The Mount Fund – Small grants programme
Who can apply?
Registered charities whose beneficiaries are in Norfolk, Suffolk, Cambridgeshire, Hertfordshire, Essex, Kent, Surrey and London and have a maximum income of £500,000. (Charities who are applying under the homelessness category and also provide accommodation, annual income must be less than £500,000 after deduction of rental income/housing benefit). The Trustees encourage applications from small, rural charities.
The Trust will be accepting applications under the following categories.
July 2026 Board Meeting – Charities supporting homelessness in rural communities
The Trustees support registered charities delivering advice, therapy and/or counselling services to individuals and families who are homeless, or at risk of becoming homeless. There is a preference to support charities working to provide long-term solutions to homelessness.
November 2026 Board Meeting – Charities supporting therapeutic interventions in mental health in rural communities
The Trustees support registered charities delivering therapeutic family support programmes and charities supporting children’s mental health needs. Applications for funding for counselling services will only be supported where such services are either free or very low cost (details should be provided).
March 2027 Board Meeting – Charities supporting refugee and asylum seekers in rural communities
The Trustees support registered charities delivering advice, therapy and/or counselling services to individuals and families who are refugees and asylum seekers.
The Small Grant applications window usually opens approximately eight weeks before the Trustee meeting and the window closes within a week. Please keep an eye on the website for further details.
What type of grants do we give?
- Grants are given for projects; general running costs/core funding; salaries; advice services; counselling; organisational development.
- The Trustees do not normally consider building costs, only refurbishment or alterations necessary to bring a building up to standards to meet legislative requirements.
Exclusions
- The Trustees will only consider appeals from national organisations at branch level where the branch is able to provide separate accounts and is responsible for its own finances.
- The Trustees do not fund individuals.
- The Trustees do not consider generally consider applications from charities with an income of over £500,000, except where the conditions stated under Homelessness above are met.
- The Trustees are unable to accept applications from charities that are not registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales.
- Charities who have received grants for six consecutive years.
How much do we give?
Grants are generally up to a maximum of £5,000, for one year.
What to include with your application?
A copy of your most recent signed annual report and financial statements, a budget for the project for the current financial year and, if you are applying for a salary, a job description. All these documents can be uploaded at the end of the online application form. We do not accept draft accounts. Where possible please submit these documents in pdf format.
Please do not send any other information as it will be discarded.
How to apply for a Small Grant?
All applications must be submitted using the online application form. This can only be accessed by successfully completing the eligibility quiz using the link below, which will be active when we are open for receiving Small grant applications. A copy of example application questions can be downloaded by clicking here.
We are closed for applications for the March 2026 board meeting.
Please note that a maximum of five applications will be funded.
The link below does not work while we are closed for applications.
