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

Cell layers of a laboratory-grown human brain organoid

Cell layers of a laboratory-grown human brain organoid

‘Mini brains’ hold clues to early changes in neurodegenerative diseases

Researcher Dr Andras Lakatos has been working to shed light on how motor neurone disease starts in the brain and spinal cord

Functional Electrical stimulation to trigger quad muscles

Functional Electrical stimulation to trigger quad muscles

Expert physiotherapy to rebuild lives

The Rooprai Spinal Trust works right across the UK helping individuals with spinal cord injuries to experience the benefits of intensive, specialised...

Female in wheelchair and male giving thumbs up. Happy faces socialising.

Bringing soulmates together for love and friendship

Safe Soulmates offers safe spaces for people with additional needs to socialise, meet new friends or potential partners in Cambridgeshire

Evolution not revolution

2021 has been a time of significant change for The Evelyn Trust: we have welcomed Jeremy Newsum as our new Chair and recruited a new Trustee, Norest Mararike...

A decade of progress and achievement

Some thoughts from our outgoing Chairman, Will Dawkins

Improving diagnosis of neonatal seizures

Dr Ronit Pressler, a senior researcher in Clinical Neurophysiology at Addenbrooke’s Hospital, has launched a randomised clinical trial.

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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