Mountsorrel Relief in Need Charity grants
Mountsorrel Relief in Need Charity helps individual residents of Mountsorrel in Leicestershire who are in need, hardship or distress. The route it publishes is for residents, not for organisations.
Guidance last checked 22 July 2026· from the funder’s own website
Overview
Mountsorrel Relief in Need Charity, which operates as the Mountsorrel Community Support Fund, helps residents of Mountsorrel who find themselves in need, hardship or distress. The application route it publishes is for residents, not for organisations, and it asks that you have lived in Mountsorrel for at least six months. Its accounts show both routes: in the most recent year it made £109,276 of grants to individuals and £39,508 of grants to organisations. Only the resident route is described in its published guidance, so ask the charity directly if you are applying on behalf of a group. Trustees meet eight times a year, roughly every six weeks, to consider applications. It does not publish a typical grant size.
What they fund
The Charity Commission register records this charity's purpose as the prevention or relief of poverty, matching an object of relieving people in conditions of need, hardship or distress.
Who and where
The register records that it works in the East Midlands, and in Leicestershire in particular, benefiting the general public. Its own guidance is limited to residents of Mountsorrel who have lived there for at least six months.
Who they help
Where they fund
What Mountsorrel Relief in Need Charity 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.
Who they say they'll fund
“You have lived in Mountsorrel for at least six months”
Source: mountsorrelcsf.org.uk — Mountsorrel Community Support Fund →
“The Mountsorrel Community Support Fund helps residents of Mountsorrel who find themselves in need, hardship or distress.”
Source: mountsorrelcsf.org.uk — Mountsorrel Community Support Fund →
What they say they won't fund
“The trustees will not usually make grants for retrospective costs i.e. things that you have already paid for.”
Source: mountsorrelcsf.org.uk — Mountsorrel Community Support Fund →
How they say to apply
“Trustees vote on whether to agree a grant. At least five trustees must agree in order for a grant to be awarded.”
Source: mountsorrelcsf.org.uk — Mountsorrel Community Support Fund →
“Trustees meet eight times per year to consider applications, approximately every six weeks.”
Source: mountsorrelcsf.org.uk — Mountsorrel Community Support Fund →
“Applicants may apply for only one item or service in their application and if the grant is agreed, they may not apply for further funding in that calendar year.”
Source: mountsorrelcsf.org.uk — Mountsorrel Community Support Fund →
“If eligible, the Coordinator of the charity will visit applicants at their home to take information about their household, finances and the need for the grant.”
Source: mountsorrelcsf.org.uk — Mountsorrel Community Support Fund →
Their charitable objects
As registered with the Charity Commission (their formal purposes):
To relieve either generally or individually persons resident in the area of benefit who are in conditions of need, hardship or distress.
How to approach them
Start with the official sources — they’re always more current than any directory, including this one.
Common questions
How much does the charity give?
In its most recent published accounts it made £109,276 of grants to individuals and £39,508 of grants to organisations. It does not publish a grant range, and there is no typical or median award figure available for this funder.
What does it fund?
Its object is to relieve, either generally or individually, people resident in its area of benefit who are in conditions of need, hardship or distress. Its Charity Commission entry records its purpose as the prevention or relief of poverty.
Who can apply?
Its published guidance describes helping residents of Mountsorrel who find themselves in need, hardship or distress, and asks that you have lived in Mountsorrel for at least six months. It does not publish separate guidance for organisations, although its Charity Commission return records grants to organisations as well as to individuals, so it is worth asking the charity directly if you are applying on behalf of a group.
What will it not fund?
It says trustees will not usually make grants for retrospective costs, meaning things you have already paid for. Applicants may apply for only one item or service in their application, and if the grant is agreed they may not apply for further funding in that calendar year.
How do I apply?
Trustees meet eight times per year to consider applications, approximately every six weeks. Its guidance says that if you are eligible, the coordinator of the charity will visit applicants at their home to take information about their household, finances and the need for the grant, and that trustees then vote, with at least five trustees having to agree before a grant is awarded. Check the funder's own website (www.mountsorrelcsf.org.uk) and its Charity Commission entry (charity number 217615) for current guidance, as processes can change.
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