THE BOOST CHARITABLE TRUST

 Grants are available to UK registered charities and not-for-profit organisations for sporting initiatives that assist the disabled, special needs, the disadvantaged and other sports men, women and children where their talents have been overlooked.
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o Application deadline: none – applications may be made at any time in writing by email or post.
o Funder: The BOOST Charitable Trust (founded 2005. Charity number 1111961. Total value of all grants awarded during the year ended 30 September 2023: £165,418 (2023: £186,705).
o Who can apply: UK registered charities and not-for-profit organisations that have a primary focus on sport.
o Key words: Sport, Physical Health, Learning Disabilities, Mental Health, Social Exclusion, Financial Hardship, Medical Relief, Medical Research, Overseas, United Kingdom.
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The general aim of the BOOST (Building on Overlooked Sporting talent) Charitable Trust is to assist the disabled, special needs, the disadvantaged and other sports men, women and children where their talents have been overlooked.

Grants are distributed widely across a range of different sports, including two longstanding programmes in eSwatini, a landlocked country in Southern Africa. The Trust continues to focus its attention towards sports projects that focus on five spheres of disadvantage:

1. Physical and Learning Disabilities.
2. Mental Health.
3. Social Exclusion.
4. Financial Hardship, and
5. Medical Research and Relief.

During the year ended 30th September 2023, the Trust awarded 47 grants totalling £165,418 (2022: 52 grants totalling £186,075). Grants made ranged from under £1,000 to £12,000 (to All out Africa/Eswatini).

A list of all awards of over £1,000 is provided on page 13 of the Trust’s annual accounts.

Please note that there is no application form for this programme. To apply, eligible organisations should provide the following information by a letter of application or by email, consisting of no more than 2 pages of A4:

o The name of the applying organisation.
o What the organisation does and who it benefits, and
o The applying organisation’s reasons for seeking funding, including details of the project and its funding requirements.

Further information and guidance is available on the Trust’s website.

Applications may be made at any time. Contact details for the Trust are:

Sarah Johnson
Trust Manager
The BOOST Charitable Trust
5 St Bride Street
London
EC4A 4AS
Email: sarah.johnson@boostct.org