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Funding

The Robertson Trust Large Grants

Funding available: £15,000 - £50,000

Applications close: 31/05/2024

About this fund

Large Grants focuses on work that addresses the impacts of poverty and/or trauma under one or more of the following themes:

– Financial wellbeing
– Emotional wellbeing and relationships
– Educational and work pathways.

They seek to fund work that: meets people’s immediate needs, provides earlier help, tests new approaches or does more of what work, and is universal or targeted. See website for details of target groups.

Minimum: £15,000 Maximum: £50,000

Unrestricted or restricted revenue funding of between £15,000 and £50,000 per year, for up to five years which can include the costs of equipment to support your work.

Who can apply
You must be a registered charity with an annual income of between £100,000 and £2 million

Minimum annual income: £100,000 Maximum annual income: £2,000,000

When to apply
Apply at any time, decisions within 10-12 weeks.

How to apply
Apply online via the Robertson Trust website.

Exclusions
– Charities who are already in receipt of revenue funding from the Trust
– Charities who unsuccessfully applied to the previous Open Grants programme within the last 12 months
– New registered charities that have not produced annual accounts,
– Housing Associations and Arm’s Length External Organisations

Looking for support with funding?

Identifying funding opportunities and writing grant applications can seem overwhelming, especially when the future sustainability of your group is dependent on gaining funding support. 

Our supportive Funding Officer, Claire Shaw, can help your organisation with every step of the funding application process, from carrying out funding searches to proofreading your application.

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The Robertson Trust Large Grants

The Robertson Trust

Funding available: £15,000 - £50,000

Applications close: 31/05/2024

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