Supporting local communities across the UK
Boots Charitable Trust is an independent registered charity wholly funded by Boots UK Limited. We want to be there to care for people, customers and communities everywhere and that’s why in 2023, we expanded the Trust’s reach to support projects across the UK, as well as in our home county of Nottinghamshire.
The Trust funds charities and voluntary organisations working in the areas of health, lifelong learning, community development and social care, and encourages applications from organisations where our grants of up to £10,000 can make the biggest impact.
Update on the Boots Charitable Trust application process – From November 2025
Due to the unprecedented interest in the Trust and a significant volume of applications received, we have taken the difficult decision to close to applications from projects across the UK, while we review the Trust's funding strategy for financial years 2025 and 2026.
However, applications for projects that support the Nottinghamshire community will re-open on Friday 21 November 2025.
Boots Product Donations
If you are seeking support in the form of Boots products for raffles or to support your work, please complete a Donation Request Form, and one of our team will get in touch.
Applying for help
Applications for funding will open to projects supporting communities in Nottinghamshire on Friday 21 November 2025, via our portal.
If planning for future applications, or re-visiting an application you’ve previously made, please see the below guidance:
Please ensure you review our charitable giving policy before beginning an application.
To access an application you’ve already made, click here.
While we look at nominations from all different charities, our main focus is on the following areas that are very close to our hearts and heritage:
- Health: Community healthcare, such as homecare or support for sufferers of medical conditions, and health education and prevention
- Lifelong learning: Local literacy and numeracy projects
- Community development: For example, supporting councils in providing voluntary services
- Social care: Personal, social or community activities or schemes.
Additionally, a particular focus within each of these priorities is how the projects demonstrate a commitment to improving diversity, equality and inclusion within the community.
Non-funded projects
Here is some guidance on those projects we do not supply funding for:
- Individuals
- Organisations that are not registered charities and which have income or expenditure of more than £5,000 per year
- Organisation with reserves and or income over £1m
- Charities seeking funds to redistribute to other charities
- Projects for which there is a legal statutory obligation
- Capital projects, large building or construction
- Projects with ongoing maintenance costs that would be dependent on Boots Charitable Trust funding for delivery to continue.
Deadlines for processing applications
Nominations are reviewed quarterly by a board of Trustees.
The Q2 application window will open to projects supporting the community of Nottinghamshire on Friday 21 November 2025 and close midday on Friday 19 December 2025. The Trustee board meeting will take place in February 2025.
Who are our Trustees?
Kyle Rowe – Managing Director Boots Opticians
Beneeta Shah – Head of Pharmacy Stores
Jennifer Moffat – Financial Controller
Michael Benford – Director of Finance – Operations
Adam Wiles - Senior Dispute Resolution, Investigations & Healthcare Lawyer
Jenny Rose - Director of Stores (Wales & West)
Rebecca Hitchings - General Merchandise Business Unit Director, Boots UK & ROI