Deadline: 20-Aug-22
The Ernest Kleinwort Charitable Trust (EKCT) is seeking applications for its grant program.
Focus Areas
Support beneficiaries located in Sussex, within one of EKCT’s focus areas as follows:
- Care of the elderly
- Disability
- General welfare
- Hospices
- Youth
- Wildlife & environmental conservation
- Deliver international or UK based wildlife & environmental conservation projects.
- Deliver international reproductive health family planning projects which have a clear and intended impact on the environment and are delivered in Africa or Asia.
Type of grants
- Medium Grant
- Large Grant
Funding Information
- Medium Grant– £3,001 to £10,000
- Large Grant – over £10,001
What type of work do they support?
Funding will be considered for:
- Start-up costs
- Core costs
- A specific project (capital expenditure or assistance with running costs)
What they do not support?
The following are unlikely to be considered for funding:
- Individuals or charities applying on behalf of individuals.
- Large national charities having substantial fund-raising potential, income from legacies and or endowment income.
- Organisations which have been registered with the Charity Commission or Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator for less than a year.
- Pre-school groups.
- Out of school play schemes including pre-school and holiday schemes.
- Charities not funded by any other charity.
- Local authorities. ‘Campaigning’ organisations.
- Charities whose main aim is to raise funds for other charities with substantial cash reserves.
- Animal rescue or animal welfare organisations.
- International food security projects.
- Given the Trust’s strong links with the county of Sussex, Trustees do not usually support proposals received from other regional ‘Wildlife Trusts’.
- Churches and places of worship outside of Cuckfield and Haywards Heath – please note; even within Cuckfield and Haywards Heath, grant opportunities for these purposes are extremely limited.
- Charities with multiple branch offices in Sussex are requested to telephone or email for advice before making an application.
Eligibility Criteria
Applicants must be organisations registered with the Charity Commission in England & Wales or Office of the Scottish Charity Register in Scotland.
Eligibility Questionnaire
- Is your charity registered in the UK?
- Has your charity been registered with the Charity Commission for more than 12 months, with one full year’s (audited) accounts available?
- Have you applied within the last 12 months?.
Deadlines
- Medium Grant: 20th August 2022
- Large Grant: 10th September 2022
For more information, visit https://ekct.org.uk/apply/