Summerfield Charitable Trust

Summerfield Charitable Trust advances community resilience, inclusion, creativity, environmental stewardship, and support for disadvantaged populations through transformative grantmaking that fosters vibrant, sustainable local societies. Rooted in a philosophy of high-impact investments, ethical principles, and partnership-driven change, it empowers voluntary sector capacity-building, innovation, and collaboration to deliver enduring benefits. Believing systemic progress arises from bold, game-changing initiatives addressing root causes like isolation, inequity, and environmental decline, it prioritizes organizations demonstrating measurable, scalable impact via community-led solutions and cross-sector alliances.

It funds connected society initiatives strengthening social cohesion through community hubs, peer support groups, and befriending schemes combating social isolation; aging well programs offering day services, therapeutic activities, and holistic support for elderly residents facing loneliness or mobility challenges; arts and culture projects expanding access to creative arts, music therapy, heritage conservation, museums, and participatory cultural events for diverse demographics; children and families services emphasizing early intervention, sensory play, developmental activities, parenting support, and family carer respite for children under five with complex needs, learning disabilities, or developmental delays; action for nature and climate efforts promoting biodiversity conservation, habitat restoration, carbon reduction behaviors, outdoor activities, and sustainability education; alongside mental health counselling, youth sports clubs, employability training, advocacy for vulnerable groups, and VCSE infrastructure enhancing sector resilience through collaborative capacity building and service delivery innovation.

Exclusions encompass unrestricted revenue funding, projects outside core themes, or interventions lacking partnership potential or transformative scale. Distinctive for backing major capital projects like heritage restoration and ecosystem schemes alongside grassroots service delivery, it prioritizes Gloucestershire's rural communities, isolated elderly, young families in crisis, children with special needs, ethnic minorities, and low-income disadvantaged seeking community empowerment. It favors evidence-based, preventative, person-centred approaches in lived-experience-led organizations committed to inclusive, holistic impact over fragmented aid.