The Colyer-Fergusson Charitable Trust focuses on reducing poverty and social exclusion in Kent and Medway, with a strong emphasis on improving life chances for vulnerable and disadvantaged people. It supports a mix of grassroots community groups, charities, schools, and strategic county-wide partners, often backing practical interventions that improve wellbeing, employment prospects, education engagement, or rehabilitation outcomes. The Trust is distinctive for combining small rapid-response community grants with larger, more targeted thematic and proactive awards, including invite-only funding for major initiatives.
Áreas de Enfoque
Poverty Reduction and Social ExclusionVulnerable Children and Young PeopleEmployment and Training AccessEmotional Wellbeing and Life ChancesSchool Attendance and Exclusion PreventionOffender Rehabilitation and Family Support
Enfoque de Donación
Offers a layered funding model: small rolling community grants for flexible core and project support, targeted thematic grants with application rounds, and larger invite-only proactive grants for strategic county-wide work. Grants range from a few hundred pounds up to six-figure commitments, with some programs favoring multi-year support and partner-delivered microgrants rather than open applications.
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Check the specific program closely: Community Fund is rolling, Brighter Futures and Thematic Grants have formal rounds, and Partner/Proactive Grants are invite-only. Applicants should be based in Kent or Medway, show clear benefit to vulnerable local residents, and for larger requests be prepared to demonstrate strong outcomes, capacity, and alignment with the Trust’s priorities; some programs also cap support at a portion of organizational income.
Beneficiarios destacados:
• Age UK Maidstone
Oportunidades de Subvenciones Abiertas
Financiamiento actual y próximo de The Colyer-Fergusson Charitable Trust al que tu organización sin fines de lucro podría postularse.
Abierta ahoraCierra el 30 jun 2026Monto: 50 mil US$ – 150 mil US$
Thematic Grants
school attendanceinclusionengagement+4 más
¿Quién puede postularse? Open to registered charities and charities exempt from registration working in Kent and Medway; schools can apply if they are registered charities or exempt from registration, otherwise a related charity must apply; partnership applications encouraged; current round is separate from other CFCT programmes and applicants may apply even with a live CFCT grant or application in progress.
Fecha límite: Closing date for expressions of interest: 30 June 2026.
Abierta ahoraCierra el 30 jun 2026Monto: 15 mil US$ – 75 mil US$
Brighter Futures
care leaversNEET young peopledomestic abuse+6 más
¿Quién puede postularse? UK registered charity with a management board of at least three unrelated members; income over £100,000 in last full financial year; working to benefit people in Kent and Medway; at least two years of accounts; UK bank account; no live CFCT grant in progress. CICs/social enterprises may apply only with special permission.
Fecha límite: Usually decisions by early March for applications by end of October; early July for applications by end of February; early November for applications by end of June. These are not fixed deadlines.
Abierta ahoraCierra el 30 jun 2026Monto: 50 mil US$ – 150 mil US$
Thematic Grants (Improving school attendance, inclusion and engagement)
School attendanceReducing persistent absenceReducing exclusions+2 más
¿Quién puede postularse? Open to registered charities and charities exempt from registration operating in Kent and Medway; schools may apply if a registered charity or via a related registered charity; partnerships encouraged; programme separate from other CFCT programmes (can apply even if other CFCT application/grant is in progress).
Fecha límite: Closing date for expressions of interest: 30 June 2026. Two-stage process with subsequent invited full application and trustee presentations in autumn 2026.
Abierta ahoraCierra el 30 jun 2026Monto: 10 mil US$ – 75 mil US$
Through the Gate
offender rehabilitationreducing reoffendingfamily engagement+5 más
¿Quién puede postularse? Registered charity, CIC, social enterprise or properly constituted not-for-profit organisation with a management board of at least three unrelated members; working with people in custody or leaving custody, or their families, in Kent and Medway; at least two years of accounts; UK bank account. National or regional charities must be operating directly in Kent or Medway prisons.
Fecha límite: Usually decisions by early March for applications by end of October; early July for applications by end of February; early November for applications by end of June. These are not fixed deadlines.
poverty and social exclusioncommunity resiliencecapacity building+2 más
¿Quién puede postularse? Registered charity, CIC, social enterprise or other properly constituted not-for-profit organisation with a management committee of at least three unrelated members; based in Kent or Medway; at least two years of accounts; gross income in last financial year of £500,000 or less; free reserves less than twelve months of expenditure; UK bank account; no live CFCT grant in progress.
Fecha límite: No deadlines; decisions made on a rolling basis.
Las fechas límite y los requisitos de elegibilidad son un resumen de fuentes públicas y pueden cambiar — confirma siempre los detalles en la página oficial de solicitud del financiador antes de postularte.