The Rainford Trust | International Grant Opportunities

International funderBased in United Kingdom

The Rainford Trust

Liverpool, United KingdomWebsite

About The Rainford Trust

The Rainford Trust is a small UK-based grantmaker that supports charitable organizations, especially in the St Helens MBC area, with occasional funding elsewhere in the UK and overseas. Its giving is broad but centered on practical community benefit, including welfare, disability, children and young people, older people, education, humanities, environmental causes, and medical research. Grants are typically modest and can be unrestricted or project-based, making the trust a fit for local charities and smaller nonprofits with clear charitable impact.

Focus Areas

St Helens Local CharitiesWelfare and Social CareDisability SupportChildren and Young People ServicesOlder People ServicesEducation, Humanities, and Medical Research

Giving Approach

Small grants of roughly $1,000-$5,000, offered as unrestricted or project support. Applications can be submitted at any time with no fixed public deadline, and decisions are made through the trust's local committee process.

How to approach this funder

Submit a concise application at any time, but emphasize your charitable purpose, local connection to St Helens if relevant, and how a modest grant will be used. Strong applications will clearly match one of the trust's priority themes and show tangible community benefit; because there are no fixed deadlines, it is worth checking directly with the trust/Secretary for current review timing.

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Open Grant Opportunities

Current and upcoming funding from The Rainford Trust that your nonprofit may be able to apply for.

Open nowRolling / open intakeAward: Varies

The Rainford Trust Grantmaking Program

WelfareDisabilityChildren and young people+5 more

Who can apply: Applicants must usually be a charity registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales, OSCR, or the Charity Commission for Northern Ireland. Unregistered charities may apply if they can provide a governing document and evidence they are a constituted charitable group. Applicants must supply accounts/financial statements filed on time for at least three years prior to application, unless recently formed. For overseas grants, the Trust usually only supports UK-registered charities, with limited exceptions. Individuals may be considered only for education support and must have been born in or lived in the St Helens area.

Deadline: No fixed deadline stated; the Trustees meet about ten times per year, with the full Board meeting in March, July, and November for larger appeals.

Open nowRolling / open intakeAward: $1K – $5K

General Grantmaking (The Rainford Trust)

WelfareDisabilityChildren and Young People+7 more

Who can apply: Applicants must be a registered charity in the UK (or be an unregistered constituted charitable group able to provide a governing document). Applicants must supply up to three years' filed accounts (exceptions may be made for newly formed charities). For overseas grants, the recipient normally must be a UK-registered charity or otherwise be charitable under English law. Individuals are only considered for educational support if born or previously resident in the St Helens area; payments for individuals are made direct to the educational provider.

Deadline: No fixed public deadlines. Applications can be submitted at any time; Local Appeals Committee meets approximately ten times per year and the full Board meets three times per year for larger appeals.

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Deadlines and eligibility are summarized from public sources and may change — always confirm the details on the funder's official application page before applying.