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The Bernard Piggott Charitable Trust

Bernard Piggott Charitable Trust Grants

Small grants for registered charities working in the greater Birmingham area (the West Midlands boroughs) or North Wales. It supports a wide range of causes, from older people, youth and education to the arts, historic buildings, faith and community, health and disability, poverty, and animals and the environment. Past grants have been £250 to £5,000; you apply through a short online form, and trustees decide at twice-yearly meetings.

Apply on the funder’s site
You could get
£250 – £5,000
no fixed round
Deadline
Rolling
apply any time
Effort
Light
short form, little evidence needed

Who can apply

  • Registered charities with a Charity Commission registration number only, whose work takes place in the greater Birmingham area or the North Wales region
  • The Trust's maps show greater Birmingham as the West Midlands boroughs (Birmingham, Coventry, Dudley, Sandwell, Solihull, Walsall, Wolverhampton) and North Wales as Isle of Anglesey, Gwynedd, Conwy, Denbighshire, Flintshire and Wrexham
  • You must be able to provide supporting documents; charities working with children must have safeguarding and child protection policies
  • Previous grant holders can apply (the form asks for the date and amount of past grants)

What it funds

Grants towards the work of registered charities in the greater Birmingham area and North Wales, under these categories:

  • Elderly / Care
  • Youth / Education
  • Theatre / Arts
  • Historic / Buildings
  • Faith / Community
  • Health / Medical / Disability
  • People / Poverty
  • Animal / Environment
  • Other Charitable Purposes

The form asks you to state the grant amount and the specific purpose the money will be spent on.

What it will not fund

  • Grants to individuals
  • Organisations that are not registered charities

How to apply

  1. Check you qualify: a registered charity with a Charity Commission number, working in greater Birmingham or North Wales, with supporting documents ready
  2. Complete the online application form linked from the Apply page (bernardpiggotttrust.org.uk/grant-trial): charity and contact details, amount requested, previous grants, annual income, outgoings, reserves and staff numbers, area, grant category and the specific purpose of the grant
  3. Upload the supporting documents and submit
  4. Trustees consider applications at their meetings (twice a year)

The form can be saved and resumed using a link that expires after 30 days.

The Trust says it may not respond or update unless a grant is agreed, and unsuccessful applications are deleted after the trustees' meeting where they are reviewed.

The contact form is for general enquiries only, not applications.

Have ready

  • Last year's audited accounts
  • Report on the income and expenditure budget for the project
  • Safeguarding and Child Protection Policies (if a children's charity or the work involves children)

Files must be .doc, .docx, .xls, .xlsx, .ppt, .pptx, .pdf, .png, .gif or .jpg.

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