Edward and Dorothy Cadbury Trust

The trust prioritises arts and culture, community projects and integration, compassionate support for vulnerable groups, conservation and the natural environment, and education and training. It backs specific interventions such as prison music programmes, cultural initiatives, environmental efforts, and projects fostering resilience and alleviating disadvantage. Support is focused on the West Midlands, including Birmingham, Herefordshire, Shropshire, Staffordshire, Warwickshire, and Worcestershire. The trust favours small to medium-sized voluntary groups that demonstrate clear outcomes and local impact, often providing repeat funding for aligned charities.

Eligible applicants are UK-registered charities, community groups, and other voluntary organisations operating in the West Midlands—specifically Birmingham, Herefordshire, Shropshire, Staffordshire, Warwickshire, and Worcestershire. The trust prefers small to medium-sized groups focused on local impact, with no strict income thresholds. Unsolicited applications are welcomed. Organisations working with vulnerable groups, promoting social inclusion, or addressing disadvantage are particularly encouraged to apply.

The trust does not fund endowments, ongoing costs without defined outcomes, or individuals. It also avoids proposals that fall outside its geographic and thematic priorities, ensuring resources are directed to aligned local charities in the West Midlands.

The trust provides one-off grants, some core costs, and capital appeals, typically through repeat funding for charities that demonstrate clear outcomes. It values relationship-building and offers networks and learning opportunities for grantees. Unsolicited applications are accepted, and the trust operates with an efficient, targeted distribution approach.