About this Funding:
The Schroder Charity Trust has announced that it will re-open its grants programme for applications in early March 2026, with the first funding window running from 1 March to 30 April 2026.
The Trust is an independent UK grant-making family charity that focuses on two strategic objectives:
- Objective (1): Enabling children and young adults from disadvantaged backgrounds to thrive and achieve their potential in education and employment. Priorities:
- Enhancing early years school readiness for children in vulnerable families
- Developing reading and literacy skills
- Enhancing financial literacy
- Helping young people pursue vocational careers and apprenticeships
- Enhancing employment outcomes for young offenders (aged 18-25)
- Providing tutoring to develop attainment at primary and secondary school
Objective (2): Strengthening communities through services and opportunities which enhance the wellbeing and life outcomes of vulnerable and disadvantaged people.
Priorities:
- Providing services and advice to help people out of financial hardship and material poverty
- Enhancing life outcomes for children in the care system
- Reducing social isolation and maximising independence for older people
- Building confidence, resilience, life skills and wellbeing through structured youth work programmes provided by qualified youth workers
- Supporting the homeless and those at risk of homelessness into sustainable housing
- Providing support to young carers
Eligible applicants are registered UK charities with annual incomes between £150,000 and £1,000,000 whose work aligns with one or both of these objectives. Funding may be requested for core organisational costs or specific project costs that directly support these priority activities.
Grants are typically one-year awards of up to £5,000. Decisions are expected within approximately 4 months of the application window closing, and grantees report on outcomes approximately 1 year after the award.
Previously funded work has included initiatives to improve literacy and school readiness for vulnerable children, youth employability programmes, community wellbeing services, and activities reducing social isolation among older residents.
Funding Criteria:
Applications will be accepted from UK-registered charities with an annual income between £150,000 and £1 million that align with the objectives of 1)Enabling children and young adults from disadvantaged backgrounds to thrive and achieve their potential in education and employment. 2)Strengthening communities through services and opportunities which enhance the wellbeing and life outcomes of vulnerable and disadvantaged people.
