Peter Lang Children's Trust grants
Peter Lang Children's Trust funds work with babies from conception to three years old and their care givers in Gloucestershire, with grants of £15,000 to £40,000 a year.
Guidance last checked 16 July 2026· from the funder’s own website
Overview
Peter Lang Children's Trust funds work with babies, from conception to 3 years of age, and their care givers. Beneficiaries must live in Gloucestershire. It looks for activities provided to babies and families where significant risk factors are present. Grants will be for between £15,000 and £40,000 per annum, awarded for up to four years and dependent on successful completion of quarterly monitoring returns and visits. Instalments are released on a quarterly basis, and funding will not be provided to plug gaps in funding for statutory services. Its published guidance gives May 2027 as the deadline for submission of Expression of Interest application forms, which you should confirm with the trust before relying on it.
What they fund
Charity Commission records list Peter Lang Children's Trust under general and other charitable purposes, with objects covering the advancement of education and the relief of poverty. Its own guidance is much more specific: work with babies and their care givers where significant risk factors are present.
Who and where
The register records children and young people as its beneficiaries and lists it as working in the South West of England. Its own guidance requires beneficiaries to live in Gloucestershire.
Who they help
Where they fund
What Peter Lang Children's 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.
Who they say they'll fund
“Principal beneficiaries are to be babies - conception to 3 years of age and their care givers”
Source: plct.org.uk — How to apply « Peter Lang Children's Trust →
“Beneficiaries must live in Gloucestershire”
Source: plct.org.uk — How to apply « Peter Lang Children's Trust →
“Activities to be provided to babies and families where significant risk factors are present”
Source: plct.org.uk — How to apply « Peter Lang Children's Trust →
What they say they won't fund
“Funding will not be provided to plug gaps in funding for statutory services”
Source: plct.org.uk — How to apply « Peter Lang Children's Trust →
Grant sizes they mention
“Grants will be for between £15,000 and £40,000 per annum.”
Source: plct.org.uk — How to apply « Peter Lang Children's Trust →
Deadlines they mention
“May 2027 - deadline for submission of "Expression of Interest" Application Forms”
Source: plct.org.uk — How to apply « Peter Lang Children's Trust →
How they say to apply
“Grant installments are released on a quarterly basis.”
Source: plct.org.uk — How to apply « Peter Lang Children's Trust →
“Grants will be awarded for up to four years, dependent on successful completion of quarterly monitoring returns and visits.”
Source: plct.org.uk — How to apply « Peter Lang Children's Trust →
Their charitable objects
As registered with the Charity Commission (their formal purposes):
Objects the objects of the charity are the advancement of education and the relief of poverty, in such proportions and in such manner in all respects as the trustees may in their absolute discretion think fit.
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 Peter Lang Children's Trust typically give?
Its guidance says grants will be for between £15,000 and £40,000 per annum, awarded for up to four years and dependent on successful completion of quarterly monitoring returns and visits. Instalments are released on a quarterly basis. In its latest reported financial year the Trust made £387,968 in grants to organisations.
What does Peter Lang Children's Trust fund?
It funds activities provided to babies and families where significant risk factors are present. Its principal beneficiaries are babies, from conception to 3 years of age, and their care givers.
Who can apply?
The beneficiaries of the work must live in Gloucestershire. The Charity Commission record lists the Trust as working in the South West of England, with children and young people as its beneficiary group.
What won't it fund?
Its guidance says funding will not be provided to plug gaps in funding for statutory services.
How do I apply?
The Trust uses an Expression of Interest application form as the first step, and its published guidance gives a deadline of May 2027 for submission of those forms. Check the funder's own website (www.plct.org.uk) and its Charity Commission entry (charity number 1121344) for current guidance and dates, as processes and deadlines can change.
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