The Noble Charitable Trust

Noble Charitable Trust grants

A family trust set up by Derek and Jean Noble, co-founders of Noble Fuels, giving grants to charities and Community Interest Companies in North Yorkshire, Teesside and Cumbria. It mainly funds smaller organisations on which its funding will have a transformational impact. Trustees meet quarterly; no grant amounts are published.

You could get
Amount not specified
no fixed round
Deadline
Rolling
apply any time
Effort
Light
short form, little evidence needed

Who can apply

  • Registered charities, Community Interest Companies and certain approved non-affiliated organisations benefiting communities in North Yorkshire, Teesside and Cumbria
  • Primarily smaller organisations on which the Trust's funding will have a transformational impact on their operations
  • The Trust funds restricted fund applicants, and gives unrestricted funding only to organisations it knows well
  • Applications are accepted both unsolicited and from applicants the trustees have researched

What it funds

Organisations working in these areas:

  • Underprivileged groups
  • Education
  • Physical and learning disabilities
  • Providing opportunities for disadvantaged young people to develop their careers
  • Conservation, protection and improvement of the physical and natural environment
  • Rural isolation and rural communities
  • Health charities
  • Disadvantaged groups
  • Physically and mentally challenged children and young adults
  • Climate change
  • Such other charitable purposes as the trustees deem appropriate from time to time

How to apply

  1. Download the application form from the Trust's website and complete it, including your bank details
  2. Email a written application detailing your charity's requirements, with the completed form, to noblecharitabletrust21@gmail.com
  3. Trustees consider applications at their quarterly meetings and make the final decision

Only written applications are accepted. In exceptional circumstances, appropriate ad-hoc donations may be given between meetings.

Any grants awarded may be published on the Trust's website for the guidance of future applicants.

Have ready

  • Written application by email detailing your requirements
  • Completed application form: organisation and contact details, website, charity number and bank details

The organisation's name must be exactly the same as on its bank statement, or payment will be delayed.

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