Colwinston Charitable Trust

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Typical grants: £5,000 – £50,000
Where they fund: uk
Applications: Accepted
How to apply: Email application
Decisions: Bi annually

Works for Registered charities, CIOs, CICs and community groups.

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About Colwinston Charitable Trust

The Colwinston Charitable Trust supports high-quality arts projects across the UK, with a particular emphasis on Wales. Established in 1995, its mission is to fund projects that demonstrate excellence in creative ambition, collaboration, and audience development, especially for young people and families. The Trust also prioritises arts education and outreach, distinctive festivals, and filling gaps in artistic provision in Wales. It is open to multi-year commitments and funds registered charities for project delivery and capital works. The Trust's funding character is focused on ambitious, innovative work that helps people appreciate the possibilities the Arts can offer, telling big stories designed to achieve ultimate impact and enjoyment for audiences.

What Colwinston Charitable Trust funds

The Trust funds arts and culture projects across the UK, with a strong focus on Wales. Supported activities include projects that demonstrate excellence in creative ambition, collaborative projects, those developing new audiences, and work targeting families and young people. They also fund arts educational and outreach projects, distinctive high-quality festivals, projects filling gaps in artistic provision in Wales, and commissioning new work for emerging and mid-career Welsh artists. Additionally, they support projects increasing financial sustainability. The Trust funds project delivery and capital works, and is open to multi-year commitments.

Who can apply

UK-registered charities can apply, with a particular emphasis on organisations based in or working in Wales. The Trust prioritises projects benefiting children and young people, and those developing new audiences. Organisations may only apply for one grant per financial year. The Trust does not fund individuals, Friends of charities, or community arts projects and performances by amateur groups.

What Colwinston Charitable Trust doesn't fund

The Trust does not fund core costs, salaries, research, events, or equipment. They also exclude community arts projects and performances by amateur groups, commercial recordings other than those benefiting emerging or mid-career Welsh composers, and activity outside the UK. Friends of charities and individuals are not supported.

How they like to fund

The Trust makes grants for project delivery and capital works, and is open to multi-year commitments. They welcome unsolicited applications from UK-registered charities. Match funding is not required.

How much does Colwinston Charitable Trust give?

Colwinston Charitable Trust runs 2 grant programmes. Every figure below is sourced from their published guidance.

Last verified 8 August 2026 · 26 sourced facts

30th Anniversary FundCurrently closed

Main Grant ProgrammeOpen to applications

£5,000 – £30,000

Two-stage process
Next deadline 30 September 2026
2 rounds a year
Decisions in ~16 weeks
Multi-year funding

Those are the published figures. What your charity could realistically get — and whether you'd clear their rules on income, location and legal structure — is what the free fit check answers.

What Colwinston Charitable Trust funds — and what they won't

Their stated priorities

Ambitious, innovative and high-profile projects that help people appreciate the possibilities the Arts can offer, telling big stories designed to achieve ultimate impact and enjoyment for audiences.

Where they fund

Costs they'll cover

Project deliveryCapital works & buildings

They don't fund

Core costsSalariesResearchEventsEquipmentIndividuals

The full exclusions list (1)

Friends of... charities; organisations may only apply for one grant per financial year; activity outside the UK; community arts projects and performances by amateur groups; commercial recordings other than those benefiting emerging/mid-career Welsh composers.

Good to know

FaithNo restriction

Focus areas

Arts & cultureChildren & youth

How to apply to Colwinston Charitable Trust

Colwinston Charitable Trust takes applications via email application.

Published programme route: two-stage process.
Decisions are typically bi annually.
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How it works

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2
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Frequently asked questions

How much funding does Colwinston Charitable Trust provide?

Colwinston Charitable Trust runs 2 grant programmes — Main Grant Programme: £5,000 – £30,000.

Where does Colwinston Charitable Trust fund charities?

Colwinston Charitable Trust funds charities operating in uk.

Does Colwinston Charitable Trust accept unsolicited applications?

Colwinston Charitable Trust accepts unsolicited applications from eligible organisations. Current programme status is on this page — do not assume a round is open.

What does Colwinston Charitable Trust not fund?

Their published exclusions include: Friends of... charities; organisations may only apply for one grant per financial year; activity outside the UK; community arts projects and performances by amateur groups; commercial recordings other than those benefiting emerging/mid-career Welsh composers.. The full exclusions list is further up this page.

How do I apply for funding from Colwinston Charitable Trust?

Colwinston Charitable Trust takes applications via email application. Published programme route: two-stage process.