Newby Trust: Grants for Charities
Overview
What They Fund
The Newby Trust (the “Trust”) funds local, regional or national charities registered in the UK within the broad categories of education, the environment, health and social welfare.
The principal purpose of the Trust is to enable people in the UK to improve their quality of life and fulfil their potential. In 2024, the trustees added a new category to provide support for the natural environment.
- In the Education, Health and Welfare categories all activities must be undertaken in the UK and the Trust is more likely to fund smaller or medium-sized charities with an annual income of less than £1,000,000.
- In the Environment category, the Trust will fund larger charities and projects may be outside the UK but the applicant and grant-recipient must be a UK-registered charity.
- In general, only charities that are invited to apply will be considered for a grant.
Education
The current aims of the Trust’s education programme are to enable people to benefit from educational opportunities and to support excellence.
Specifically, the Trust wishes:
- to fund extra-curricular artistic and sporting activities for children and young people
- to nurture ability and talent at all ages
All activities must be undertaken in the UK and the Trust is more likely to fund smaller or medium-sized charities with an annual income of less than £1,000,000.
Education grants are not given to individuals.
Other educational grants may be made from time to time to charities suggested by the Trustees and members of the Trust.
Environment
The environment was added as an additional category in 2024. The aim is to protect or restore climate-critical habitats and to slow down climate change. The objectives within the category are:
- to support local initiatives that help biodiversity and the natural environment
- to challenge and prevent environmentally damaging activities.
The first grants were made to Heal Rewilding, Project Seagrass, Trees for Cities, Cool Earth and Rewilding Britain.
In 2024, the Trust supported the Beaver Trust, Blue Marine Foundation, Client Earth, and Global Witness Trust.
Health
The broad objectives of the health category are to:
- maintain and improve the mental health of children and young people
- support people with dementia
Under the first heading within this category, the Trust has previously supported The Bridge Foundation in Bristol, Blue Smile in Cambridge, The Wave Project in Scarborough and Ride High in Milton Keynes.
Under the second heading, the Trust has made grants to Alive Activities, Dementia Friendly Parishes on the Realm, Forget-me-not Chorus, Dementia Adventure, Approach Dementia Support, Lost Chord and Age Exchange.
In 2023-2024, the Trust made grants to Stormbreak, Tor Support, Sport in Mind, Ride High and RAW Workshop.
Social Welfare
The aim of the social welfare category is to improve people’s quality of life in disadvantaged communities. The Trust’s broad objectives in this category are to:
- support refugees and asylum seekers
- support people without secure homes and food
Under the first heading, the Trust has previously funded BACA, Borderlands, The Bike Project, Action Foundation, St. Chad’s Sanctuary and Room to Heal and has made regular grants to Freedom from Torture.
Under the second heading, the Trust has made grants to Feeding Families in the North East, the Blackmore Vale Pantry in Dorset, Wintercomfort in Cambridge, Back on Track Manchester, Bags of Taste, Help Bristol’s Homeless, Project Food and Lifeshare.
In 2024, the Trust supported Refugee Action, LASSN and JCWI as well as FoodCycle, Fareshare and Mustard Tree.