Childhood Trust grants

Overview

The Childhood Trust funds and supports charities working closely with communities to help children and young people in London live safer, happier lives. The first thing to know is that when our sources were collected, its own website said applications for funding are currently closed. Its grant-making runs through match funding: it uses the Big Give's pledge model for its two match-funding programmes. Champions for Children takes place annually in June, providing a wide range of funding for work that supports children and young people across London. It also supports the Big Give's Christmas Challenge as a Champion Funder. It has said it is testing a new entry level model, for the first time, for small grassroots charities with an annual income of £500,000 or less.

What they fund

The Charity Commission register records the broad areas this charity works in. For the Childhood Trust this is the prevention or relief of poverty.

Who and where

The register also records who it works with and where. It lists children and young people and other charities and voluntary bodies, in London.

Who they help

Where they fund

What Childhood Trust 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.

Their charitable objects

As registered with the Charity Commission (their formal purposes):

The objects of the childhood trust are to prevent or relieve poverty or deprivation, in particular among children and young people, by providing grants, items and services to individuals in need and/or charities, or other organisations working to prevent or relieve poverty or deprivation.

How to approach them

Start with the official sources — they’re always more current than any directory, including this one.

Common questions