Dorset-based family grant-making charity, the John Ackroyd Charitable Trust awards small grants to UK registered charities that meet the Trust’s charitable objectives of:

o The advancement of education, including education in the arts (particularly music) for the public benefit.
o The promotion of the protection of endangered flora and fauna for the benefit of the public.
o The relief and medical care of persons who are suffering from any illness, disability, disease or other infirmity whether physical or mental, in particular (but not limited to) the relief of children and young persons who are suffering from chronic or terminal disease and the relief of the families of such children and young persons who are in conditions of need, hardship or distress, and the support of medical research and the publication of the useful results of such research.
o The relief of distress for needy victims of armed conflict or of breaches of human rights.
o The relief of poverty and hardship among homeless and needy people of all ages, but especially young people, and
o Other exclusively charitable purposes or purposes as the trustees may in their absolute discretion decide.

The Trust tends to favour smaller registered charities, particularly those that are working with children and young people.

Please note that the trust does not have a website. Further information is, however, available on the Charity Commission website.

Applications may be made at any time in writing. The trustees normally meet twice each year to review requests for grant support.

Contact details for the Trust, as listed in its Charity Commission entry, are:

Mr J Bell
Chair
The John Ackroyd Charitable Trust
Montholm
Apple Acre
Child Okeford
Blandford Forum
Dorset
DT11 8HS
Tel: 01258 861466
Email: johnandjudithbell(at)icloud.com