Winifred Eileen Kemp Trust

The Winifred Eileen Kemp Trust is a grant-making charity established in 2008, dedicated to relieving poverty and disablement among children, young people, the elderly, and their families and dependants specifically in the City of Nottingham and Nottinghamshire. With a hyper-local ethos, it channels resources into practical, targeted interventions via grants to charities and organisations, emphasising direct improvements in quality of life without broader strategic plans or public value statements. Its methodical approach, guided by trustees with strong financial oversight, prioritises tangible impact for vulnerable groups facing hardship.

The Trust funds direct service delivery, project costs, capacity building, and capital improvements addressing poverty relief and disability support across ages. Key examples include grants to Reach Learning Disability for support services, Autism East Midlands for child autism facilities, Literacy Volunteers for disadvantaged children's literacy projects, Age UK Nottingham & Nottinghamshire for elderly care, Sense for deafblind services, and The Prison Fellowship for related needs—all tied to Nottinghamshire residents.

Eligible applicants are strictly UK-registered charities and small to medium voluntary organisations (typically incomes under £1M) serving beneficiaries in Nottingham and Nottinghamshire; national charities are rarely funded unless locally focused. It does not accept unsolicited applications—grants are awarded invite-only at adhoc trustee meetings with no published deadlines or processes.

Distinctively niche, the Trust eschews generalist causes, unrestricted funding, activities outside its objects or geography, and open calls, standing out for its unwavering commitment to localised poverty and disability alleviation through modest, practical grants ranging £1,000–£7,500.