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The Patrick Trust

The Patrick Trust grants

Donations of typically £500 to £2,500 from a Birmingham-based trust to registered charities that help young people or older people, or support cultural and pastoral activities in the West Midlands. Charities must be able to ring-fence any donation to benefit the West Midlands region. Requests are sent by email at any time; unsuccessful applicants no longer receive a reply.

Apply on the funder’s site
You could get
£500 – £2,500
no fixed round
Deadline
Rolling
apply any time
Effort
Light
short form, little evidence needed

Who can apply

Charities registered with the Charity Commission that help either the elderly or the young and can demonstrate they can ring-fence any donation to benefit the West Midlands region.

What it funds

  • Helping young people: general help, or help or support for problems they are experiencing
  • Helping old people: helping the elderly get the most out of life, or assistance with physical, mental or other difficulties
  • Benefiting the West Midlands: a wide spectrum of cultural and pastoral activities

What it will not fund

  • Requests above £2,500, unless specifically discussed with the trust
  • Grants for wheelchairs and similar (these go to the separate Joseph Patrick Trust at Muscular Dystrophy UK)

How to apply

  1. Prepare the information on the trust's 'Funding Request Information' page: contact details, charity details and latest accounts figures, and the funding request (need, plan, up to 3 outcomes, monitoring, fundraising to date)
  2. Email it with attachments to thepatricktrust@aol.com

all applications are considered, but the trust no longer replies to unsuccessful applicants.

Have ready

  • Latest inspected or audited accounts
  • Optional: other materials that add weight to the request (evaluations, impact reports, annual reviews, research)

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