Samworth Foundation

Samworth Foundation is a charity registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales (charity number 1207859).

The Samworth Foundation exists and operates for the public benefit through grant-making and social investment across the UK and internationally. It seeks to fund organisations that safeguard people from slavery, including those addressing the systems that allow it to persist, and that give victims, survivors and those at risk access to high-quality support. It awarded £3,536,639 in its most recent reported year. Most of its grantholders are UK-based and work within its themes of Modern Slavery and Exploitation and Environment and Climate Change. It also runs a small fund for organisations working at the intersection of modern slavery and environmental harm, with a particular focus on the farming sector, and the Four Counties Fund supports organisations based in and delivering work in Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire, Derbyshire and Rutland.

Priority Areas

The Samworth Foundation funds organisations working in modern slavery and exploitation and in environment and climate change throughout the UK and internationally. It supports systemic change that safeguards people from slavery and exploitation, alongside high-quality support for survivors and those at risk. Its environment work seeks to restore the health of the natural world and address systems and behaviours that harm the planet; it also supports work at the intersection of modern slavery and environmental harm, particularly in farming. The Foundation seeks to address root causes, strengthen organisations and build long-term relationships with grantholders. It offers project, core and unrestricted funding, with multi-year unrestricted grants where possible. Through the Four Counties Fund it prioritises frontline and community work that gives back locally. Organisations need not be registered charities, but the funded activity must be charitable in law.

Themes

• Modern slavery and exploitation
• Environment and climate change
• Slavery and environmental harm

Geographic Focus

UK; internationally; Nottinghamshire; Leicestershire; Derbyshire; Rutland.

A Grants Manager works with the applicant to complete the application; the completed proposal is submitted to Trustees for consideration at a meeting. Application meetings usually take place in March and September.

Who can apply:

• The Foundation can only make grants to support activity which is charitable in law. Organisations do not have to be registered charities to apply.
• Four Counties Fund: Organisations based in and delivering work in the counties of Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire, Derbyshire and Rutland.

What the charity says:

• It looks to support inspirational organisations that address the root causes of its strategic priorities.
• For the Four Counties Fund, it prioritises organisations that actively engage their communities and show how they helped develop services.
• For the Four Counties Fund, it prioritises locally managed organisations rather than branches of national organisations or regionally based groups.
• For the Four Counties Fund, it prioritises organisations that work collaboratively or in partnership to add value for service users.
• It aims to build long-term funding relationships with grantholders and, where possible, offers multi-year unrestricted grants.