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C B and H H Taylor 1984 Trust

Open (with deadline for applications) Addiction and substance misuse Age Aged 60+ Children (0-12) Communities Community and neighbourhood development Cross community Education and learning environment Faith and religion good relations Health promotion Health, wellbeing and sport Healthcare services Housing and homelessness Human rights and equality Medical conditions Natural environment and climate Offenders and ex-offenders Overseas aid and development People with disabilities Poverty and deprivation Rescue and emergency School, College and University Social welfare and poverty Sustainable development World issues Young people (13-25) Africa Antrim & Newtownabbey Ards & North Down Armagh City, Banbridge & Craigavon Asia and Middle East Belfast City Causeway Coast and Glens Derry City and Strabane England Fermanagh and Omagh Great Britain International Lisburn and Castlereagh Mid and East Antrim Mid Ulster Newry, Mourne and Down Northern Ireland Republic of Ireland Scotland Wales Micro (up to £1,000) Small (up to £10,000)

Overview

The CB and HH Taylor 1984 Trust will only support charities registered with the Charity Commission in the UK or from UK based organisations legally exempt from the need to register. 

Applications for specific projects and development are preferred where applications should be concise and to the point.

Most grants range from low hundreds to low thousands. Grants over £5,000 appear exceptional while the majority are around £500 to £3,000.

Areas of support

  1. Religious Society of Friends (Quakers)
    1. A substantial proportion of the grants awarded by the CB & HH Taylor Trust are given for the work and concerns of the Religious Society of Friends. Projects with a defined link to Quaker work or supported by Quaker Meetings in Britain will be considered regardless of location. Please enter the country you work in on the application form in the Location box.
  2. Birmingham & West Midlands County
    1. The CB & HH Taylor Trust provides support to charitable organisations serving the West Midlands county (Birmingham, Coventry, Wolverhampton, Dudley, Sandwell, Solihull & Walsall). Trustees usually give grants between £500 and £2,000. Examples of the types of work supported can be found here.
  3. Overseas
    1. Trustees are focussed on supporting charities based in
      1. Africa (specifically: Cote d'Ivoire, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria, Rwanda, São Tomé and Príncipe, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, South Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe);
      2. the Indian subcontinent (specifically: Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka);
    2. Trustees prefer to support small, local area initiatives, as opposed to large organisations working in multiple locations;
    3. Trustees usually give grants between £500 and £2,000;
    4. Trustees have a keen interest in social, ecological and agriculture initiatives;
    5. Trustees prefer to consider charities with an income of under £500k and will not consider charities applying through the Overseas strand which have an income over £1m per annum;
  4. Additional Areas
    1. Aid for humanitarian emergencies is always considered. Please enter the country the emergency is in on the application form in the Location box.
    2. Donations may be made to charities which do not fall into the above categories but which are known particularly to a trustee.

Key dates

Application deadline 12pm(noon) 08/10/2025