Applications closed on 2 October 2026.

Many funders run the same grant every year, so check the funder’s site for a new round. The details below are what the funder published when it was open.

Swinfen Broun Charitable Trust

Swinfen Broun Charitable Trust Grants

An endowed trust, funded from the estate of Colonel Swinfen Broun who died in 1948, making grants to organisations and individuals strictly within the boundaries of the City of Lichfield. Its trust deed is about public amenity: halls, meeting places, playing fields, sports facilities, arts venues, libraries, museums, public gardens and open spaces, plus the equipment for them. Trustees meet four times a year and it is policy to fund capital projects rather than running costs. The next application deadline is 2 October 2026 for the meeting on 14 October.

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You could get: Amount not specified
Deadline: Closed; the deadline has passed
Effort: Light; short form, little evidence needed

Who can apply

Organisations and individuals within the boundaries of the City of Lichfield
Assistance can only be given to schemes within the boundaries of Lichfield City Council, as shown on the map published on the Trust's website
Applicants are expected to identify what other steps they have taken to raise funds, because trustees normally seek to help organisations which help themselves
Each application is considered on its merits against the criteria of the Trust Deed, and applicants are told immediately if an application clearly does not meet them

What it funds

Taken from the Trust Deed:

Providing or maintaining, or assisting in the provision or maintenance of, public halls, meeting places, playing fields and sports facilities for the public at large in the interests of social welfare
Places for housing the arts, libraries, museums or other educational institutions to which the public have access
Public gardens and public open spaces
The equipment or items used in or with any of those

It also supports charitable institutions or purposes generally.

In general it is the policy of the trustees to support capital projects and not to make payments of an income nature.

What it will not fund

Schemes outside the boundaries of Lichfield City Council, as shown on the Trust's published boundary map
Ecclesiastical charities
Relief of poverty
Payments of an income nature rather than capital, in general

trustees make an effort not to overlap with support given by the Lichfield Conduit Lands Trust

trustees normally seek to help organisations which help themselves, so say what other steps you have taken to raise funds

How to apply

Check the Trust's boundary map to confirm your scheme is within the City of Lichfield
Read the Guidance Notes for Applicants, in particular the aims taken from the Trust Deed
Complete the online application form if possible — this is the Trust's preferred route
Alternatively download the Word version, complete it and email it to the Clerk, or download the PDF and post it to the Clerk's PO Box
Submit by the last application date for the next trustees' meeting — 2 October 2026 for the meeting on 14 October 2026

all applications are acknowledged and applicants are told when the next trustees' meeting is; save in an emergency the application waits for that meeting

a grant is time limited to two years from the date of the offer, and trustees ask that the Trust's assistance be acknowledged or displayed in a suitable form

Have ready

A completed application form, online, by email or by post
Any other supporting documents relevant to the scheme
Details of what other steps you have taken to raise funds