Available Funding

Tower Hill Trust runs two grant programmes, a Main Grant Programme and a Biodiversity Grant Programme.

The Main Grant Programme supports the development and provision of gardens and open spaces across the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. This is the main priority of the Trust, however on occasion Trustees are able to support charitable activity that focuses on:

• The provision and support of facilities for recreation and leisure
• The provision and support of educational facilities
• The relief of poverty

The Biodiversity Grant Programme offers amounts from £100 to £2,000 to support schools, charities and community groups to make biodiversity enhancements in school grounds, around housing estates or in community gardens. At least 50% of your project must directly contribute to objectives and targets in the Tower Hamlets Local Biodiversity Action Plan (LBAP).

How applications are prioritised

The Trust receives many more proposals than we are able to fund. Trustees particularly welcome applications for:

• Projects that meet two or more of the Trust’s Objects; please note that the Trust’s Objects are listed in order of priority and are set out below. Trustees are primarily interested in the provision of gardens and open spaces.
• Equipment or capital costs. Please note that the Trust is very unlikely to provide funding to meet salary costs.
• Proposals that have a link with the Trust’s original area of benefit: the area around Tower Hill and St. Katharine’s and Wapping ward.

The Trust's formal charitable Objects (in order of priority) are

• The provision of gardens and open spaces for the general benefit of the inhabitants
• The provision and support of facilities for recreation and leisure-time occupation
• The provision and support of educational facilities
• The relief of disadvantage

Who can apply

You will need to demonstrate that your organisation

• Benefits people resident or working in Tower Hamlets
• Is a registered charity or constituted community group
• Has its own bank or building society account where two or more named people, including one trustee or management committee member authorise payments or cheques
• Can provide annual accounts for the last year (if your organisation is newly established, copies of your most recent bank or building society statements will be accepted instead)