
The Trust aims is to contribute to and promote the excellent work which is being undertaken across the charitable sector. It provides long-term core funding to small charities and run an Awards programme for individuals and groups committed to social, cultural and environmental causes.
It supports around 350 charities every year through its grants programme and gives around 80 different awards to individuals and groups from across the charity sector. It maintains a policy of making a comparatively large number of modest grants each year.
A wide range of UK registered charities based and working in the UK can apply for one-off grants of up to £5,000 for garden projects or up to £10,000 for building or indoor projects.
The FCC Community Action Fund provides grants to not-for-profit organisations to support with the costs of making physical improvements to single amenity sites that are open and accessible to the general public.
Funding is available to help parish and town councils, community organisations, faith groups, community interest companies and even sports teams get started on clean power projects that benefit their local areas.