The Noel Buxton Trust  Grant making since 1919

What We Fund

Grants are made to charities active in the following three spheres of activity:

  • The welfare of children in disadvantaged families and of children in care. This will normally cover families with children of primary school age and younger, although work with children in care will be considered up to the age at which they leave care.


  • Penal reform, the welfare of prisoners and their families, rehabilitation of prisoners and work with young people at risk of offending.

  • Sustainable development and education in Eastern and Southern Africa,Botswana, Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zanzibar & Zimbabwe.