Grants up to £5,000 are available to UK organisations that promote access to justice (particularly for people trying to get support to meet their basic personal needs), equality of opportunity and a sustainable environment in the UK and/or overseas.
Matrix Chambers is a barristers’ chambers located in London, Geneva and Brussels. The Matrix Causes Fund (MCF) is a charitable fund provided by the legal company Matrix Chambers and managed by the charity Prism the Gift Fund. Since 2003 Matrix has committed over £2 million to national and international charitable causes.
The Matrix Causes Fund (MCF) provides support to organisations which promote:
- Access to justice (particularly for people trying to get support to meet their basic personal needs).
- Equality of opportunity, and/or
- A sustainable environment.
Applications are particularly welcome from organisations in the UK whose focus is on supporting the needs of vulnerable persons such as (please note this is not an exclusive list):
- Prisoners.
- Asylum seekers.
- People with mental health difficulties.
- People (particularly children) with disabilities, and
- Women in refuges.
The MCF provides one-off grants of up to £5,000, or funding of up to £3,000 per year for 3 years to UK registered charities. A number of case studies of previously funded organisations can be found on the Matrix Causes Fund website (scroll down the page).
The Matrix Causes Fund may be able to consider applications from organisations that are not registered as a charity in the UK. There is a separate application form for applications for overseas projects and from organisations that are not registered charities.
Further information, guidance and details about how to apply is available on the Matrix website.
The fund has two deadlines per year - 31 March and 30 September.