Charlotte Bonham-Carter Charitable Trust

The Charlotte Bonham-Carter Charitable Trust perpetuates Lady Charlotte's philanthropic legacy through targeted grantmaking advancing arts, cultural preservation, countryside conservation, young carer support, older people services, and early intervention for disadvantaged children and young people. Core values emphasize meaningful impact on smaller grassroots organizations, personal alignment with founder's vision, preventative action to avert crisis, community empowerment via culturally enriching and environmentally sustaining initiatives, and stewardship prioritizing direct project contributions over expansive overheads. Their impact approach favors selective, discretionary support for interventions where modest grants catalyze transformative change in aligned causes, believing authentic legacy endures through culturally vibrant, carer-resilient, and youth-thriving communities.

Thematic priorities encompass artistic initiatives fostering creative arts, gallery exhibitions, and cultural heritage projects enriching community life; countryside conservation efforts preserving rural landscapes, environmental stewardship, and outdoor access for isolated individuals; dedicated services for young carers including respite care, peer support groups, and family carer support to alleviate exhaustion and sustain family resilience; community-based programs for older people addressing social isolation, befriending, day services, and holistic wellbeing through person-centred activities; and preventative interventions for disadvantaged children and young people such as early years support, SEND education including dyslexia therapy and learning disabilities programs, after-school clubs, mentoring, scholarships for educational access, and family support via home-visiting schemes like Home-Start to combat poverty, exclusion, and developmental barriers. Funded activities prioritize therapeutic creative arts, trauma-informed carer counselling, community-led rural conservation, evidence-based early intervention, and inclusive peer networks tackling food insecurity, complex needs, and youth disadvantage.

Exclusions encompass religious or political organizations, Scouts or Girl Guides, animal charities, large medical research entities, individuals, and fundraiser sponsorships, alongside major capital appeals or unrelated overheads. Distinctives include niche Hampshire-centric focus on rural communities and county-based grassroots charities, preference for dyslexia-specific learning support, young carer respite preventing family breakdown, elderly isolation alleviation, and countryside heritage preservation reflecting founder's personal ethos; they seek organizations embodying lived-experience leadership, preventative philosophy, and cultural-environmental synergy for enduring local impact.