Truemark Trust

The Trust supports community-based social welfare activities across England and Wales. Funded causes include advice and information services tackling poverty and economic disadvantage, befriending and mentoring schemes, citizenship programmes, and education and training initiatives for young people. Mental health care through counselling and peer support, health education, and inclusive sport and recreation are also covered. Social care interventions for children, women and girls facing ill-health, disability or family crisis sit within scope.

Typical projects include community education, respite care for families with disabled children, after-school clubs, and therapeutic activities such as accessible boating, outdoor pursuits and creative arts. Drop-in centres addressing food insecurity, homelessness prevention, domestic abuse recovery, carer support, refugee integration and employment training for care leavers, ethnic minorities and rural communities also receive support. The Trust prioritises preventative, person-centred approaches that foster participation and independence.

Registered charities and community groups operating at neighbourhood level are eligible to apply. The Trust looks for organisations embedded in their communities, particularly those led by people with lived experience and serving isolated or overlooked individuals. Priority is given to grassroots bodies supporting older people, disabled people, children, and women and girls facing health conditions, disability or family crisis. Limited-option groups such as sensory-impaired older people, young people in poverty, care leavers, ethnic minorities and rural communities are also key beneficiaries.

There are no religious restrictions, and unsolicited applications are welcome.

Core funding, salaries and general running costs are not supported, nor are activities that do not take place within a community setting. The Trust avoids headline initiatives that duplicate statutory services and steers away from large-scale, evidence-heavy programmes in favour of practical local solutions.

The Trust funds specific projects rather than core costs, aiming for cumulative impact through a portfolio of community-based initiatives. It builds authentic partnerships with embedded grassroots organisations, favouring person-centred, preventative approaches that generate real-world participation, independence and resilience. Unsolicited applications are accepted.