Hull and East Riding Charitable Trust

Hull and East Riding Charitable Trust advances community wellbeing for local residents through grants fostering direct benefits, participation, and inclusion. Rooted in fairness, accountability, public benefit, and non-discriminatory principles, their philosophy emphasizes needs-led responses to emerging social challenges, partnership funding, matched contributions, and multi-year commitments for sustainable infrastructure, believing tangible outcomes arise from equitable access, community empowerment, and rigorous stewardship of resources for generational impact.

They prioritize music and arts projects enhancing creativity and expression for disadvantaged children, young people, and adults; quality-of-life improvements for older people combating isolation through befriending, day services, and social activities; mental health support via counselling, peer support groups, and therapeutic interventions; services for people with physical disabilities or learning disabilities including respite care, adaptive equipment, and inclusive outings; hospice care providing end-of-life comfort; homelessness initiatives offering shelter, advocacy, and reintegration via drop-in centres and supported housing; heritage preservation repurposing community buildings for accessible events and gatherings; and youth development enabling under-18s from low-income families to join educational trips, after-school clubs, pre-school activities, sports, and overseas exchanges through vetted organizations. Interventions focus on person-centred access, preventative social inclusion, community-led heritage projects, transport for vulnerable groups, and practical equipment aiding independence, targeting families in crisis, children with complex needs, carers, and isolated elderly to build resilience and cohesion.

Exclusions encompass political or religious activities, curriculum-based education, core school buildings, purely medical research, animal welfare absent proven human benefit, general individual appeals beyond youth trips, and non-local national charities. Distinctive for unwavering Hull and East Riding focus on tangible local outcomes, they favor grassroots organizations demonstrating matched funding, direct resident benefits, cross-generational inclusion, and responsiveness to rural and urban needs like poverty, disability exclusion, youth barriers, and homelessness prevention among disadvantaged communities.