Focus Areas

• Support beneficiaries located in Sussex, within one of EKCT’s focus areas as follows:
  • Care of the elderly
  • Disability
  • General welfare
  • Hospices
  • Youth
  • Wildlife & environmental conservation

Funding Information

• grants between £10,001-£20,000.

Eligible Funding 

• Funding will be considered for:
  • Start-up costs for a new project within an established organisation
  • Core costs
  • A specific project (capital expenditure or assistance with running costs)
  • Unrestricted funding where all of the charity’s activities fall within EKCT’s funding remit.

Eligible Activities

• Requests for funding must fit within one of the following areas of EKCT’s remit to:
  • Deliver international or UK based wildlife & environmental conservation projects.
  • Deliver international reproductive health family planning projects which have a clear and intended impact on the environment and are delivered in Africa or Asia.

Eligibility Criteria

• Applicants must be organisations registered with the Charity Commission in England & Wales or Office of the Scottish Charity Register in Scotland.

Ineligibility Criteria

• The following are unlikely to be considered for funding:
  • Individuals or charities applying on behalf of individuals.
  • Large national charities having substantial fund-raising potential, income from legacies and or endowment income.
  • Organisations which have been registered with the Charity Commission or Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator for less than a year.
  • Charities which are wholly or very significantly funded by local authority, parish council or statutory funding.
  • Pre-school groups.
  • Out of school play schemes including pre-school and holiday schemes.
  • Charities not funded by any other charity.
  • Local authorities.
  • ‘Campaigning’ organisations.
  • Charities whose main aim is to raise funds for other charities with substantial cash reserves.
  • Animal rescue or animal welfare organisations.
  • International food security, farming or agriculture projects.
  • Arts or community engagement projects.
  • Medical research.
  • Community Interest Companies (CICs).
  • Given the Trust’s strong links with the county of Sussex, Trustees do not usually support proposals received from other regional ‘Wildlife Trusts’.
  • Churches and places of worship outside of Cuckfield and Haywards Heath – please note; even within Cuckfield and Haywards Heath, grant opportunities for these purposes are extremely limited.
  • Charities with multiple branch offices in Sussex are requested to telephone or email for advice before making an application.
  • Citizens Advice across the county

For more information, visit EKCT.