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The Dulverton Trust

The Dulverton Trust is an independent grant-making charity. We support UK charities tackling a range of social issues, protecting the natural world, and preserving heritage crafts. The latest information about how we are prioritising applications in light of the COVID-19 health crisis can be found here.
YOUTH OPPORTUNITIES
This is our largest category and supports work that engages people primarily on the basis that they are from lower-income backgrounds (the charities we fund tend to work with children in receipt of Free School Meals or Pupil Premium funding, or live in geographies that sit in the 20% most deprived on the IMD scale). We fund initiatives that support young people to develop the life skills (e.g. employability skills, skills to succeed at school, improving social and emotional skills) to enable them to thrive.
As of May 2021, we are also accepting applications for the Dulverton Trust #iwill Fund under our Youth Opportunities category. Applications can be submitted through our online application form.
The Dulverton Trust #iwill Fund is open to applications from charities which meet our criteria and are working to create youth social action opportunities for young people in England aged 10-20 years old. We have identified two areas of focus for the Fund: heritage and issues facing rural communities. We are particularly interested in projects which create youth social action opportunities for children and young people aged 10-14.
We encourage you to contact our staff team for an informal conversation in advance of making a full application.
Who they support

UK registered charities with income of £200,000-£10 million operating at a national or regional level in the UK The average annual spending of grantees has been £4.0 million. The average age of charities supported has been 19 years, with a typical range of 3-35 years.

Grant criteria

Priority areas: Youth Opportunities, General Welfare, Conservation, Preservation, Africa, and Peace and Humanitarian Support. Minor grants up to $5,000 made through selected Community Foundation Partners

Application procedure

Start by taking the eligibility quiz at http://www.dulverton.org/eligi...

Funder



No Min - £20,000
no deadline
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Other grants to consider

New funding to help Schools open their sports facilities

Apply for: No Min - No Max
Deadline: no deadline

New funding to help Schools open their sports facilities. The government money will help more children and young people be physically active during evenings and weekends.

Bluespark Foundation

Apply for: No Min - £5,000
Deadline: no deadline

BlueSpark provides funding for projects which aim to improve the education and development of children and young people by means of educational, cultural, sporting or other activities. Subject to that overriding objective, the Trustees have absolute discretion as to the making of grants. We will give particular consideration to projects which we consider will help enhance the self-confidence, team working skills and future employability of children and young people.

John Lyons Small Grants

Apply for: No Min - £5,000
Deadline: no deadline

The Small Grants Fund enables organisations to access smaller amounts of funding outside the main Trustee meetings.  Requests to the Small Grants Fund are considered at least six times a year and there are no deadlines.  The Charity endeavours to ensure that funds are awarded in a timely manner, relevant to project delivery dates (e.g. before school holidays).  The Small Grants Fund is often used as an introduction to the Charity and grants awarded under this Fund can develop into larger grants.

Commonweal Housing

Apply for: £5,000 - £10,000
Deadline: no deadline

A small number of grants are available to not-for-profit frontline groups across the UK for new and imaginative ideas for housing solutions to social injustice.