Barchester's Charitable Foundation Group Grant

We help small community groups and local charities with activities, outings, equipment and materials for members/service users. Before starting the application, make sure to have a cost breakdown/budget and your latest annual accounts ready to upload.

Grants will not be made to community groups and small charities for:

• Core/ running costs and salaries
• Indirect services such as help lines, websites, newsletters, leaflets or research
• Major building projects or large capital projects, including minibuses
• Training of staff and training of volunteers
• Activities for residents in a care home operated by Barchester Healthcare or by any other care home company

We also help small community groups and small local charities. We do not have a formal definition for a small charity, but if a charity has financial reserves in the hundreds of thousands or millions, it is very unlikely that we would be able to help.

We help groups with:

• Activity projects
• Equipment and materials for use by members
• Member transport
• Day trips, outings and group holidays in the UK