The Steel Charitable Trust is a charitable grant-giving trust that makes awards to registered charities throughout the United Kingdom. The Trust has historic links with Luton and the wider county of Bedfordshire, so Trustees take particular interest in applications that benefit these areas.
The Trust maintains an office in Luton, which is visited periodically by the Trust Manager, who otherwise works from home. It is the practice of the Trust to discourage the sending of hard copies of documents to the office. Digital correspondence is preferred and especially so now the office is visited only occasionally.
There are two programmes of grant-giving:
- the Rolling Grants programme, open to eligible applicants from anywhere in the UK (including from Luton and Bedfordshire) for projects/core work throughout the UK and (occasionally) abroad; and
- the Luton Matters programme, open to eligible applicants from anywhere in the UK for projects/core work that benefit Luton and/or its residents
Please refer to the Grants menu for further information, appropriate eligibility details and application process. The number of applications received is regularly very high, making the success rate around 5%.
No grants are awarded as a result of a speculative letter or email; applications are only considered if they are eligible and follow the proper process.
The Trust is a contributor to the Bedfordshire and Luton Community Foundation’s (BLCF) Stability Fund. For that reason, Luton-based applicants seeking funding of up to £10,000 should apply to the BLCF. Luton-based applicants seeking funding of £10,000 or more may apply to The Steel Charitable Trust in the normal way.
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Last updated 14 February 2023
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