UPDATE: The Trustees are going to meet online on Friday (24th April) to make decisions on the applications received by 16th April. We will contact those applicants informing them of the outcomes via e-mail within a few days of the meeting. Please continue to submit your applications online as the Trustees will meet again in a few weeks, date to be confirmed.
The next meeting of the Sub Committee (which considers the majority of the Trust’s applications for funding) is currently delayed (new date tbc), due to the COVID-19 situation. At the moment the Trustees are unable to gather in person to consider applications, although we are going to trial an online solution. We would ask that you continue to submit your application as usual via our online form and we will try to keep you updated when it is likely to be considered. Thank you for your understanding in these difficult times.
Please visit our ‘Apply for Funding’ page to access our online application form.
The vast majority of the Trust’s grants are in the range £500 – £2,000 and amounts given above this range tend to be for exceptional local projects or to charities that the Trust has a longstanding relationship with. You can see further information on our Facts & Figures page and also some examples of recent grants in the News section.
The Trust has recently clarified a couple of points regarding eligibility – please note that we will only consider requests for Somerset projects if the beneficiaries (or a significant proportion of beneficiaries) are in the TA postcode area. Also, the Trust will not support ANY organisation that uses live animals for experimentation or research, regardless of the project requesting funding.
All applicants will be informed of the outcome of the meeting within a few days of the meeting. Unsuccessful applicants will receive an e-mail and successful applicants will receive a letter containing a cheque or an e-mail confirming that a grant will be paid via BACS transfer. E -mails are usually sent out before the BACS transfers are made so that you know to expect a bank payment from the Trust. E-mails from the Trust may end up in your Junk/Spam/Clutter folders so please check before contacting us.
Please note that we prefer to pay all our grants by BACS and cheques will only be issued in exceptional circumstances.