Kelly Family Charitable Trust

The Trust funds registered charities working across the UK, with a focus on local or regional projects rather than national ones. Its core areas include children and youth, poverty and hardship, criminal justice, domestic abuse, and mental health. It supports a range of costs: core costs, project delivery, and capital works. The Trust is particularly interested in interventions that strengthen family relationships, prevent crisis, and build resilience within communities. It will consider innovative pilots from larger charities as long as the work is regional in scope.

The Trust supports registered charities, with a strong preference for smaller organisations. It encourages applications from newly established charities that may struggle to find funding elsewhere. The Trust prioritises charities whose work directly benefits families and individuals facing challenges such as relationship strain, domestic abuse, mental health difficulties, or the effects of imprisonment. It does not fund non-registered charities, individuals, or general appeals.

The Trust does not fund non-registered charities, individuals, general appeals, or national charities unless the project is regional. It also excludes projects with a religious or political agenda, and will not consider faith-based causes. Applications from organisations that do not meet the registered charity requirement are not accepted.

The Trust accepts unsolicited applications and offers grants that can cover core costs, project delivery, or capital works. It builds close relationships with grantees through progress reports and values a flexible, supportive approach. The Trust prefers to fund smaller charities and is open to considering requests for higher amounts on a case-by-case basis, though it typically focuses on modest grants that make a meaningful difference.