Charitable giving

Boots Charitable Trust is an independent registered charity in the UK wholly funded by the business and administered by a part-time Appeals Officer.

By the end of 2008/09, the Trust had donated over £9m since it was established in the early 1970s.

Who we fund:

We fund registered charities benefiting people who live in Nottinghamshire. In addition, we fund small voluntary organisations whose income and expenditure are both less than £5,000 per year, who are therefore not required to register with the charity commission.

Applications are only accepted on our application form, and charities must  send their latest annual report, detailed accounts, constitution, policy documents and any letters of support. The form is available on this page as a downloadable Word document, or by post. We reply to all applications.

We are especially interested in projects relating to health, lifelong learning, community development etc., more details of which can be found below.

We do not provide funding for:

• Projects benefiting people outside Nottinghamshire
• Individuals
• Organisations which are not registered charities and which have income or expenditure of more than £5,000 per year
• Charities seeking funds to redistribute to other charities
• Projects for which there is a legal statutory obligation or which replace statutory funding

Deadlines:

Amounts under £2,000: None - It takes 1-2 months to make a decision.

Amounts over £2,000: Trustee meetings are held every other month. The deadlines for receipt of applications are 7th February, 7th April, 7th June, 7th August, 7th October and 7th December. It takes 2-4 months to make a decision.

The Trust's current funding priorities are as follows:

Health

Community Healthcare (community health care services, home care, after care, sufferers of medical conditions and disabled people, continuing care).

Health education and prevention (promoting knowledge and awareness of specific diseases or medical conditions).

Life long learning

Helping people of any age to achieve their educational potential (supplementary schools, literacy and numeracy projects, community education, vocational/restart education for the unemployed, alternative education for excluded school pupils).

Community development

Helping groups to respond to problems and needs in their communities or networks. This could include groups such as councils for voluntary services and self help groups.

Social care

Personal Social Services (organisations assisting individuals or families to overcome social deprivation,for example people who are homeless or disabled and their carers, lone parent and childcare groups and other family support groups).

Social preventative schemes (activities preventing crime, dropping out and general delinquency and providing other social care outreach work, social health and safety awareness schemes).

Community social activities (activities to promote social engagement for vulnerable people, mitigating against isolation and loneliness).