Volant Charitable Trust

The Volant Charitable Trust provides both large and small grants. 

Large grants:

You can apply for up to £15,000 per year, for a maximum of 3 years (maximum total grant, therefore, is £45,000).  As this is a large, multi year, grants programme which is a 2 stage process, it is therefore not appropriate for small grant requests of £5,000 or less. 
You can read more and apply for the large grants programme here.

Small grants:

You can apply for up to £5,000, including for core and project costs.
You can read more and apply for the small grants programme here.

More information about the purpose of these funds

Your project must meet at least one of the specific themes below and ensure you read the corresponding list after each theme as this explains what will be considered for support.

1. Poverty and deprivation (with an emphasis on women, children and young people)

• Support for vulnerable families facing extreme poverty
• Food provision and promotion of healthy eating in areas of extreme deprivation
• Mental health projects for vulnerable groups living in poverty.

2. Women

• Support for isolated and lone mothers
• Community integration support for black and minority ethnic women and children and asylum seekers
• Support services for women prisoners and their families
• Support for victims of sexual abuse, rape, domestic violence, and those working in the sex industry
• Provision of antenatal and postnatal care for young mothers or those affected by postnatal depression.

3. Children and Young people

• Counselling for vulnerable children
• Support services and outreach projects for those who are disadvantaged or deemed to be ‘at risk’ through neglect, emotional and physical abuse, alcohol, or drug misuse. 

Volant Charitable Trust Trustees make the final decisions on applications presented to them twice a year in April and October.