Combined Cutlers Company Charitable Trust

The Combined Cutlers Company Charitable Trust upholds a mission of relieving poverty, hardship, and distress among Sheffield and South Yorkshire residents through place-based philanthropy rooted in civic responsibility, community solidarity, and local custodianship. Guided by pragmatic responsiveness and trustees' local knowledge, it strengthens civil society by funding grassroots charities delivering targeted relief, believing sustainable wellbeing arises from empowering community organizations to address interconnected needs in poverty, health, disability, and social exclusion via flexible project and revenue grants that build capacity and enable direct service delivery.

It supports community organizations tackling poverty relief for families in financial hardship, autism spectrum disorder services including peer support groups and family carer respite for children and young people with autism, health and care initiatives like cancer support counselling and complex health needs care through Cavendish Cancer Care, social inclusion programs addressing disadvantage for disabled people, youth disadvantage via educational opportunity and after-school activities, and community wellbeing services combating isolation and exclusion. Funded interventions encompass direct support for vulnerable individuals, therapeutic activities, day services, capacity-building projects, outreach for isolated elderly and families in crisis, preventative hardship alleviation, and grassroots efforts fostering resilience among people with physical disabilities, learning disabilities, illness, or youth barriers, prioritizing person-centred, community-led approaches that enhance stability and holistic wellbeing.

Exclusions focus on non-local activities beyond Sheffield and South Yorkshire communities, favouring proven grassroots charities with demonstrable regional impact over national entities. Distinctive for its Cutlers’ Company civic heritage, it prioritizes beneficiaries like autistic children and families, cancer patients, disabled youth and adults, impoverished households, and socially excluded residents, valuing unrestricted flexibility, local leadership, and organizations embodying lived experience in poverty relief, disability support, carer respite, and inclusion to sustain vital community services preventing crisis and promoting equity.