The Mercer Family Charitable Foundation supports activities and initiatives run by organisations – including charities and community groups – that deliver benefit in one or more of the following qualifying categories:
Education: support of educational opportunities particularly in the field of food, farming and agriculture.
Healthcare: benefit of health and relief of sickness or suffering particularly in respect of children and adults suffering from incurable illnesses.
Community: support for community facilities in Staffordshire (e.g. community spaces and activities) with the aim of improving the lives of local people with particular need due to age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage.
Over the years there have been many charity organisations that have been supported by the Mercer Family Charitable Foundation, including:
Ronald McDonald House Birmingham
Burton and District Mind
Rainbows Hospice for Children and Young People
Derbyshire Blood Bikes
And many many more.
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Applicants for funding will be asked to specify clearly as part of the application process which of the above categories apply to them in order to receive the trustees’ consideration. It must be noted that consideration by the trustees’ does not guarantee provision of grant funding.
In awarding grants, the trustees will consider requests from any geographical area within the United Kingdom. The trustees are agreeable to working in partnership with other grant making bodies where funding for a project is beyond the scope of any single organisation. -
Applications
We are not currently accepting any new applications; however, please keep an eye on the website to for updates about when we will resume our application process.
