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The Kaye Charitable Trust

The Kaye Charitable Trust Grants

Grants for young adults aged 19 to 35 in England and Wales living with mental, physical or learning disabilities, and by extension their families and carers. Charities, organisations and individuals (with professional counter-signature) can apply. Grants can cover equipment, therapy, care, treatment, education, training, access, accommodation and recreation. The maximum is unlikely to be more than £5,000, and most grants are much smaller. Trustees meet in January, April, July and October, and the deadline is the end of the month before; the next is 31 December 2026.

Apply on the funder’s site
You could get
Up to £5,000
Deadline
74 days left
31 December
Effort
Light
short form, little evidence needed

Who can apply

  • Charities, other organisations and individuals seeking funding for activity in England and Wales that benefits young adults aged 19 to 35 living with mental, physical or learning disabilities, and their families and carers
  • Organisations need not be registered charities, but the activity must be charitable in law and for public benefit
  • The organisation form asks what share of the grant will reach the 19-35 age group if it is not wholly for them
  • Applications from or for an individual must be signed or counter-signed by their GP, a registered general or mental nurse, social worker, occupational therapist, tutor/mentor or key worker
  • Organisations must wait 12 months after an application, and 24 months after receiving a grant, before applying again
  • For larger projects the Trust needs a detailed budget and evidence of enough regular income and appropriate reserves, and may pledge part-funding to be released only when all funding is in place

What it funds

The costs (in full or in part) of:

  • Practical assistance
  • Specialist advice
  • Items of equipment
  • Therapeutic aids
  • Medical or nursing care
  • Treatments
  • Therapy
  • Training
  • Education
  • Access
  • Accommodation
  • Services
  • Comforts
  • The provision of facilities for recreation and other leisure activities

grants must benefit young adults aged 19 to 35 living with mental, physical or learning disabilities (and by extension their families and carers), and support a specific, financially viable, current or upcoming project.

What it will not fund

  • Children's charities/projects for those under the age of 19, however worthy
  • Retrospective or deficit funding
  • Causes for which the government has a statutory responsibility to provide
  • Organisations that cannot demonstrate public benefit as defined by the Charity Commission
  • Organisations requesting funding towards reserves or which have significant financial reserves
  • General fundraising appeals
  • General running costs
  • Any project which may damage the reputation of the Charity
  • A further application from a charity within 24 months of an award
  • Activity outside England and Wales

How to apply

  1. Check your request against the eligibility flow chart on the Apply page and read the two-page Grant-Making Policy
  2. Complete the fillable PDF application form, choosing the organisation form or the individual form
  3. Write an application letter of no more than 2 sides of A4 setting out the proposed project and how it meets the Trust's objects, the amount requested and how it relates to the project's overall funding, and the project's measurable objectives
  4. Email the form, letter and supporting documents to thekayecharity@gmail.com (preferred), or post them to Box 178, 20 Winchcombe Street, Cheltenham GL52 2LY, by the end of the month before a trustees' meeting
  5. Trustees consider applications at their meetings in January, April, July and October (or exceptionally between meetings if urgent); grants under £500 can be made at any time by two trustees

the Trust does not respond to applications outside its remit, and its decisions are final. For larger grants it may ask how the project will be managed and monitored.

Have ready

  • Completed application form (organisation or individual version)
  • Application letter (no more than 2 sides of A4)
  • Supporting statements, professional assessments and quotations or estimates
  • Latest audited Annual Report and Accounts (organisations)
  • Safeguarding Policy (organisations)

individual applications must be signed or counter-signed by a GP, nurse, social worker, occupational therapist, tutor/mentor or key worker, with their contact details.

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