The organisations in which the Trust is most interested are UK charities working on a national basis in the following areas :

Disability

Deafness and blindness

Medical conditions affecting both adults and children

Medical research, but not in substitution of NHS spending

People with learning disabilities

Children and young people, especially the disadvantaged

Environment and wildlife

On occasion, the Trust will make grants to charities working in East Hampshire outside the above fields.  They do not make grants to local charities operating elsewhere in the UK.

The Trust does not make grants to individuals, does not enter into sponsorship arrangements with individuals and does not make grants to organisations that are not UK-registered charities.

The areas of charitable activity that fall outside the Trust's current funding priorities are :

Drug/alcohol abuse and counselling

Museums, galleries and heritage

Performing arts and cultural organisations

Churches

Overseas aid