1st the Queen's Dragoon Guards Regimental Trust

The 1st The Queen's Dragoon Guards Regimental Trust, established in 1977 under a Royal Charter, serves as the central benevolent fund for The Queen's Dragoon Guards (The Welsh Cavalry) and its predecessor regiments, consolidating assets from antecedent funds since 2017. Rooted in regimental loyalty, comradeship, and military heritage preservation, its mission focuses on enhancing the welfare, efficiency, and morale of serving and former personnel, their spouses, widows, and dependants through swift, flexible relief in hardship, health and well-being support (including mental health and rehabilitation), education in regimental history and traditions, and grants for sports, recreation, ceremonial events, and heritage maintenance via linked entities like the QDG Heritage Trust.

It prioritises direct grants to individuals facing financial or social challenges, regimental associations for reunions and parades, and organisations advancing veteran welfare, military transition, or historical conservation within the regimental family. Funding emphasises esprit de corps through commemorative activities, memorabilia upkeep, and morale-boosting initiatives, with restricted funds for benevolence and discretionary ones for broader support.

Eligible applicants are UK-registered charities or groups exclusively linked to the Regiment, with no income thresholds or geographic restrictions—support extends anywhere for regimental members, primarily in England and Wales. Unsolicited applications are not accepted; funding is invite-only, with no public deadlines, online portals, or meeting schedules—decisions are internal and relationship-based. Typical grant sizes are undisclosed, though annual expenditure is £150,000–£190,000. Distinctively regimental, it excludes non-affiliated causes, prioritising personal, targeted aid over bureaucratic processes, setting it apart as a niche military heritage and welfare steward.