Margaret Giffen Charitable Trust
Could Margaret Giffen Charitable Trust fund your project? Check fit free. Draft if yes — or shortlist better matches.
- Typical grants
- £1,000 – £3,000
- Where they fund
- Northamptonshire, Corby, Kettering
- Applications
- Accepted
- How to apply
- Phone first
Works for Registered charities, CIOs, CICs and community groups.
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register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.ukAbout Margaret Giffen Charitable Trust
The Margaret Giffen Charitable Trust is a grant-making foundation working to alleviate poverty, vulnerability, and disadvantage. Its core values emphasise responsive local action, direct practical benefit, voluntary community efforts, and preventing hardship through empowerment and inclusion. The Trust believes change arises from tangible interventions such as material aid, volunteer empowerment, and community-led services that foster resilience among families, young people, and older adults. The Trust operates primarily across Northamptonshire, prioritising local communities and grassroots organisations.
What Margaret Giffen Charitable Trust funds
The Trust funds poverty alleviation through food banks, starter packs, and essentials for families facing cost of living pressures. It supports child and youth welfare via volunteer training, drama projects, and after-school activities. Elderly care includes isolation support, mental health counselling, and physical wellbeing services. The Trust also funds adult literacy, inclusive arts access, mental and physical health support (including cancer care), family crisis prevention and carer respite, and animal welfare, particularly equine rescue. All funding is concentrated in Northamptonshire, targeting disadvantaged communities.
Who can apply
The Trust funds registered charities and community groups operating in Northamptonshire, with a focus on Corby, Kettering, and North Northamptonshire. It prioritises grassroots organisations and established charities delivering preventative, person-centred, community-led aid. Beneficiaries include families, young people, older adults, and other marginalised groups facing poverty, isolation, or disadvantage. There is no religious restriction on applicants.
What Margaret Giffen Charitable Trust doesn't fund
The Trust does not fund non-charitable purposes or personal benefits. It rarely supports national entities that lack local ties to Northamptonshire. Support for organisations outside the region is not provided.
How they like to fund
The Trust welcomes unsolicited applications. It emphasises long-term impact through practical, inclusive grassroots interventions, focusing on direct service delivery and community-led projects. Funding decisions are guided by the charity's core values of responsive local action and sustained wellbeing.
How much does Margaret Giffen Charitable Trust give?
Typical published range. What your charity could realistically get — and whether you would clear their rules on income, location and legal structure — is the free fit check.
When to apply, and how long their decisions take.
Income, location, legal structure and exactly who they fund — matched to your charity.
Good to know
How to apply to Margaret Giffen Charitable Trust
Margaret Giffen Charitable Trust takes applications via phone first.
- Check whether your charity is in scope before you spend time on a full bid.
How it works
- 1Describe your project. Once — used for this funder and others.
- 2See if this could be a fit. Honest check on cause, place, size, and rules.
- 3Draft if yes. From your real data — or move on if not.
See if Margaret Giffen Charitable Trust could be a fit. Draft if yes.
Margaret Giffen Charitable Trust on the charity register
Registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales as MARGARET GIFFEN CHARITABLE TRUST, charity number 1022838.
Frequently asked questions
How much funding does Margaret Giffen Charitable Trust provide?
Margaret Giffen Charitable Trust typically provides grants of £1,000 - £3,000.
Where does Margaret Giffen Charitable Trust fund charities?
Margaret Giffen Charitable Trust funds charities operating in Northamptonshire, Corby, Kettering.
Does Margaret Giffen Charitable Trust accept unsolicited applications?
Margaret Giffen Charitable Trust accepts unsolicited applications from eligible organisations. Current programme status is on this page — do not assume a round is open.
How do I apply for funding from Margaret Giffen Charitable Trust?
Margaret Giffen Charitable Trust takes applications via phone first. Check whether your charity is in scope before you spend time on a full bid.
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