Modern Philanthropy
Welcome to Leicestershire and Rutland Community Foundation.
We’re an unusual charity! We don’t fundraise as such; we’re here to support charitable groups meeting local needs – and to support people who want to give money to help others.
We set up and run grant-giving funds for local families, individuals, and companies – like your own charitable foundation, without all the work. The donors direct their giving, and we manage the administration. We also give grants for agencies, the NHS, government, the National Emergencies Trust, and we reinvigorate dormant trusts.
We maintain local knowledge and specialise in local grant giving. All areas face challenges, and at any time in life people can be hit by physical or mental illness, family problems, debt, loss, loneliness. Some challenges are sudden crises, others are complicated and long-lasting.
Hundreds of local charitable groups work hard and effectively to mitigate all these and more, as well as providing affordable access to sport and the arts, and protecting local wildlife and our environment.
Some are quite large charities, others very small. Almost none are household names. Yet they are vital. With your philanthropic grants, you can help them to make to life in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland worth living – for all of us.
The Melton Building Society Charitable fund supported Rutland Community Ventures with a grant to provide weekly Lunchtime Creative Workshops, led by professional creatives trained and
The Gilmour Family Fund supported Action Homeless with much needed funding to purchase and provide starter packs to help people settle into temporary housing and
Rutland Sailability received funding to support the costs of volunteers accompanying disabled Sailors to competition events. The grant contributed to the cost of volunteers assisting
A grant from the City of Leicester Education Fund has contributed to staffing costs of running the St Phillip’s Centre School’s Linking Project, supporting interfaith
The “Green Gym” project in Eyres Monsell run by The Conservation Volunteers continues to make an enormous difference for those struggling with mental health and
With a grant from the Bill and Jean Richmond Foundation, PASIC were able to continue to provide support to families during difficult times. The grant
