One-off revenue grants for projects and core costs up to £5,000 are available to UK registered charities working at a grassroots level in the areas of the arts, the environment and medical care.
The D’Oyly Carte Charitable Trust provides revenue funding for core operational and project costs for locally-based, grassroots UK registered charities that are providing services to UK communities in the following fields:
The Arts, particularly:
- The promotion of access, education and excellence in the arts for young people to increase their opportunities to become involved outside school and to build future audiences with special emphasis on choral singing for children and young people to encourage recruitment into choirs.
- Performance development opportunities in the performing arts for those in the early stages of their careers, encouraging involvement in the community through performances and workshops for the benefit of those with special needs and those who would otherwise have no opportunity to hear or participate in a live performance, and
- Support for charities seeking to engage with young people on the fringes of society through music and drama projects to improve their employability and diminish the risk of social exclusion.
Improvement and Protection of the Environment, particularly:
- Conservation of the countryside and its woodlands, with emphasis on the encouragement of voluntary work and active involvement in hands-on activities, particularly activities that bring about positive changes in the lives of young people and help them to experience the value of nature.
- Rural crafts and skills in heritage conservation, with emphasis on increasingly rare skills that would otherwise be lost, and
- Social and therapeutic horticulture: projects that use gardening or other environmental activities to bring about positive changes in the lives of those who are living with disabilities or ill health.
Medical Welfare, particularly:
- Support for charities concerned with alleviating the suffering of adults and children with medical conditions who have difficulty finding support through traditional sources.
- The provision of music and art therapy to improve quality of life, and
- The welfare of those who care for others through the provision of breaks for those carers without regular support - and with emphasis on projects and schemes that allow young carers to enjoy being children.
Registered charities wishing to apply for a grant are requested to do so online via the Trust's website.
Applicants are required to study the Charity’s online Guidelines before submitting an application to ensure full compliance, and an eligibility portal indicates whether an application can proceed to the online application form.
Once an application has been submitted via the website an automatically generated response confirms receipt to the applicant, with a copy of the application form attached.
The Trust considers applications 3 times a year at their Board meetings held in March, July and November, and the majority of grants awarded are on a one-off basis. Longer-term grants are very occasionally agreed to charities whose work the Trustees know well, for a maximum period of three years, mainly in respect of bursary funding for arts education.
Please note that applicants who have unsuccessfully applied for grants support may not reapply for a period of 24 months.