Joyce Fletcher Charitable Trust

The Joyce Fletcher Charitable Trust, established in 1987 by the family of Joyce Irene Fletcher, perpetuates her legacy through family-led governance, emphasizing the social and therapeutic power of music and performing arts to benefit disabled and disadvantaged children and young people. With minimal overheads and a personal, strategic approach, the trust prioritizes compassion, creative interventions for wellbeing, and lasting impact via relational grant-making, focusing on vulnerable groups in educational, healthcare, and community settings.

It funds projects harnessing music therapy, inclusive arts programmes, and arts-based initiatives for special needs, supporting revenue, capital, core costs, established efforts, and pilots. Key beneficiaries include children facing disadvantage or disability, with grants to specialist charities like Jessie’s Fund. While open to any UK location, it prioritizes South West England (Cornwall, Devon, Dorset, Gloucestershire, Somerset, Wiltshire) for arts/music and the North of England for children’s/sporting causes.

Eligible applicants are UK-registered charities and community groups, preferably small to medium-sized with expertise in arts, music, or therapy; no strict income limits, but large nationals and individuals are rarely funded. Typical grants range £1,000–£3,000. Unsolicited letter applications (detailing purpose, history, viability, accounts, impact, and sustainability) are accepted annually, ideally by September, with a firm 1 October deadline; trustees meet post-deadline, notifying by year-end. Distinctively, its unwavering regional arts focus and family ethos set it apart for aligned creative-social missions.