E C Sosnow Charitable Trust

The trust supports a broad spectrum of charitable purposes, with a recurrent focus on education, arts, healthcare, poverty alleviation, and support for disadvantaged or underprivileged communities. It also provides emergency relief across the UK and occasionally abroad. Funding covers projects, core costs, and occasional capital or urgent needs, with a preference for small to medium-sized UK-registered charities tackling local needs. Beneficiaries have included organisations working with visually impaired people, such as the Royal National Institute of Blind People, as well as those delivering community welfare and cultural initiatives. The trust's flexible, case-by-case approach means it can respond to a wide range of charitable activities without being limited to predefined themes.

Eligible applicants are UK-registered charities operating throughout England and Wales. The trust favours small to medium-sized organisations tackling local needs, with no income thresholds but a clear preference for smaller groups. Unsolicited applications from individuals or non-charities are excluded. The trust has no religious criteria, and its flexible approach means it considers a wide range of charitable purposes. Organisations working with disadvantaged or underprivileged communities, as well as those in education, arts, healthcare, and poverty alleviation, are particularly aligned with the trust's priorities.

The trust does not accept unsolicited applications from individuals or non-charitable organisations. It also does not operate rigid thematic calls, preferring to consider each case on its merits. There are no fixed restrictions on the types of charitable purposes it supports, but the trust's focus remains on UK-registered charities, with occasional support abroad.