1. Check that your organisation meets our criteria on the Who We Give To page and review the case studies on the Recent Recipients page to get a better idea of the sort of charities we support.

2. Please email info@sirgeorgemartintrust.org.uk or telephone 01423 810 222 and our Trust Manager, Carla Marshall will send you our application form. It helps if you tell us a little bit about your organisation, your work and your current financial situation first.

3. Post or email the application with the requested information.

Other useful information:

  • The Trustees now meet four times a year in March, June, September and December, but due to the number of applications received, we recommend making initial contact with our Trust Manager 2-3 months before each meeting.
  • Following your initial enquiry, the Trust Manager will aim to give you a good idea of whether or not she thinks it is worth writing and sending in an application.
  • Our Trust Manager usually visits as many new applicants as possible but over the summer she will carry out telephone calls and Zoom meetings (when required) as part of the assessment process.
  • Each application and the Trust Manager’s report will then be reviewed by our seven trustees.
  • The Trust does not normally repeat grants to any charity in any one year, and the maximum number of consecutive grants is usually three. The Trust prefers to adopt a one-off policy in terms of its giving.
  • Unsuccessful enquiries and applicants are generally informed by email.

Please don’t hesitate to contact our Trust Manager, Carla Marshall, if you have any questions. Our contact details are:

Carla Marshall
Sir George Martin Trust
6 Firs Avenue
Harrogate
HG2 9HA

01423 810 222
info@sirgeorgemartintrust.org.uk