Racing Welfare

The charity prioritises individual hardship grants for essential goods, emergency relief, health costs such as mental health treatment and mobility aids, housing repairs, crisis recovery, and vocational training for career progression. It also offers organisational-level support through community events, health initiatives, and wellbeing campaigns that foster social connection, including exercise programmes and digital inclusion for retirees. Support is available across racing communities in England, Wales, and Scotland, with a particular focus on rural areas, young entrants, and older retirees. All funding is directed at individuals, not organisations or projects.

Beneficiaries include stable and stud staff, jockeys, trainers, breeders, and racecourse and administrative personnel, along with their immediate families. The charity supports both current and former workers in the British horseracing and thoroughbred breeding industry, from recruitment through retirement. Special emphasis is placed on rural communities, young entrants, and older retirees. Applicants must have direct ties to the industry; the charity does not fund organisations, so only individuals are eligible for support.

Racing Welfare does not fund charities, organisations, or projects. Its support is exclusively for direct individual aid. It also rejects unsolicited organisational applications, meaning that groups or institutions cannot apply for funding on behalf of others.

The charity provides direct individual hardship grants, combined with a casework approach and professional advice. It also runs community wellbeing campaigns and health initiatives. Funding is independent and apolitical. Unsolicited organisational applications are not accepted.