Ammco Trust

The trust funds a broad spectrum of health and disability services, including support for people with sight loss through accessible educational resources and adaptive equipment, epilepsy communities via SUDEP awareness, advocacy, peer support groups, and family counselling, and group B strep prevention with research, helplines, and parent training programmes. Thematic priorities encompass neurological conditions, chronic illnesses, and complex health needs, backing scientific research, therapeutic activities, respite care, day services, and outreach for children, families, and adults facing physical disabilities or medical vulnerabilities. Social welfare initiatives receive backing for community engagement, arts-based therapies promoting mental wellbeing, running costs for drop-in centres, and capacity building enabling holistic, person-centred care models that foster independence, prevent isolation, and deliver early intervention for disadvantaged residents. Geographically, the trust supports charities in Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Gloucestershire, West Berkshire, and Wiltshire, with a priority on Oxfordshire.

The trust funds registered charities and community groups that are locally embedded in Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Gloucestershire, West Berkshire, or Wiltshire. It prioritises small to medium charities serving medically vulnerable beneficiaries, such as families managing chronic conditions, individuals with neurological disorders, and isolated community members in regional towns, villages, and rural heartlands. Organisations demonstrating tangible public benefit, evidence-based practices, and alignment with human support services are favoured over national or unrelated causes.

The trust has no rigid thematic exclusions but distinctly prioritises charities serving medically vulnerable beneficiaries and locally embedded organisations over national or unrelated causes. It does not typically support causes outside its geographic focus or those not aligned with human support services.

The trust provides flexible, responsive funding, including core funding and unrestricted support, to bolster grassroots organisations. It emphasises partnership with small to medium charities, prioritising capacity building and multi-year support where appropriate. Unsolicited applications are welcomed.