Albert Hunt Trust

Grants are available to local registered charities in the UK that provide hospice care, provide support for the homeless or promote health and wellbeing.

Background

The Albert Hunt Trust is a grant-giving charitable trust that provides grants to UK registered charities that are based and working locally in the UK. It has distributed more than £40 million in grants since it was established in January 1979.

The Albert Hunt Trust announced in July 2023 that it plans to spend its entire resource by January 2029, its 50th anniversary. The Trustees are regularly reviewing the Trust's grant making strategy particularly as they plan for the Trust's closure in 2029. Applicants should refer to the philosophy page on the Trust's website for guidance and updates.

Objectives of Fund

Core funding is available to support local charities throughout the UK that:

Provide hospice care - this is a priority
Provide support for the homeless.
Promote health and wellbeing for areas such as family support, such as Home Start, children and young people counselling services, suicide prevention, specific carers support, cancer support, prisoner support and rehabilitation, community centres, food banks and debt advice. From October 2024, priority is being given to services that support children and young adults up to the age of 25, not to organisations providing adult mental health support.

The following funding is currently available:

Core funding of hospices - typical grant sizes now range from £10,000 to £30,000 (a decrease from the previous £20,000 to £40,000).
Core funding support for the homeless - typical grant sizes now range from £4,000 to £7,000 (a decrease from the previous £5,000 to £10,000).
Promoting health and wellbeing - typical grant sizes range from £1,000 to £5,000.

Who Can Apply

UK registered charities based in England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland can apply.

Organisations applying in the:

Health and wellbeing category should have a total annual income of below £150,000 (previously was £250,000).
Support for the homeless category should have a total annual income of below £1 million (previously it was £500,000).

Restrictions

Funding is not available for the following:

Adult mental health support.
Air ambulances.
Animal welfare.
Arts and heritage.
Capital costs.
Community Interest Companies (CICs)/Company Ltd by Guarantee/Company Ltd by Shares.
Charities working overseas.
Conservation and environment.
Expeditions and overseas travel.
Medical research.
NHS charities.
Organisations in the health and wellbeing sector with income levels above £150,000.
Promotion of religion.

Eligible Expenditure

The Trust is ‘committed to providing unrestricted core funding’ to help with general running costs for example towards bills or rent and towards overall salary bill but will consider specific project costs if this is a current funding priority for the applicant.

The Trustees regularly review the Trust's grant making strategy particularly as they plan for the Trust's closure in 2029. Applicants should refer to the philosophy page on the Trust's website for guidance and updates.

How To Apply

The Trust is open for core funding applications but closed to capital funding applications.

Groups that wish to apply under the health and wellbeing heading should first contact the Trust to see if their application would be considered.

Applications are made using the online application form on the Albert Hunt Trust website.

Applications are reviewed on a rolling monthly basis subject to the trustees availability. The deadline for submissions is the last working day of each month. The trustees aim to review the monthly batch of funding requests by the end of the following month and if successful a donation will be paid two to three weeks thereafter. Applicants will be notified if they are unsuccessful.

Contact the Albert Hunt Trust for further information.

The Albert Hunt Trust
https://www.alberthunttrust.org.uk/

Addresses and contacts

For further information on how to obtain this grant locally, please contact the following:

Enquiries
Albert Hunt Trust
The Hermitage
15a Shenfield Road
Brentwood
Essex
CM15 8AG
Tel: 0330 113 7280
E-Mail: info@alberthunttrust.org.uk