THE NEWBY TRUST LIMITED
Grants are available to small UK registered charities providing services in the UK in the areas of Education, Health and Social Welfare. The Trust has introduced a new category for the Environment in 2024. Under this category, the Trust will also consider applications from larger UK charities for work in or outside the UK.
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o Application deadline: none – applications may be made at any time, initially by submitting an email to the Trust at info@newby-trust.org.uk to introduce your charity and its work.
o Funder: The Newby Trust Limited (founded 1938. Charity number 227151. Total value of all grants awarded during the year ended 5th April 2023: £495,750 (2022: £447,350)).
o Who can apply: for the education, health and social welfare priorities: smaller UK registered charities with an annual income of under £1 million providing services in the UK. For the new environment priority, grants can be made to larger UK charities working in or outside the UK.
o Key words: Education, Art, Sport, Children and Young People, Environment, Biodiversity, Health, Mental Health, Dementia, Refugees, Asylum Seekers, Providing Secure Homes and Food, Social Welfare, Overseas, United Kingdom.
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Based in Kingsbridge, South Devon, the Newby Trust is a small family-based trust which makes grants to local, regional or national UK charities within the broad general categories of education, environment, health and social welfare.
The overarching purpose of the Trust is to enable people in the UK to improve their quality of life and fulfil their potential. In 2024, the trustees added a new category to provide support for the natural environment.
In the Education, Health and Welfare categories all activities must be undertaken in the UK and the Trust is more likely to fund smaller or medium-sized charities with an annual income of less than £1,000,000. In the Environment category, the Trust will fund larger charities and projects may be outside the UK but the applicant and grant-recipient must be a UK-registered charity. In general, only charities that are invited to apply will be considered for a grant.
The Trust’s current priorities are:
1. Education – the Trust will support initiatives that enable people to benefit from educational opportunities and to support excellence. Specifically, the Trust wishes to:
o Fund extra-curricular artistic and sporting activities for children and young people, and
o Nurture ability and talent at all ages.
2. Environment – this was added as an additional funding category in 2024. The aim is to protect or restore climate-critical habitats and to slow down climate change. The objectives within the category are to:
o Support local initiatives that help biodiversity and the natural environment, and
o Challenge and prevent environmentally damaging activities.
3. Health – the broad objectives of the health category are to:
o Maintain and improve the mental health of children and young people, and
o Support people with dementia.
4. Social Welfare – the aim of the social welfare category is to improve people’s quality of life in disadvantaged communities. The Trust’s broad objectives in this category are to:
o Support refugees and asylum seekers, and
o Support people without secure homes and food.
The Trust holds an AGM once a year and the trustees meet to consider grant applications at least twice a year.
To apply, please send an email to the Company Secretary, Annabel Grout, at info@newby-trust.org.uk if you would like to bring the work of your charity to the attention of the Trust. Please note that, due to the number of enquiries received and limited staff time, the Trust only responds to introductory emails if it wishes to take the enquiry to the next stage.
Further information is available on the Trust’s website.
Contact details for the Trust are:
Annabel Grout
Company Secretary
The Newby Trust Ltd
PO Box 143
Kingsbridge
Devon
TQ7 9BY
Email: info@newby-trust.org.uk