Local Funding

In a typical year The Old Enfield Charitable Trust administers around £250,000 in discretionary grants to families, individuals and community groups residing and living within the boundary of the Ancient Parish.

Through the Community Grants Scheme, the Trust welcomes funding applications from groups including: local community, self-help or voluntary groups and charities or individuals acting for the benefit of the local community, whose primary focus falls easily into one of the following categories:

• Children/Education eg schools groups
• Health eg promotion of healthy eating
• Homeless/Poverty
• Arts & Culture eg community musical festivals
• Environment eg promoting a clean/healthy environment
• Elderly • Active Lifestyle eg encouraging exercise/fitness. sport

In order for an application to be successful, the applicant must:

• Live or operate within the boundaries of the Old Enfield Charitable Trust
• Be a group or Individual acting for the wider benefit of the local Community
• Address the local community initiative to relieve and hardship for the people of Enfield
• Provide a benefit to the local community

Excluded Groups include:

• Groups which use their surplus for the benefit of an individual or business.
• Overseas Charities

No minimum or maximum grant amount has been indicated.