Holiday Grants

Holiday Funding Applications

The Sheldon Trust - uk teens doing an adventure course

We welcome applications to fund holiday activities for disadvantaged young people living in the West Midlands area, Greater London and other areas of the UK.


If you wish to apply under this category please complete and submit the online application form together with the supporting documents (i.e. a signed copy of your most recent accounts and a budget for the proposed project).


Applications will be considered throughout the year but please allow up to 8 weeks between submission and notification of the result.

Application Criteria

Please read our criteria carefully to establish whether your charity has projects that are eligible for consideration:

 

The Sheldon Project Application s tick -Grants will only be made to UK registered charities and charitable organisations.

The Sheldon Project Application s tick -The Trustees do not accept applications from CIC’s.

The Sheldon Project Application s tick -Our focus is on small and medium-sized charities and we do not consider applications from charities with an annual income of over £1 million and/or free unrestricted reserves to the value of more than six months of their annual expenditure.

The Sheldon Project Application s tick -We ask all recipients of our Grants to complete our Monitoring Report which allow us to view the results of the contribution we have made.

The Sheldon Project Application s tick -Trustees will consider applications for funding up to £1,000

Apply for funding

Trustees are now accepting applications for the year April 2025 to March 2026. To apply for funding please complete the form here (link). 

 

Applications are considered throughout the year but please allow up to 8 weeks between submission and notification of the result. 

 

If any problems are experienced, prospective applicants should please the Trust Administrator  – link to info@thesheldontrust.org

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together, we can do so much"

Helen Keller