The Evelyn Trust |

The Evelyn Trust seeks projects for which our funding makes the difference to the project getting off the ground

Over the last 15 years we have made grants to charities and non-profit making organisations.

We seek to benefit a broad range of projects that influence the development and delivery of health and wellbeing services

Except for our small grants programme our annual application deadline is 30 November

The Evelyn Trust is a grant-making charity supporting medical research and health and wellbeing projects in Cambridgeshire.

Each year we make grants of up to £250,000 totalling between £500,000 and about £1.5 million.

Except for our small grants programme our annual application deadline is 30 November.

Medical research grants

Health and wellbeing grants

Latest news

Openings for new Trustees

We seek to appoint two Trustees to join our 11-person board, specifically with skills and experience in health and wellbeing in community settings.

Exploring immune system responses to COVID-19

An update on Professor Ken Smith’s exciting research looking at the different reactions of individuals’ immune systems to COVID-19.

Freddie and his Mum lighting a fire in the woods

Freddie and his mum lighting a fire

Forest school introduces students to the wild world

A new ‘forest school’ run by arts charity Rowan Humberstone offers creative and fun activities in a wild woodland setting to adults with learning disabilities.

Michelle Linterman and her research team outside

Michelle Linterman and her research team

Investigating vaccination responses in older people

Dr Michelle Linterman’s team have made further breakthroughs on the causes of a poor response to the flu vaccine in the immune systems of some older people.

Small grants programme

We recognise that Cambridgeshire has many smaller charities for which grants of less than £10,000 can be very meaningful and important.

Our small grants programme for health and wellbeing projects is a rolling annual fund with no application deadline.

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