The Joicey Trust

The Joicey Trust is a charity registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales (charity number 1205690).

The Joicey Trust is a family trust registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales. It exists mainly to provide grants that can make a difference to local people and their communities in the North-East of England, and it also welcomes applications from the Scottish Borders. It distributes donations twice yearly from available income, awarding £218,330 in the latest reported period, and most of its giving goes to organisations for revenue costs, including core funding, or capital expenditure, with only a minor part going to individuals doing overseas charitable work.

Priority Areas

It makes grants across a wide spectrum, supporting registered or statutory charities. It will also consider applications from unregistered charitable organisations when a Local Infrastructure Organisation confirms that it will receive any award on their behalf. Grants may support revenue expenditure, including core funding, or capital expenditure. Its main beneficial area is the North East of England, covering NE and SR postcodes and DH1-DH9, and it welcomes applications from the Scottish Borders. Beneficiaries are selected according to need and the quality of the application. The recorded recipients include community associations and venues, youth and family support services, food banks, churches, arts and cultural organisations, and health and disability charities.

Geographic Focus

North East of England; Scottish Borders.

Applicants submit applications to the appeals secretary in time for queries to be resolved by the recurring 30 November or 31 May cut-offs for the next trustees' meeting; early applications are encouraged.

Deadlines: Applications are due by 30 November and 31 May each year for consideration at the next trustees' meeting.

Application windows:

• Applications should be submitted in time to allow for any queries to be resolved by 30 November.
• Applications should be submitted in time to allow for any queries to be resolved by 31 May.

Who can apply:

• Grants are made to registered (or statutory) charities.
• Where a charitable organisation is not registered, applications will be considered provided the application is accompanied by a letter from a Local Infrastructure Organisation (LIO, CVA, CVS etc) confirming they will receive any award on behalf of the charitable organisation.
• Individuals
  • Individuals must be permanently resident within the Trust's defined area of benefit.
  • The project must be a long term international development project, defined as being in country on charitable work for a minimum of 6 months, and the individual must be sponsored by a charity.

What to send:

• The Trust's standard application form.
• Supporting papers and documents must accompany all applications.
• Individuals
  • The initial email approach must provide the charity with which the applicant will be working, a brief outline of what they will be doing, and the dates of the project.
  • A letter from a Local Infrastructure Organisation confirming it will receive any award on behalf of an unregistered charitable organisation.

What the charity says:

• Beneficiaries are selected according to need and the quality of their application.
• Applicants whose charity does not fully meet the parameters but has particular reasons to seek support should email the Trust to discuss before submitting a full application.