The Talbot Trusts

Registered Charity 221356

About Us

The Talbot Trusts is a grant-making registered charity which distributes funds to support health-related charitable work for Sheffield residents and those on the surrounding boundary.

We fund registered charities and other types of not-for-profit organisations, such as Community Interest Companies (CICs) or constituted community groups if they can explain how they would use our funding for charitable purposes. We welcome applications from registered organisations who provide services and facilities that will directly benefit persons who are sick, convalescent, disabled or infirm and which are not readily available to them from other sources.

The Trustees of The Talbot Trusts are committed to making our work as accessible and inclusive as possible. We now have dedicated sections of meetings to discuss EDI (Equality, Diversity and Inclusion) and EDI features in our discussion of applications for funding. One of our Trustees is now a dedicated EDI lead.

The EDI section of our website details in full our response to the Booska Paper which set out goals for funding organisations in addressing racism.

2025-26 Funding Strategy

Funding Strategy

Our funding window is now CLOSED. Please do not submit an application now as it will be rejected. The next round of applications will be open on 20th October 2025.

Who & What We Fund

Our grants are usually around £3,000 but we may occasionally award larger amounts of up to £5,000.

We generally make unrestricted grants which the organisations we fund can use in any way they want to support their work. These are given to charities and community organisations whose main focus is on improving the health and wellbeing of people in Sheffield and the surrounding areas.

We fund organisations whose work fits with at least one of our current priorities, which are:

Reducing the impact of poverty with a focus on homelessness and insecure housing
Preventing or reducing the impact of long-term health conditions by encouraging healthy choices and active lifestyles
Improving health and wellbeing by encouraging connection with nature

We prioritise organisations which specifically target their support at disadvantaged and marginalised members of the community.

We also welcome applications from:

organisations whose main focus is in a different area (e.g. arts, animal welfare, nature and the environment) but who have specific projects focused on improving people’s health and wellbeing
organisations whose work is delivered across a wider geographic area which includes Sheffield (e.g. Yorkshire)

In these cases if the application is successful we will make a restricted grant which can only be used for certain projects or parts of an organisation’s work.