Simon Gibson Charitable Trust

Archived Adult Education/Learning Age Aged 60+ Arts, culture and heritage Buildings and built environment Built heritage Children (0-12) Education and learning environment Faith and religion Human rights and equality Young people (13-25) Antrim & Newtownabbey Ards & North Down Armagh City, Banbridge & Craigavon Belfast City Causeway Coast and Glens Derry City and Strabane England Fermanagh and Omagh Great Britain Lisburn and Castlereagh Mid and East Antrim Mid Ulster Newry, Mourne and Down Northern Ireland Scotland Wales Micro (up to £1,000) Small (up to £10,000)

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Overview

Established in 1975 as a general grant providing trust, the trust has been added to and built to a current managed fund value of over £16million. In the Spring of each year the Trustees meet to agree dispersals. Typically, some 140 charities are supported, of which approximately 60 are regular beneficiaries.

If you are a UK Registered Charity or a Community Interest Company, either nationally or locally organised that have an emphasis on delivering benefit within their designated geographical areas and are either seeking core funding or specific project funding, they would be pleased to hear from you.

Typical Size of Grants

Grants range from £1,000 to £20,000, the typical grant being £3,000-£5,000.

Guidelines

They have a bias towards organisations that favour the young or the elderly, or those with conservational, educational or religious purposes.
Some of their support is provided to organisations that they have built up a relationship with over the years. However, they do, each year, consider applications from new organisations that meet their criteria .If your application was unsuccessful they suggest that you wait for at least one year before trying again..
Their geographically supported areas are; Suffolk, Norfolk and Cambridgeshire; Hertfordshire; Glamorganshire, Gwent, Powys and Camarthanshire.
National charities are more likely to be considered if they support local causes in their designated geographical regions.

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