Lennox Hannay Charitable Trust

The Lennox Hannay Charitable Trust pursues a mission to advance the public good by flexibly supporting diverse charitable purposes responsive to evolving social needs, embodying values of inclusivity, adaptability, and trusteeship in promoting health, education, relief of poverty, and community wellbeing. Driven by a philosophy of broad impact through responsive grantmaking, it empowers UK charities addressing multifaceted disadvantage via one-off and recurring funding for projects, core costs, and general purposes, believing sustainable change arises from enabling strong governance, direct interventions, and adaptive responses to pressing societal challenges without rigid agendas.

It funds comprehensive interventions across health advancement including medical work and support for people with ill-health or complex health needs, education and outreach for young people facing barriers including after-school clubs, skills training, and employability programs, poverty relief targeting financial hardship, food insecurity, and families in crisis, disability services encompassing respite care, day services, peer support groups, and inclusive activities for individuals with physical disabilities, learning disabilities, or autism spectrum disorder, elderly care addressing isolation through befriending and community engagement, arts, culture, and heritage preservation via creative arts and therapeutic activities, citizenship and community development including mentoring, advocacy, and social cohesion initiatives, amateur sport for youth wellbeing and inclusion, animal welfare through care and conservation, environmental protection promoting green spaces and biodiversity, and scientific projects like conservation engagement. Supported activities emphasize direct service provision, preventative outreach, therapeutic approaches, community-led solutions, and holistic support for children, young people aged 5-25, families, carers, older people, disabled individuals, disadvantaged communities, and those experiencing homelessness or social isolation.

Exclusions encompass individuals, non-UK registered entities, and frequent religious advancement, prioritizing instead UK charities demonstrating impact, need alignment, and good governance. Distinctive for its unusually expansive remit spanning nearly all charitable heads, it favors generalist organizations tackling intersecting needs like youth unemployment, carer support, domestic abuse recovery, SEND education, addiction services, refugee integration, and rural community resilience, with a nuanced preference for grassroots innovation, evidence-based practice, and multi-need beneficiaries over specialized silos.