EMFF

Your guide to funding in the East Midlands for Community based projects..

Step Three

Contact your chosen funder

Pilgrim Trust

The Pilgrim Trust distributes around £1.5 Million in grants each year to three priority areas described below.

Main contact in the East Midlands:

Clutha House
10 Storeys Gate
London
SW1P 3AY

Tel 020 7222 4723

Fax 020 7976 0461

Counties eligible for funding:

All

Minimum Grant:

Varies depending on the programme

Maximum Grant:

Varies depending on the programme

Who can apply?

The purpose of the application must be charitable

Does the funder require match funder?

Visit the website for further details

Funding Priorities:

Preservation - Trustees currently aim to allocated about 60% of annual grants to this area of interest.

The main priorities are:

A. The preservation of historic buildings and architectural features

B. The conservation of works of art, books, manuscripts, photographs and documents, museum objects

C. The promotion of knowledge through academic research and its dissemination, for which public funding is not available, including cataloguing.

Places of worship

Grants for this area of interest come from the allocation for preservation and scholarship - Visit the website for further details

Social welfare

Trustees currently aim to allocate about 40% of annual grants to this area of interest.

A. Projects that assist and support people involved in alcohol or drug misuse.

B. Projects in prisons and projects providing alternatives to custody.

C. Projects that seek to inform and develop policy and practice in the priority areas outlined above.