Green Room Charitable Trust

The Green Room Charitable Trust, established by trust deed on 30 November 2009, is a family-led unincorporated UK charity governed by principal trustee Tom Prickett and grantmaking coordinator Kelly Prickett. Its mission centers on advancing human rights, alleviating global poverty, empowering women, and promoting social enterprises through sustainable, collaborative models that drive systemic change. Guided by values of empowerment, multi-faceted problem-solving, volunteering, and ethical stewardship, the Trust blends traditional grantmaking with strategic social impact investments, prioritizing initiatives with enterprising approaches and long-term beneficiary resilience over short-term aid.

It funds UK-registered charities tackling poverty alleviation, human rights advocacy, women's empowerment, and social enterprise development, supporting core costs, projects, and capacity-building for transformative, holistic efforts. Environmental and sustainability initiatives receive investment support rather than direct grants, with a focus on collaborative, scalable solutions demonstrating financial sustainability and systemic impact.

Eligible applicants must be UK-registered charities, typically established medium-to-large organizations capable of sustainable operations; while primarily UK-based, international projects may be considered at trustees' discretion. The Trust prefers proactive relationships over open applications—it does not accept unsolicited proposals, operating on a rolling, invitation-only basis with no published deadlines or forms.

Typical grants range from £50,000 to £500,000, with annual expenditures exceeding £1 million. Distinctives include its discretionary, network-driven selection, rejection of capital projects, emergency relief, or non-enterprising interventions, and innovative fusion of grants with ethical investments for enduring social change.