The Construction Workers’ Charitable Trust supports the UK construction workforce directly and indirectly: it funds financial/emotional support services for workers and dependants, plus projects that build a stronger, safer, better-trained industry. Its giving leans toward construction skills, employability, careers promotion, and applied health and safety research, especially when projects can show practical benefit to workers, apprentices, SMEs, or the wider sector. The Trust often partners with charities, universities, and industry bodies rather than making broad open calls, and it appears especially interested in initiatives that widen entry into construction and improve occupational wellbeing.
Primarily targeted, relationship-based grantmaking with no fixed public deadlines for most programs. It offers annual award funding for accredited employability initiatives and otherwise appears to fund on an as-needed basis through discussions, partnerships, and invited or case-by-case applications, with grant sizes ranging from project-specific support to a fixed £25,000 award.
Grants parsed from this funder's most recently published annual report.
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|---|---|---|---|
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3.Reach out directly to discuss fit rather than waiting for a standing open deadline, except for the annual Construction Employability Award which has a short application window. Strong proposals should be UK-based, construction-specific, and clearly tied to accredited training, employability, worker wellbeing, or measurable health and safety outcomes; partnerships with employers, colleges, or sector bodies seem especially credible.
Current and upcoming funding from Construction Workers’ Charitable Trust that your nonprofit may be able to apply for.
Who can apply: Organisations or research teams working on health & safety or occupational health initiatives that will benefit the construction industry; typically UK-based organisations and research institutions.
Deadline: No fixed public deadlines; funding and partnerships are offered on an as-needed / application-discussion basis.
Who can apply: Applicant must be an organisation registered and based in the United Kingdom. The project or initiative must promote health and safety and/or training in the construction industry, leading to employment. It must benefit a minimum of 15 individuals within a one-year period, provide recognised construction industry accreditation, offer employer-linked training or placement in the UK, and not be a government organisation or funded/linked to one.
Deadline: Applications open on 1 September 2026.
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