Schroder Charity Trust

Schroder Charity Trust is an independent UK grant-making family trust with a mission to empower disadvantaged children, young adults, and vulnerable communities, enabling thriving in education, employment, and wellbeing through sustainable, measurable interventions. Core values emphasize empowerment, resilience-building, equity, and lasting change against systemic barriers, driven by a philosophy of strategic partnership with charities demonstrating strong community ties, evidence-based impact, clear outcomes, and potential for enduring benefits beyond grants. They believe transformative change arises from targeted support amplifying individual potential and community strength.

Thematic priorities center on early intervention for vulnerable children including school readiness programs, reading and literacy catch-up, academic attainment boosts at primary and secondary levels, financial literacy education, vocational training, apprenticeship pathways, and employment support for young offenders transitioning from justice systems. They fund youth work developing life skills and wellbeing, poverty relief addressing financial hardship and material deprivation for families in crisis, life outcomes enhancement for children in care or care leavers, social isolation reduction and independence promotion for older people through befriending and day services, and homelessness prevention via stable housing pathways, outreach, and drop-in support. Supported activities encompass after-school clubs, mentoring, employability training, therapeutic youth programs, peer support groups, advocacy for SEND education, and community-led resilience initiatives tackling food insecurity, youth unemployment, and family carer burdens.

Exclusions include capital projects, multi-year funding, emergency aid, and unrestricted grants, prioritizing instead one-year core costs and projects with proven sustainability. Distinctive focus lies in UK-wide support for disadvantaged children and young people from low-income backgrounds, vulnerable elderly, homeless individuals, and those at risk of exclusion, favoring charities with robust impact measurement, community partnerships, and innovative approaches to preventative education, employment barriers, and holistic wellbeing for complex needs like care system transitions or isolation.