Staples Trust
Open or will open again
Communities
Family and parenting
Human rights and equality
Human rights and justice
International issues
Overseas aid and development
Victims and survivors
World issues
Africa
Antrim & Newtownabbey
Ards & North Down
Armagh City, Banbridge & Craigavon
Asia and Middle East
Belfast City
Causeway Coast and Glens
Derry City and Strabane
England
Europe and Russia
Fermanagh and Omagh
Great Britain
International
Lisburn and Castlereagh
Mid and East Antrim
Mid Ulster
Newry, Mourne and Down
Northern Ireland
Scotland
South and Central America
Wales
Medium (up to £60,000)
Small (up to £10,000)
Overview
They make grants under the following headings:
- Environment,
- Gender,
- Indigenous Peoples, and
- Inequality.
The Trust also supports a small number of projects which fall outside these areas.
Under the Frankopan Fund, it supports a grants programme for Croatian students who are pursuing postgraduate courses in the UK and internationally. Occasionally, the Trust also responds to international emergency appeals.
Proposals are generally invited by the Trustees or initiated at their request. Unsolicited applications are discouraged and are unlikely to be successful, even if they fall within an area in which the Trustees are interested.
Key dates
Review funding scheme 31/03/2026