Margaret Chattell Trust

Margaret Chattell Trust advances general charitable purposes through flexible, unrestricted grants to registered charities and voluntary organizations, embodying values of broad inclusivity, sectoral equity, and voluntary sector empowerment. Their grantmaking philosophy prioritizes sustainable support for diverse missions, believing systemic change arises from strengthening established nonprofits with robust governance to deliver statutory purposes like poverty relief, health promotion, education advancement, and community wellbeing, via authentic partnerships fostering resilience and unrestricted core funding.

With an open remit across all charitable sectors, they fund mental health services including counselling, peer support groups, and therapeutic activities addressing anxiety, depression, and trauma; disability support encompassing respite care, day services, residential care, and inclusive programs for children and adults with autism spectrum disorder, learning disabilities, ADHD, physical disabilities, complex health needs, and SEND; elderly care via befriending, day centres, and social isolation interventions; youth work through after-school clubs, mentoring, employment training, and early intervention for young people at risk of exclusion; family and carer support with advocacy, training, and sibling programs; poverty alleviation including food insecurity relief and financial hardship aid; homelessness prevention, domestic abuse recovery, addiction services, refugee integration, community development, and social cohesion initiatives. Supported interventions feature person-centred care, trauma-informed approaches, community-led outreach, evidence-based therapy, holistic wellbeing, preventative strategies, creative arts, sports, helplines, drop-in centres, and peer-led activities for children, young people aged 5-25, families, carers, elderly residents, disabled people, care leavers, ethnic minorities, rural communities, and isolated individuals.

They exclusively fund charities and voluntary bodies—not individuals, statutory services, or non-regulated entities—with no thematic, demographic, or activity exclusions, distinguishing them as a traditional generalist prioritizing unrestricted project and core cost support for any statutory purpose. They favor organizations with strong governance serving diverse England and Wales communities, valuing flexibility over niche specialization and broad voluntary sector impact without faith-based or evidence mandates.