Background information

Luton Matters was a new initiative from The Steel Charitable Trust in 2019, designed to assist organisations whose work brings significant benefits to residents of Luton or improvements to the town. Grants are made in each of the Trust’s five funding priority categories (Arts & Heritage, Education, Environment, Health, Social or Economic Disadvantage), rolled out over a number of years.

Through Luton Matters, The Steel Charitable Trust provides grants of between £90,000 and £100,000 in total, paid over three years, one grant for each of the Trust’s five priority funding categories. There will only be one grant per category running at any one time. The grants are available by competitive application to support charitable projects that are aimed at improving the lives or opportunities of people who live within the Luton boundary. Where appropriate, preference will be given to projects that are delivered by local people and run by Luton-based organisations.