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The Grocers' Charitable Trust

Created: 03/04/2026
News/Events Category: Funding and Finance
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The Grocers’ Charity awards about £1 million pounds each year to UK-registered charities. For their open grants, they typically provide one-off grants of up to £5,000. They receive over 1,000 applications a year and award 14% of the applications received, on average.

They are looking to support projects that fall under the following categories: 

  • Relief of hardship 
  • Children and young people (aged 0-25) 
  • The elderly 
  • Disability and inclusion
  • Health 
  • Military
  • The arts
  • Heritage
  • Environment and conservation

Please note they do not accept applications from: 

  • Charities with a turnover of over £500,000 (except for Medical Charities, where the limit is £15m). 
  • Non-UK registered charities (e.g. Community Interest Companies). 
  • Charities whose beneficiaries are overseas.
  • Individuals. 
  • Places of worship. 
  • Educational establishments (schools, colleges, universities).

How to apply

They only accept applications via their online form.

The deadline for the initial application is Tuesday 01 September 2026. 




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