Gloucester Rugby Charitable Foundation

Registered charity 1165303 · since 2016gloucesterrugbyfoundation.org·Gloucestershire, United Kingdom·Updated 29 October 2026

At a glance

Open to applications

Rolling, no deadlines · unsolicited applications welcome

Key takeaways

The Foundation's work fits best if your project uses rugby to support education, wellbeing, youth development or older people, and Gloucestershire is its stated priority, though its website does not make the area a limit.
Neither the annual report nor the register gives a usable grants total, and no grant range is stated, so keep any request modest and ask the Foundation about likely sizes before you apply.
Applications are accepted on a rolling basis, but the Foundation says it makes tough decisions about where its money can be most impactful, so a clear, well-evidenced case is worth making.
Family Grants are open only to a person diagnosed with motor neurone disease or their direct family, and families outside Gloucestershire are not prioritised, so an organisation seeking general funding should not assume that route applies to it.

Overview

Gloucester Rugby Charitable Foundation is a charity registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales (charity number 1165303).

What they fund

Priority Areas

The Gloucester Rugby Charitable Foundation delivers rugby-based initiatives to support people from all backgrounds, using sport to promote education, wellbeing, inclusion and positive change. Its work centres on three delivery pillars: The Way Ahead engages young people with their futures through mentoring, life skills and rugby values; ShedHead supports adults’ physical and mental wellbeing through inclusive spaces; and 4ED supports people affected by motor neurone disease with community and financial support. It also delivers community rugby programmes and uses the club’s heritage to address loneliness and social isolation among older people. Its interventions are tailored to groups in Gloucestershire and beyond, and it works with local schools, community organisations and other stakeholders.

Themes

Education
Wellbeing
MND support
Youth development
Rugby participation

Geographic Focus

UK. Priority: Gloucestershire.

What they don't fund

Family Grants only: Applicants who are neither a person diagnosed with motor neurone disease nor their direct family member; Families or persons living outside Gloucestershire are not prioritised

How to apply

For Family Grants, a person with MND or their direct family member can apply by completing the application form and giving as much detail as possible.

Application success factors

What the charity says:

The Foundation makes tough decisions based on where its money can be most impactful.

Where they fund

Where it says it funds

United Kingdom
Gloucestershire

Similar funders

Funders supporting work similar to Gloucester Rugby Charitable Foundation.

Gloucestershire Community FoundationMixed deadlinesGave £391k Paul FoundationNo public processGave £748k Active GloucestershireNo public process Barnwood TrustInvitation onlyGave £5.1M Gloucestershire Gateway TrustRolling The Hargreaves FoundationRollingGave £1.7M Peter Lang Children’s TrustFixed deadlinesGave £375k Gloucester Culture TrustNo public process Gloucestershire Rural Community CouncilNo public processGave £65,519 Wembley Stadium FoundationFixed deadlinesGave £499k

Five years of accounts

Financial year	Income	Expenditure	Grants paid	Accounts document
year to 30 June 2021	£182,971	£187,570	—	Accounts for year to 30 June 2021
year to 30 June 2022	£293,741	£287,523	—	Accounts for year to 30 June 2022
year to 30 June 2023	£291,747	£302,643	—	Accounts for year to 30 June 2023
year to 30 June 2024	£635,268	£592,976	—	Accounts for year to 30 June 2024
year to 30 June 2025	£872,871	£931,299	—	Accounts for year to 30 June 2025

— No grants figure for those years.

Figures from the charity’s filed accounts and its register entry. The document icon links to the charity’s entry on the Charity Commission register, where its filed accounts can be found.