EMFF

Trusthouse Charitable Trust

A wide range of priorities are supported. Please refer to the Fund Priority section below.

Main contact in the East Midlands:

Richard Hopgood
The Trusthouse Charitable Foundation
6th Floor
65 Leadenhall Street
London EC3A 2AD

Tel 0207 264 4990

www.trusthousecharitablefoundation.org.uk

Counties eligible for funding:

Minimum Grant:

under £10,000

Maximum Grant:

£30,000

Who can apply?

Voluntary & Community Organisations, Registered Charities

Does the funder require match funder?

Funding Priorities:

Arts: projects which enable the disabled and people living in areas of need and poverty to participate in the performance arts and to experience artistic excellence in the performing arts; projects which encourage and give opportunities to young talented people whose circumstances might otherwise deny them;

Education: projects which help children at risk of exclusion or with exceptionally challenging behaviour to realise their educational potential; projects which encourage and give opportunities to young talented people whose circumstances might otherwise deny them access to further/higher education;

Heritage: community projects (excluding large capital appeals) which restore and bring back into use heritage properties and resources, particularly in areas of need and poverty.

Health Care and Disability

Physical and Mental Disability: projects involving rehabilitation, (including related arts and sport programmes); projects particularly for ex-service men and women (including former employees of the emergency services); projects for children (including holidays); and respite care;

Hospices & Palliative Care: the provision of domiciliary care; support for volunteers and carers; outreach services; the refurbishment of premises; the provision of equipment (excluding in all cases services or costs which are normally funded from statutory sources);

Medicine: support services (e.g. specialist medical helplines) for those suffering from chronic illness (e.g. dementia) or terminal conditions; special equipment (not available on the NHS) for the chronically or terminally ill at home. (Medical research projects are not included).

Community Support: the support of carers; projects in deprived communities; projects addressing financial exclusion; the provision of sporting facilities or equipment in deprived areas;

Drugs and Alcohol: rehabilitation of substance and alcohol mis-users;

Elderly: projects addressing isolation and loneliness (e.g. befriending schemes); domiciliary support (e.g. respite for carers), residential improvements/adaptations;

Ex-offenders: projects working with prisoners and ex-offenders to improve their life skills and reduce re-offending;

Young People: projects which build the confidence, life skills and employment skills of young people in need.