Charitable trusts and foundations

Support from trusts and foundations enables us to deliver our important services and help those most in need across Britain. Grants enable us to keep mobilising volunteers across services like community transport and Calls with Care, and help maintain and improve our much-loved community centres.   

Grant funding underpins our national programmes too, like Living Well with Dementia, regional networks of social clubs and First Time for Everything events, and larger scale programmes that address societal issues and demonstrate the power of volunteering and its far-reaching benefits for individuals and their communities.  

We'd be delighted to tell you more about our work and discuss how we can meet your funding objectives. With a diverse range of services to invest in, we are confident you will be able to create the impact you would like to see in the communities where it matters most.  

We focus on issues such as disadvantage and inequalities in health, and extending the reach of volunteering benefits to underrepresented groups. Our services typically focus on improving wellbeing and mental health, older people, and anyone who is otherwise isolated due to ill health, disability or circumstance – especially in more rural areas. Our work spans England, Scotland and Wales, with national programmes reaching from the Scottish Borders to Kent.  

We are very grateful to all our trust and foundation partners for their generous support.