Capital, revenue and core grants are available for not-for-profit organisations that are providing services and activities for people aged 65 and over in Berkshire, Guernsey, Kent, Suffolk, Surrey, Tyne & Wear, and Wiltshire.
The Pargiter Trust’s vision is to achieve “a society where older people have a better quality of life”, while its mission is to “support disadvantaged older people to be independent, healthy and socially included”.
The Trust operates in specific parts of England and Guernsey to enable disadvantaged older people (aged 65 and over) to be independent, healthy and socially included.
Its grants are delivered through Community Foundation and have funded (please note that this is not an exclusive list):
• Advice and information.
• Arts and creativity.
• Befriending.
• Connecting people during Covid-19 with I-Pads and laptops.
• Leisure activities.
• Providing hot meals.
• Shopping, and
• Core costs
Grants can be used for existing services, to improve facilities, develop new projects, purchase equipment or for ongoing core running costs that meet one or more of the following objectives:
- Improving Access to Facilities, Advice and Training - providing transport, supporting Good Neighbourhood and befriending schemes and improving access to information and IT for older people.
- Improving Health and Wellbeing - reducing isolation, providing hot meals and refreshments and helping older people to stay active through sports, arts, recreation, social clubs and volunteering, and/or
- Overcoming Problems - helping older people who are experiencing difficult circumstances due to an illness, injury, disability, bereavement or financial difficulty.
Application deadlines and processes will vary according to each Community Foundation area the Pargiter Trust operates in. For Wiltshire, this is the Wiltshire Community Foundation: