The Dulverton Charitable Trust provides single year grants in the range of £25,000 to £35,000 and Trustees prefer to support medium sized charities (with an income of £200,000 to £5 million) where the grant can make a difference, applications are also considered from newly registered charities. 
Dulverton Charitable Trust provides single year grants over a one-year period and occasionally longer-term support (up to 3 years) to registered charities, including those registered as a company limited by guarantee and CIOs (Charitable Incorporated Organisations, more information), that:
• as a minimum operate at city or county level
• have an annual income greater than £200,000 and less than £10 million, though the Trustees give preference to charities with an annual income below £5 million. Newly established charities (usually founded within the last eighteen months) and preservation charities are exempt from the minimum income rule.
• meet one of their priority areas: youth opportunities; general welfare; conservation; preservation; peace and humanitarian support; and Africa.
Priority Areas
Youth Opportunities
This is the largest category and aims to support charities that help disadvantaged children and young people to adopt a more positive attitude to their lives, raise their aspirations and realise their full potential. A wide range of charities will be supported working in this area, including those providing life and work skills for the disadvantaged through training, contact with employers and apprenticeships.
The Trust are particularly interested in those charities using early-intervention initiatives to ensure children from significantly disadvantaged backgrounds are given a fairer chance to develop their social, employment and life skills. The Trust also believes in the character-building value of challenging outdoor activities, such as adventure training, that encourage leadership and team spirit for the less well-off as well as the severely disadvantaged. The Trust has long supported charities that give children from deprived urban areas the opportunity to experience and value the countryside. The Trust encourages charities working on different aspects of youth disadvantage to coordinate their activities so that various interventions (e.g. homelessness, character building, mentoring and employability skills) are provided as part of a continuous process until the young person becomes fully self-reliant.
General Welfare
The Trust will support a wide range of activities that benefit disadvantaged people and communities, with particular interest in:
• strengthening and supporting family relationships
• rehabilitation of offenders, especially young offenders
• early intervention to support the welfare of children in disadvantaged families and looked-after children
• helping young homeless people to move forward
• maintaining active living and independence for older people (Note: this does not include help with medical and mental health problems or disability)
• the welfare of those who care for others (Note: we generally prioritise applications for this work from charities working on a national level)
• developing tolerance and understanding between faiths and communities
• the promotion of social cohesion
Conservation
The Trust is keen to support the general conservation and protection of wildlife habitats within the United Kingdom and also encourages projects concerning the protection and sympathetic management of trees and native woodlands, as well as projects with a focus on coastal and marine protection. Projects concerned with single species are rarely considered.
Preservation
The Trust encourages the development of craftsmanship in the traditional techniques of repair and restoration and has a strong interest in in heritage skills training, particularly where it may benefit a disadvantaged group.
Peace and Humanitarian Support
This is a restricted category concerned with:
• peace intervention
• charities that provide support facilities or expertise to organisations engaged in disaster relief
Africa
Unless there are exceptional circumstances, the Trust will support only a small number of UK registered charities operating in Kenya or Uganda, which already have a long association with the Trust. These usually work in the fields of community development (in particular, the provision of water and power, and the encouragement of farming and market gardening) and wildlife conservation.
For further information and to apply, visit: www.dulverton.org, or contact 020 7495 7852.
There are no deadlines for submission. Applications will be received at all times