Caretech Charitable Foundation grants
CareTech Foundation is a national and overseas grant-making charity supporting social care, carers and disabled people, with a typical grant of around £467.
Guidance last checked 16 July 2026· from the funder’s own website
Overview
CareTech Foundation is a national and overseas grant-making charity supporting general charitable purposes, the prevention or relief of poverty, and disability. Its Partnership Grants focus on three areas: recruitment and retention in the UK social care sector, prioritising people from deprived backgrounds; carer skills development; and research and innovation for disabled people. Its Match-Funding Grant matches fundraising by CareTech staff and service users, up to £350 per year, for those who have raised at least £50 for a registered UK charity. Across 950 recorded grants, its typical (median) award is £466.51.
What they fund
CareTech Foundation funds general charitable purposes, the prevention or relief of poverty, and disability, with its Partnership Grants focused on recruitment and retention in the UK social care sector, carer skills development, and research and innovation for disabled people.
Who and where
It supports people with disabilities, children and young people, older people, other charities and voluntary bodies and the general public, funding work in England and Wales as well as in Bangladesh and Pakistan.
Who they help
Where they fund
What Caretech Charitable Foundation says in its own guidance
Quoted directly from the funder’s own website, with a link to the page each quote came from. Always the most current word is theirs — check the source before you apply.
What they say they're looking for
“UK Social Care Sector: Advocate for enhanced recruitment and retention prioritizing individuals from deprived backgrounds”
Source: caretechfoundation.org.uk — Who We Fund • CareTech Foundation →
Who they say they'll fund
“We provide match-funding to CareTech staff & service users' individual fundraising efforts for a charitable cause”
Source: caretechfoundation.org.uk — Who We Fund • CareTech Foundation →
Grant sizes they mention
“CareTech staff can apply for a match-funding grant of up to £350 per year for their fundraising activity”
Source: caretechfoundation.org.uk — Who We Fund • CareTech Foundation →
Income limits they mention
“To be considered for a Match-Funding Grant the applicant must have raised at least £50 for a registered UK charity”
Source: caretechfoundation.org.uk — Who We Fund • CareTech Foundation →
What a typical grant looks like
| Typical (median) grant | £467 |
|---|---|
| Middle half of grants | £350 – £899 |
| Grants published openly | 950 |
| Most recent published grant | 2022 |
Recent grants
- RBLIAward made to support homeless veterans£2,500October 2022
- Carers WorldwideTo support unpaid carers in the global South£2,500October 2022
- IndividualSmall hardship grant awarded to CareTech Holdings plc staff and those who may recently have left the company who find themselves in significant financial hardship or at serious risk of becoming in significant financial hardship.£1,300October 2022
- IndividualSmall hardship grant awarded to CareTech Holdings plc staff and those who may recently have left the company who find themselves in significant financial hardship or at serious risk of becoming in significant financial hardship.£982October 2022
- IndividualSmall hardship grant awarded to CareTech Holdings plc staff and those who may recently have left the company who find themselves in significant financial hardship or at serious risk of becoming in significant financial hardship.£850October 2022
- IndividualSmall hardship grant awarded to CareTech Holdings plc staff and those who may recently have left the company who find themselves in significant financial hardship or at serious risk of becoming in significant financial hardship.£750October 2022
From grants Caretech Charitable Foundation publishes openly via 360Giving (the UK open grants-data standard), used under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 licence.
Their charitable objects
As registered with the Charity Commission (their formal purposes):
The objects of the charity are for the public benefit: 1. To promote the education (including social and physical training) of people with special needs and people in need by reason of ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other similar disadvantage anywhere in the world, by awarding to such persons…
How to approach them
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Common questions
How much does CareTech Foundation typically give?
Across 950 recorded grants, the typical (median) award is £466.51, with the middle half of grants ranging between £350 and £898.75. Its Match-Funding Grant offers CareTech staff up to £350 per year towards their fundraising activity.
What does CareTech Foundation fund?
It funds general charitable purposes, the prevention or relief of poverty, and disability. Its Partnership Grants focus on recruitment and retention in the UK social care sector (prioritising people from deprived backgrounds), carer skills development, and research and innovation for disabled people.
Who can apply for CareTech Foundation's Match-Funding Grant?
It provides match-funding to CareTech staff and service users' individual fundraising efforts for a charitable cause. To be considered, the applicant must have raised at least £50 for a registered UK charity.
How do I apply to CareTech Foundation?
Full guidance is on its website, www.caretechfoundation.org.uk, and its Charity Commission entry can be checked using charity number 1182567 — always confirm current rules with the funder directly, as these can change.
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Contains public sector information from the Charity Commission for England and Wales licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and grants data from 360Giving used under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0. Figures are derived (filtered and summarised by TrusteeMeetings), not republished unchanged. About the data · Terms of use. This page is a starting point for your own research, not a promise of funding, and is not endorsed by or affiliated with Caretech Charitable Foundation.