J Reginald Corah Foundation Fund

The J Reginald Corah Foundation Fund advances welfare, education, and opportunities for disadvantaged communities rooted in Leicester's textile heritage, prioritizing localism, continuity, and tangible community impact through needs-driven project support. Grounded in supporting hosiery sector employees and ex-employees alongside broader local groups, its philosophy emphasizes trustee-led decisions fostering practical interventions that empower grassroots organizations, build community resilience, and address enduring social challenges via evidence of local need, partnership with small charities, and focus on measurable advancement for those facing barriers.

It funds wide-ranging initiatives including education and training programs like literacy support and skills development for children and young people at risk of exclusion, disability and special needs services offering respite care, inclusive activities, and day services for people with learning disabilities, physical disabilities, autism spectrum disorder, ADHD, and complex health needs, health advancement through immediate care schemes, therapeutic transport like blood bikes, and mental health outreach, poverty relief via community welfare hubs tackling food insecurity, homelessness prevention, and family support for carers, elderly care addressing isolation through befriending, day centres, and housing adaptations, arts and culture projects like performing arts and creative therapies for youth emotional wellbeing and social cohesion, amateur sports and outdoor activities promoting physical health and youth development, economic development training combating youth unemployment and supporting care leavers aged 16-25, and peer support groups for families, refugees, ethnic minorities, and rural communities building resilience through community-led, preventative, person-centred approaches.

Exclusions include direct individual grants, general operating costs, unrestricted funding, and projects beyond Leicester, Leicestershire, and Rutland communities. Distinctive for its heritage-linked focus on hosiery workers' welfare, broad remit spanning youth work, disability support, elderly care, and cultural advancement, it prioritizes small to mid-sized grassroots charities demonstrating urgent local needs, evidence-based interventions, trauma-informed care, and holistic family support, favoring practical equipment, therapeutic activities, and collaborative efforts driving sustainable local change.