Eleanor Palmer Trust

Eleanor Palmer Trust is a charity registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales (charity number 220857).

The Eleanor Palmer Trust exists mainly to provide accommodation, either in its care home or as sheltered housing. It owns and maintains a 33-bedded nursing and residential care home and 78 sheltered housing properties within its area. It also offers grants under its Relief in Need scheme.

Priority Areas

The Trust's Relief in Need scheme gives grants to individuals and not-for-profit organisations in its local area of benefit, principally the former Chipping Barnet and East Barnet urban districts. It supports charitable organisations carrying out charitable activities or providing not-for-profit services to local people; requests may cover items or a particular service or project. Where an organisation also works outside the area and a grant cannot be ring-fenced, a proportionate grant may be considered. Trustees assess each application on its own merits, and staff may discuss an application or visit the organisation before the Board considers it. Beyond grant-making, the Trust provides almshouse and supported accommodation and nursing and residential care for older people in financial hardship, alongside relief-in-need grants for local residents facing need, hardship or distress.

Themes

• Relief in need

Geographic Focus

Chipping Barnet; East Barnet.

Organisations complete the application form. Staff contact them to discuss the application further and arrange a visit if required; the CEO then presents the application to the Board.

What to send:

• Relief in Need for Organisations: The registered details and purpose of the charity, the last three years’ accounts, details of the Board, other grants received and the specific purpose of the grant being applied for and who will benefit.
• Relief in Need
  • Photocopies of the award letters relating to the benefits, Tax Credits or Pension Credits etc. that you receive.
  • If you are employed, provide wage slips for the past three months.
  • Up to date documentation from your GP or Consultant with regard to your medical condition(s), if applicable.
  • Written evidence to support your application when listing debts.
  • If you are not a British or EU citizen, send confirmation of your residential status with the application.
  • If a specialist item is required, provide its cost, details and a quotation from the proposed supplier, if possible.

Applying again: Relief in Need: The form asks whether the applicant or partner previously applied for a Relief in Need grant, but does not state whether or when they may apply again.

What the charity says:

• The trustees consider each grant application on its own merits.
• A visit by EPT staff or a trustee with the organisation may be required to gather further information.