This Trust offers funding to make life better, under three areas of Social, Medical and Religious.

Sir Halley Stewart established the Trust in 1924, to support innovative and pioneering work for the prevention of human suffering. The Trust is underpinned by Christian values, but welcomes applications from other faith and non-faith projects.

The Social grants support catalysing and under-funded causes, where the Trust is often a ‘first funder’.

There are Small one-off grants of up to £5,000 and multi-year Main grants of up to £60,000.

Applications must be from service-delivery charitable organisations with an annual income of up to £3,000,000. These can be in partnership with others, including academic organisations.

They should also demonstrate imaginative and wide-ranging dissemination of the results to reach beneficiaries, practitioners, policy makers and/or researchers as appropriate.

Social grants can be for practical on-the-ground projects (development projects) or focussed on the practical impact of research findings (research projects), which attempt to:

• prevent and resolve conflict, promote reconciliation, encourage re-connection between family members.
• help people to ‘move beyond disadvantage’.
• help people who may be vulnerable and/or have been exploited.

The Trust also funds a small number of innovative international development projects in the above subject areas.

There is a three-stage application process, beginning with an eligibility test, following which an Expression of Interest form, if you pass the test. After submitting this, you will be advised if you are able to progress to a full application.

Read more details about the Halley Stewart Trust funding and express interest here.