Summerfield Charitable Trust

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Typical grants: £10,000 – £50,000
Where they fund: Gloucestershire
Applications: Accepted
How to apply: Two-stage application
Decisions: Quarterly

Works for Registered charities, CIOs, CICs and community groups.

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About Summerfield Charitable Trust

The Summerfield Charitable Trust is a Gloucestershire-based grant-maker that supports community-led projects. The Trust's grant-making is shaped by five focused themes: Connected Society, Children & Families, Ageing Well, Arts, Sports & Culture, and Nature & Climate. The Trust values long-term self-sufficiency, partnership working, and active involvement with beneficiaries, and prefers to fund initiatives where outcomes are clearly defined. It is committed to fostering vibrant, sustainable local communities through its funding.

What Summerfield Charitable Trust funds

The Trust supports projects across five themes: Connected Society (such as community hubs and befriending schemes), Children & Families (including early intervention and developmental activities), Ageing Well (like day services and therapeutic support), Arts, Sports & Culture (expanding access to creative arts and heritage), and Nature & Climate (biodiversity conservation and sustainability education). It funds a wide range of costs including salaries, project delivery, equipment, training, and capital works. All funded projects must take place in Gloucestershire, and the Trust prefers to support initiatives that will start within six months of receiving a grant.

Who can apply

Registered charities, CIOs, community groups, and social enterprises based in Gloucestershire are eligible to apply. The Trust supports projects benefiting children, young people, older people, and the general public. Key considerations include a project's potential for long-term self-sufficiency, partnership working, and active involvement with beneficiaries. The Trust does not fund individuals.

What Summerfield Charitable Trust doesn't fund

The Trust does not fund mental health, physical health, or animal-related projects. Other exclusions include private education, trips abroad, projects that have already taken place, and repeat grants within two years of a previous award.

How they like to fund

The Trust welcomes unsolicited applications. It prefers to fund projects that demonstrate clear outcomes, partnership potential, and active beneficiary involvement. Grants are typically one-off, and the Trust values initiatives with long-term self-sufficiency plans.

How much does Summerfield Charitable Trust give?

Summerfield Charitable Trust runs one grant programme. Every figure below is sourced from their published guidance.

Last verified 8 August 2026 · 15 sourced facts

General Grant ProgrammeCurrently closed

Up to £10,000

Two-stage process

Those are the published figures. What your charity could realistically get — and whether you'd clear their rules on income, location and legal structure — is what the free fit check answers.

What Summerfield Charitable Trust funds — and what they won't

Their stated priorities

The Trust has five focused themes: Connected Society, Children & Families, Ageing Well, Arts, Sports & Culture, Nature & Climate. Key considerations: planning for long term self-sufficiency, potential to work in partnership, active involvement with beneficiaries, outcomes of the project/service. The Trustees prefer to support projects that will take place or start within six months of receiving the grant.

Where they fund

Gloucestershire

Costs they'll cover

SalariesProject deliveryEquipmentTrainingCapital works & buildings

They don't fund

Mental healthPhysical healthAnimalsIndividuals

The full exclusions list (4)

Private education
Fund trips abroad
Projects that have already taken place
Repeat grants (within two years)

Good to know

FaithNo restriction

Focus areas

CommunityOlder peopleArts & cultureChildren & youthEnvironment

How to apply to Summerfield Charitable Trust

Summerfield Charitable Trust takes applications via two-stage application.

Published programme route: two-stage process.
Decisions are typically quarterly.
Check whether your charity is in scope before you spend time on a full bid.

How it works

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Frequently asked questions

How much funding does Summerfield Charitable Trust provide?

Summerfield Charitable Trust runs one grant programme — General Grant Programme: Up to £10,000.

Where does Summerfield Charitable Trust fund charities?

Summerfield Charitable Trust funds charities operating in Gloucestershire.

Does Summerfield Charitable Trust accept unsolicited applications?

Summerfield Charitable Trust accepts unsolicited applications from eligible organisations. Current programme status is on this page — do not assume a round is open.

What does Summerfield Charitable Trust not fund?

Their published exclusions include: Private education; Fund trips abroad; Projects that have already taken place; Repeat grants (within two years). The full exclusions list is further up this page.

How do I apply for funding from Summerfield Charitable Trust?

Summerfield Charitable Trust takes applications via two-stage application. Published programme route: two-stage process.