“This is such welcome news, thank you and the Trustees so much for continuing to support our work.”
Alms Grant recipient

Grants for Organisations

Our mission is to alleviate poverty for people living in our small area of benefit. Our Trustees have chosen three priorities, so we focus our resources on projects that support:

isolated older people
homeless people (including those at-risk & formerly homeless)
access to independent advice

Please see a list of our current grants below. If your project is supporting children and young people, then please see our Education Grants instead.

Who we fund?

We fund not-for-profit organisations (including charities, churches and social enterprises) delivering activities that address our three priorities.

What can you apply for?

We offer two types of grants:

Project funding – the costs of your organisation providing services to people in our area of benefit. We offer grants of up to £8,000 per annum for up to three years.

Block Grants – funds that are used to meet the needs of your beneficiaries on an individual basis. We would expect this to be a long-term partnership with any initial grant for 12–18 months which can then be renewed. These grants are usually up to £5,000.

How to apply?

We do NOT accept unsolicited applications. Please contact the Clerk for a discussion if you think you have an appropriate project. If you are invited to apply, then we will send you a link to our online application form.

Any Alms grant applications are expected to be submitted by the same quarterly deadlines as the Education Grants – these are approx 5–6 weeks before our Trustee meetings. Please read our detailed grants guidelines here.

Currently Funded Projects

Project Funding

£24,000 over three years (£8,000 pa) towards the cook’s salary at the Soup Kitchen at the American International Church on Goodge Street
£24,000 over three years (£8,000 pa) to support staff salaries for Camden Winter Night Shelter Scheme
£24,000 over three years (£8,000 pa) towards costs of the Camden branch of Street Storage charity, offering storage facilities for rough sleepers
£8,000 for Swiss Church London to deliver their ‘Breakfast on the Steps’ for homeless people
£24,000 over three years (£8,000 pa) towards core costs of ShowerBox London offering showers to rough sleepers on Saturdays at St Giles-in-the-Fields Church
£23,760 over three years to Dragon Hall to deliver social activities and lunch club for older people, in partnership with Phoenix Garden and Seven Dials Club
£31,624 over three years for Mary Ward Legal Centre to deliver general advice outreach session in Bloomsbury/Covent Garden

Block Grants

£8,000 to Changing Lives to help new residents at Bruce House buy furniture
£5,000 to St Andrew Holborn for top-up funds for their Individual Grants