Calisen Impact Charitable Trust Announces Funding Priorities
This Manchester based charity offers grants of up to £10,000 to UK registered charities based and working in England, Scotland or Wales.
The funding will support the costs of projects that align with the Trust's core objectives which are:
- Youth Empowerment, Children's Play and Safe Spaces - supporting schools, youth clubs and programmes that actively reduce social exclusion, improve physical and mental wellbeing, and equip young people with life and employment skills through hands-on engagement.
- Hospice and Palliative Care - support for projects that complement and enhance the essential work of hospices, focusing on initiatives that improve comfort and dignity for patients and families. (Core clinical operations or NHS-run hospices are not eligible).
- Community-Based Social Benefit Projects - support for initiatives that strengthen local communities through direct support, such as food banks, befriending schemes, accessible transport services, or improvements to shared facilities that promote inclusion and wellbeing.
- Community-Led Environmental Action - support for hands-on projects that enhance local environments and foster community wellbeing, including but not limited to tree planting, habitat restoration, community gardens, and the creation or improvement of outdoor spaces designed for public use.
- Net-Zero and Energy Efficiency Projects - invests in infrastructure for charities whose core mission aligns with one of the other funding priorities that drives immediate carbon reduction - including but not limited to solar panel installations, heat pump systems, and retrofit schemes - with demonstrable environmental and cost-saving benefits.
Priority for the first four categories is given to areas where Calisen operates and where their employees live to ensure their support is rooted in the communities they know best.
The fifth category, Net-Zero and Energy Efficiency Projects, is open to eligible charities across Great Britain, provided their core mission aligns with one of the other four funding areas.
The funding is to be used for project costs and will not support salary costs, capital expenditures or contributions to the cost of overheads.
Applications may be submitted at any time throughout the year.
The next deadline for applications is 31 December for decisions on 31 January 2026.
