GRANT APPLICATIONS ARE ON HOLD UNTIL AUTUMN 2025 WHEN THE TRUST WILL BE REVIEWING APPLICATIONS THROUGH A NEW PROCESS – Please check back to this page for more information
If you are a UK registered equine or elderly charity and you are interested in applying for a grant from the Elise Pilkington Charitable Trust please have a look at the general guidelines below. Applications can only be considered from UK registered Charitable Organisations.
The Trustees generally meet twice a year in the spring and the autumn to review applications for grants. Exact deadlines for applications will be posted on this page.
Trustees seek grant applications for projects which meet the Trusts funding criteria which should be for capital projects or time limited specific projects. Applicants are asked to give particular attention to the criteria set out under Equine Grants and Elderly Grants. All applications must demonstrate that all beneficiaries are elderly frail (drawing on BGS guidance ) If this is not clearly outlined this will result in the application not progressing. You will not be eligible to apply if your charity has received a grant within the last 3 years
Equine Grants
Equine welfare grants are normally only considered from charities that are members of the National Equine Welfare Council (NEWC) or charities that are proactively working towards membership of NEWC. Membership of NEWC ensures equine charities are working to improve equine welfare standards and adopting industry best practice.
Elderly Grants
Applications are welcomed from charities supporting the elderly frail.
Whilst the Trustees recognise that people aged over 65 traditionally may have been considered old, this arbitrary age cut-off rarely defines true old age in the modern era. Applications are therefore expected to demonstrate clearly defined benefits to older people who are frail. For more information on frailty please see: https://www.bgs.org.uk/resources/introduction-to-frailty
Grant funding criteria: At the next round of applications, the Board of Trustees will be focusing support to projects dedicated to addressing the needs of older people with advanced dementia (and their carers) in domestic, community and formal care settings in the UK.
Deadline for the next meeting
The Trust is currently closed to applications whilst we review our grant making process. We intend to welcome applications through the new process ahead of our October 2025 grant-giving round. This website will be updated with further details on how to apply in summer 2025
The deadline for applications for the next meeting will be around August 2025.
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