Morel Charitable Trust
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- Typical grants
- £2,000 – £10,000
- Applications
- Accepted
- How to apply
- Online form
- Decisions
- Rolling (no fixed deadline)
Works for Registered charities, CIOs, CICs and community groups.
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register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.ukAbout Morel Charitable Trust
The Morel Charitable Trust is a family-rooted philanthropic foundation established by the Morel and Gibbs families. Its mission centres on fostering creativity, cultural vibrancy, social inclusion, and global interconnectedness. The Trust values artistic excellence, challenging prejudice, building harmonious diverse communities, and humanitarian outreach. Grantmaking is guided by trustee discretion, generational stewardship, and a focus on high-quality, aligned projects that use creativity as a catalyst for empathy and cross-cultural understanding. The Trust combines a multi-generational family governance with a niche emphasis on drama and a blend of UK-focused social cohesion and global humanitarianism.
What Morel Charitable Trust funds
The Trust supports three main areas: the arts, race relations, and international development. In the arts, it prioritises drama and theatre, funding creative arts programmes, theatre productions, drama workshops, and performing arts initiatives that engage communities through storytelling and cultural expression. For race relations, it funds interventions addressing racial inequality, prejudice reduction, intercultural dialogue, community cohesion, and anti-discrimination advocacy for ethnic minorities and diverse populations. Internationally, it backs humanitarian aid, global development, refugee support, and overseas community empowerment tackling poverty and displacement. The Trust operates throughout England and Wales for its UK programmes and also supports projects overseas. Valued activities include community-led arts events promoting inclusion, peer-facilitated dialogue groups fostering racial harmony, therapeutic drama for emotional resilience, and partnership-driven international aid.
Who can apply
The Morel Charitable Trust funds registered charities only. It gives priority to established charities that serve ethnic minorities in urban diverse communities, isolated immigrant groups, and international beneficiaries in crisis regions. The Trust's grantmaking focuses on organisations that demonstrate excellence and cultural resonance in arts, race relations, or international development. There is no religious restriction on who can apply.
What Morel Charitable Trust doesn't fund
The Trust does not fund projects outside its three priority areas of arts/drama, race relations, and international development. This includes general education, health services, and environmental work that lack thematic alignment with these areas.
How they like to fund
The Trust makes grants by trustee discretion, focusing on high-quality, aligned projects. It welcomes unsolicited applications. The Trust values generational stewardship and enduring impact, favouring excellence-driven, culturally resonant interventions. It operates as a family foundation with a multi-generational governance structure.
How much does Morel 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.
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How to apply to Morel Charitable Trust
Morel Charitable Trust takes applications via online form.
- Decisions are typically rolling (no fixed deadline).
- 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.
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Morel Charitable Trust on the charity register
Registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales as THE MOREL CHARITABLE TRUST, charity number 268943.
Frequently asked questions
How much funding does Morel Charitable Trust provide?
Morel Charitable Trust typically provides grants of £2,000 - £10,000.
Where does Morel Charitable Trust fund charities?
Morel Charitable Trust funds charities operating in the UK.
Does Morel Charitable Trust accept unsolicited applications?
Morel 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 Morel Charitable Trust?
Morel Charitable Trust takes applications via online form. Decisions are typically rolling (no fixed deadline).
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