Funding for Westcountry Charities, Community Groups & Schools
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Who We Are
The Norman Family Trust was set up in 1979 by Mr W K Norman after he sold and retired from his Norman’s Cash & Carry business, which had a number of thriving stores across the South West. Mr Norman was keen to repay the loyal support of his customers from the region and, along with other family members as fellow donors and trustees, set up a grant-making trust to provide funding to Westcountry charities and other non-profit organisations.
The Trust is based in Budleigh Salterton in East Devon, which is where Mr Norman lived and opened his first store.
How To Apply
All applications must be made via our online application form and must be submitted before the deadline if you wish it to be considered at a specific meeting. The Trust is currently very oversubscribed so the deadline date and time are strictly being enforced.
All grant payments are made via BACS and you must be able to provide proof of your organisation’s bank details with your application.
What We Fund
We consider applications from Registered Charities, CIOs, CICs, non-profit sports clubs and other voluntary and community groups. We also consider applications from state schools but please check the Our Funding page for restrictions.
We only consider funding projects which benefit those in Devon, Cornwall and Somerset (TA postcodes only).
What We Don’t Fund
In order to reflect the wishes of our founder, we don’t fund any projects or organisations which use live animals for research or testing.
We also don’t fund the maintenance or upkeep of religious buildings and any faith-based projects or projects with any religious elements.
Recent Grants
Last year we made 284 grants/pledges totalling £517,379
The average grant/pledge was £1,822 and the success rate of applications was 69%
Latest Updates
Next Grants Meeting – 23rd January 2025 (CLOSED)
Applications for this meeting are now closed. You can use our online form to apply for our next meeting in March (date tbc) The next meeting of the Grants Sub Committee (which considers the majority of the Trust’s applications for funding) will be held on 23rd...
Next Grants Meeting – 21st November 2024 (CLOSED)
Applications for the November meeting are now closed. You can apply for our next meeting in January The next meeting of the Grants Sub Committee (which considers the majority of the Trust’s applications for funding) will be held on 21st November 2024 and Trustees...
Contact Us
The Trust’s staff work partly from home and partly from our office and meeting space in Budleigh Salterton. While we can accept post at our office, we’d prefer it if you didn’t send us any papers or other items as we don’t have storage for them. E-mail is our preferred method of communication wherever possible: info@nfct.org
We do not have an office phone number.
Both new applications and monitoring reports should be submitted via our online system.
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