The Brelms Trust is a Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO) offering grants to a wide variety of charities operating in the community. Funding is given exclusively to charities based in Yorkshire and directly benefitting only Yorkshire communities.
Priority in our grant giving is given to charities working at the heart of communities to tackle disadvantage and to provide sustainable benefit to the community. Applications are welcomed from a diversity of charitable organisations and can cover staff salaries, volunteer expenses and running costs, as well as direct service provision.
The Trust does not generally support the total cost of a project, and applicants should demonstrate that wider funding plans are in place.
Grants are currently awarded from £1,000 to a maximum of £6,000 per year, either as a one-off amount or for up to a maximum of 3 consecutive years. Therefore, the minimum grant is for a one-off £1,000 and the maximum is £18,000 spread equally over a 3-year period.
The Trustees meet quarterly to make grant awards, but the assessment of applications is ongoing throughout the year.
Funding is available for VCSE organisations for activities to prevent or reduce gambling harms, and strengthen the VCSE sector’s ability to deliver sustainable prevention activities that reach intended cohorts.
Funding open to VCSE organisations for events raising awareness of early signs and symptoms of cancer, practical interventions to improve early diagnosis rates and support improvements in early cancer diagnosis.
Applications are open for Earth Raise, Big Give’s environmental match funding campaign giving environmental charities the chance to have donations DOUBLED for seven days, starting on World Earth Day (22–29 April 2026).
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