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AB Charitable Trust

Objectives of Fund

The Trust aims to support charities that defend human rights and promote respect for vulnerable individuals whatever their circumstances.

Value Notes

The grants range in size, with most grants being in the range of £10,000 to £30,000 per year and are awarded from one to three years.

The fund is in high demand, and only around a third of eligible applicants will receive funding.

Who Can Apply

Charities registered and working in the UK can apply.

Charities should provide three year's financial information, with all three years showing a minimum income of £150,000 and maximum of £1.5 million.

The Trust is looking for applicant organisations that:

  • Deliver effective work and can demonstrate the difference it makes.
  • Listen to the people they seek to support about their needs, and amend their work accordingly.
  • Engage the talents of people who have experienced the problems the organisation exists to address.
  • Are well run, make best use of resources and follow best practice (eg in governance, financial management, DEI, safeguarding).
  • Work well with others in the geographical or policy area (are happy to combine knowledge and resources where helpful and avoid duplication).
  • Share knowledge where possible (eg with colleagues in the sector, or to influence attitudes to an issue or to influence policy).
  • Would make best use of a grant (ie where the grant would make a positive difference).

Eligible Expenditure

ABCT supports charities working where human dignity is imperilled and where there are opportunities for human dignity to be affirmed.

To be eligible, projects should address at least one of the following categories:

Migrants and refugees

In this priority area, funding is available for charities which do any or all of the following:

  • Deliver services directly targeting migrant communities, and people who are refugees or seeking asylum.
  • Influence policy and/or counter negative narrative.
  • Strengthen the voluntary sector and support charities delivering work in this area.

The justice system and penal reform

In this priority area, funding is available for charities which do any or all of the following:

  • Deliver services to improve outcomes for individuals (and their families) who are in the justice system (at any stage, from contact with police to courts and prison).
  • Support effective rehabilitation in the community.
  • Work to influence policy and to reform the justice system.
  • Strengthen the sector and support charities delivering work in this area.

Human rights and access to justice

  • Human rights - in this priority area, funding is available for charities which do any or all of the following:
    • Deliver activities to protect the human rights framework and the principles of human rights and the rule of law, including campaigning, advocacy, and narrative change work
  • Access to justice - in this priority area, funding is available for charities which do any or all of the following:
    • Provide specialist legal advice and representation.
    • Work to influence law, policy and practice through eg strategic litigation or public law challenges.
    • Strengthen the sector and support organisations delivering work in this area.

For all priority areas, the Trust usually supports single-focus organisations working solely in priority areas. For these organisations, core funding (unrestricted grants) or project funding (restricted grants) are both available. On occasion, it also accepts restricted grant applications from charities working more broadly, where the project is particularly focused, forms a significant strand, and the charity can show it is best placed to deliver the work.

How To Apply

Applications are considered four times a year.

The next deadlines for applications are:

  • 26 January 2024 for decisions in April 2024.
  • 26 April 2024 for decisions in July 2024.
  • 26 July 2024 for decisions in October 2024.

An online application form is available to complete on the AB Charitable Trust's website. Initially, applicants are advised to select the priority that they wish to apply under to be taken through a four-step process to determine their eligibility before completing and submitting the full application.

Funder



No Min - £30,000
26 Jul 2024
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