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The Charles Littlewood Hill Trust

Charles Littlewood Hill Trust grants

A general grant-making trust (registered charity 286350) that gives grants to UK registered charities and Community Interest Companies, with a long-standing bias towards projects in or benefiting the people of Nottinghamshire and Norfolk. It funds community healthcare, health education, lifelong learning, community development, social welfare, crime prevention, tackling isolation, the environment, church heritage and the arts. Trustees meet in March, July and November; the next application deadline is 20 January 2027. No grant sizes are published.

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You could get
Amount not specified
Deadline
94 days left
20 January
Effort
Light
short form, little evidence needed

Who can apply

  • UK registered charities, or Community Interest Companies that can provide evidence of their charitable purpose
  • The trustees' discretion is wide, but in practice they have historically supported projects in or benefiting the people of Nottinghamshire or Norfolk, so organisations elsewhere are unlikely to succeed unless their work benefits those counties
  • Individuals cannot apply
  • The Trust is administered together with the Lady Hind Trust - apply to only one of them

What it funds

Charitable projects and activities, historically in or benefiting the people of Nottinghamshire or Norfolk, in these areas:

  • Community healthcare services (home care, after care, people with long-term medical conditions, continuing care of disabled people)
  • Health education and prevention, including awareness of specific diseases and projects advancing health research
  • Lifelong learning (supplementary schools, literacy and numeracy, community education, vocational/restart education for unemployed people, alternative education for excluded pupils)
  • Community development helping groups respond to local problems and needs
  • Personal social services helping individuals or families overcome social deprivation (e.g. homeless or disabled people and their carers, single-parent, childcare and family support groups)
  • Social preventive schemes (preventing crime, 'dropping out' and delinquency, social care outreach, health and safety awareness)
  • Community social activities that reduce isolation and loneliness for vulnerable people
  • Environmental work to protect nature, combat climate change and promote sustainability
  • Church heritage, including keeping church buildings open and in use
  • Supporting artists, arts education and access to the arts

Grants are at the trustees' wide discretion and the annual total depends on investment income.

What it will not fund

  • New applications from individuals
  • Organisations that are not UK registered charities or Community Interest Companies able to evidence their charitable purpose
  • Applying to both this Trust and the connected Lady Hind Trust (apply to one only)

How to apply

  1. Read the Trust's Grant Policy to check your project fits
  2. Download and complete the Application Summary (Word) and the Application Form (Word or PDF, August 2026 version) from the How to Apply page
  3. Send both, with your latest financial statements and any supporting information, to the Trust Administrator by email (charleshilltrust@outlook.com) or post (PO Box 11466, Nottingham, NG9 9NJ)
  4. Trustees consider applications at their March, July or November meeting

Deadlines are 20 January (March meeting), 20 May (July meeting) and 20 September (November meeting). The 20 September 2026 deadline has passed, so the next is 20 January 2027.

Email applications are acknowledged; postal ones are not.

Successful grantees must not mention the grant on social media or quote the amount publicly (see Publicity Guidance).

Have ready

  • Completed Application Summary
  • Completed Application Form
  • Latest financial statements (the form asks for audited accounts, or an explanation if you cannot provide them)
  • Any additional supporting information for the application

The form also asks for your charity number or other evidence of charitable purpose, project costs and other funding sought, staff/volunteer numbers, and bank details (used only if successful).

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