their website.
  • South of Scotland Youth Awards Trust
    If you live in Dumfries & Galloway or the Scottish Borders.
    Applications annually in February – see their website    .
  • The Stevenson Trust
    Dumfries & Galloway    .
  • Peebles Abbeyfield Charitable Trust
    The District of Tweeddale (formerly the County of Peebles).
  • The Joicey Trust
    Scottish Borders.
    Registered in England (not OSCR). See their website.
  • The Rothley Trust
    TD15 postcode area only.
    Ask the Fundraising Team for an application form.

England

  • The Bryan Lancaster Trust
    Kendal, Cumbria and the North West.
  • The Joicey Trust
    North East (postcodes NE, SR, and DH1-DH9).
    See their website.
  • The Sir Phillip Reckitt Educational Trust
    Hull and East Riding of Yorkshire.
    See their website.
  • The Sir Thomas Widdrington Trust
    Parishes of Stamfordham, Belsay, Capheaton and Matfen (NE18, NE19, NE20).
  • The Rothley Trust
    North East postcodes NE, DH, SR, DL, TS, or TD15.
    Ask the Fundraising Team for an application form.
  • The 1989 Willan Charitable Trust
    Co Durham, Teesside, Tyne & Wear, Northumberland.
    Ask the Fundraising Team for details rather than applying directly.
  • The Haywra Crescent Educational Trust Fund
    North Yorkshire.
  • The Brian Sellars Fund
    Sheffield.
  • The Sheffield Bluecoat and Mount Pleasant Educational Foundation
    Sheffield.
  • The Stockport world Citizen Trust
    Stockport.
  • The Clive Richards Foundation
    Within a 50 mile radius of their Herefordshire offices (see their map).
    You will have to wait for their Overseas Projects fund to be open – see their website.
  • The Martin Trust (The Sir Andrew Martin Trust for Young People)
    Leicestershire and Rutland.
    See their website.
  • Nottingham Gordon Memorial Trust for Boys and Girls
    Nottingham.
  • Dame Elizabeth Holford’s Charity
    Oxfordshire – Beckley, Forest Hill, Horton cum Studley, Stanton St John, and the Ecclesiastical Parish of Elsfield.
  • The Grimmitt Trust
    Birmingham, Dudley, Solihull, Walsall, Wolverhampton.
  • The Roughley Trust
    Birmingham, surrounding area if capacity not met (email to enquire).
    See their website and look for Gap Year grants.
  • The Grantham Yorke Trust
    Birmingham, Coventry City, Dudley, Sandwell, Solihull, Walsall, Wolverhampton.
  • The Edvyean-Walker and David Lindop Trust
    Rugby.
    This charity is in the process of dissolving, but may still be able to offer funds – see their website.
  • Southam United Charity
    Warwickshire.
  • Sutton Coldfield Charitable Trust
    Royal Town of Sutton Coldfield (also known as the Sutton Coldfield Constituency).
  • John Martin’s Charity
    Evesham.
  • Cornwall Community Foundation
    Cornwall.
    See their website and look for funds which you can apply to.
  • Bristol Commonwealth Society
    Bristol, Somerset, Gloucestershire and Wiltshire.
  • The Jack Petchey Foundation
    London and Essex.
    See their website for the Individual Grants for Volunteering.
  • The Payne-Gallwey Charitable Trust
    Berkshire.
    See their website for application guidelines    .
  • The Gordon Palmer Memorial Trust
    Berkshire.
  • The Streynsham Trust
    Parish of St. Dunstan (including going to school there) – CT1 and CT2.
  • The Eastbridge Educational Fund – Eastbridge Hospital (or St. Thomas)
    State schools within the city of Canterbury.
    Ask your school to support the application – see their website.
  • The Hugh and Montague Leney (Travelling) Awards Trust
    Kent.
    Wait for applications to be open online    .
  • The Jack Petchey Foundation
    London and Essex.
    See their website for the Individual Grants for Volunteering.
  • The Sir Phillip Reckitt Educational Trust
    Norfolk.
    See their website.
  • The Girton Town Charity
    Girton.
  • Huntingdon Freemen’s Trust
    Huntington.
  • The Bishop Laney Foundation (Bishop Laney’s Charity)
    Ely and Soham.
    See their website for the Overseas Project application    .
  • The Foundation of Joanna Scott and Others
    Live or attend school within 5 miles of Norwich City Hall.
    See their website.
  • The Mason Trust
    Norfolk and Suffolk.
    See their website for guidelines and further funding advice.
  • The Annie Tranmer Charitable Trust
    Suffolk, possibly wider East Anglia.
    Connection to Sutton Hoo mentioned by the Trust    .