THE HARPUR TRUST — grant history
Latest income
£73.0m
Grants listed (FY2025)
0
Listed grants total
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Accounts grants total
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extracted from its FY2025 accounts
Application guidance — from the funder’s own website
- How to apply: Organisations and individuals can apply by visiting the relevant pages on the website or contacting the team. The Trust also offers Community Micro Grants for new organisations to write applications up to £2,000.
What this funder supports
Causes funded
- Education/training
- The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
- General Charitable Purposes
- Disability
- The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
- Economic/community Development/employment
- Other Charitable Purposes
- Recreation
- Arts/culture/heritage/science
- Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity
Where grantees operate
- Bedford
- Central Bedfordshire
- Luton
- Hertfordshire
- Buckinghamshire
- Northamptonshire
- Milton Keynes
- Throughout England And Wales
- Scotland
- Cambridgeshire
Grants made, per its accounts filings
| Recipient | Year | Amount | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tibbs Dementia Foundation | FY2024 | £148k | Diverse and underserved communities project |
| Bedford and District Citizens Advice Bureau | FY2024 | £146k | Welfare Benefits Specialist Caseworker/Adviser |
| Fun 4 Young People | FY2024 | £143k | Fun 4 Young People (F4YP) |
| FACES Bedford | FY2024 | £117k | Baby FACES |
| Autism Bedfordshire | FY2024 | £66k | Helpline and Money Matters and Welfare Rights Advisory Service supporting autistic people and their families in Bedford Borough. |
| Community and Voluntary Service Bedfordshire | FY2024 | £50k | Relieving the distress and poverty of those held in Yarl’s Wood Immigration Removal Centre. Service Level Agreement 2024 -2025 |
| Beyond Detention | FY2024 | £50k | Preventative Mental Health Services for Adults |
| Mind BLMK | FY2024 | £45k | Preventative Mental Health Services for Adults |
| Sight Concern Bedfordshire | FY2024 | £40k | Achieving Equal Access to Sight Loss Support in Bedford Borough |
| Aquarius Action Projects | FY2024 | £37k | Aquarius - Complex Needs Worker |
| Bedfordshire and Northamptonshire Multiple Sclerosis Therapy Centre | FY2024 | £32k | Parkinson's Health and Wellbeing Initiative |
| Project 41 Woodside Church | FY2024 | £30k | Befriending Service (known as Linking Lives Befriending Service, Bedford) |
| Emmaus Village Carlton | FY2024 | £30k | Dom Gregory Building & Garden Refurbishment |
| The Ebonista Project CIC | FY2024 | £24k | Ebonista Refuge |
| Bedford and District Citizens Advice Bureau | FY2024 | £21k | Young Citizens Advice Pilot Project |
| Shine Learning and Training Centre CIC | FY2024 | £20k | Shine Bedford |
| King's Oak Primary School | FY2024 | £20k | Accelerator Programme - Intervention teacher |
| Azalea | FY2024 | £20k | Mobile Outreach |
| Ukrainian School | FY2024 | £14k | Ukrainian Saturday School |
| Bedford Academy | FY2024 | £13k | Emotionally Based School Avoidance Project |
| Biddenham International School and Sports College | FY2024 | £13k | Opening Minds, Transforming Lives |
| Cauldwell Primary School | FY2024 | £12k | Accelerator Programme 2023-2024 |
| Shackleton Primary School | FY2024 | £12k | Accelerator Programme 2023-2024 |
| Shortstown Primary School | FY2024 | £11k | Accelerator Programme 2023-2024 |
| Open Doors Training and Development Trust | FY2024 | £10k | Health and Wellbeing Awareness Project |
| Safety Centre (Hazard Alley) Ltd | FY2024 | £10k | Educating to Save Lives in Bedford |
| Access Bedford | FY2024 | £10k | Bedford D/deaf Community Wellbeing Programme |
| Edith Cavell Primary School | FY2024 | £6k | Family Support Worker |
| Queen's Park Academy | FY2024 | £6k | Accelerator Programme 2023-2024 |
| Performance Potential CIC | FY2024 | £6k | Clarity in Mind |
| St Mark's Church Preschool | FY2024 | £5k | Outside Play Area Upgrade |
| OMG: Outreach Music Group | FY2024 | £5k | Bedford Music Unlimited |
| Bedford Credit Union Limited | FY2024 | £5k | Marketing Officer Post (1 year) |
| Harrold Cricket Club | FY2024 | £5k | Relay and Expand the Cricket Square to Keep young people playing |
| Great Barford Village Hall | FY2024 | £4k | Bus Library Renovation |
| 134 (Bedford) Squadron Air Training Corps | FY2024 | £3k | Technology Refresh |
| Turvey Pre school Playgroup | FY2024 | £3k | Turvey Pre-School Capital Fund: Roof and Chimney repair |
| Balliol Primary School | FY2024 | £3k | Accelerator Programme 2023-2024 |
| Goldington Green Academy | FY2024 | £3k | Accelerator Progamme |
| Bedford Borough Bowling Club | FY2024 | £3k | Refurbishment of the disabled and gents' toilets, washing facilities, and the gents changing room. Refurbishment of main Accessible (formerly referred to as Disabled), Ladies and Mens toilets |
| Wilstead Bowls Club | FY2024 | £3k | Frozen Light |
| Food Etc | FY2024 | £2k | Young Marketeers Bedford |
| Putnoe Primary School | FY2024 | £2k | Accelerator Programme 2023-2024 |
| Livingstone Primary School | FY2024 | £2k | Accelerator Programme 2023-2024 |
| Goldington Green Academy | FY2024 | £2k | Accelerator Programme 2023-2024 |
| Above and Beyond Cancer Foundation | FY2024 | £2k | Core Funding for Co-Founder and Trustee |
| Bedford Tigers Community Foundation | FY2024 | £2k | Bedford Tigers Wheelchair Rugby League Team |
| The Dalton Charity | FY2024 | £2k | Replacement mower |
| The Hygiene Bank - Bedford | FY2024 | £2k | The Hygiene Bank (Bedford) |
| parkrun Limited | FY2024 | £2k | Great Denham junior parkrun |
| Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Charity | FY2024 | £2k | The Butterfly Appeal- Maternity Bereavement Entrances |
| Jubilation Action Group | FY2024 | £2k | Multi-sensory theatre production for audiences with Profound and Multiple Learning Disabilities |
| Community Food Pantry | FY2024 | £2k | Community Food Pantry |
| PBIC | FY2023 | £100k | YOU ARE VALUED (YAV) |
| Early Childhood Partnership | FY2023 | £87k | Children and Young People Therapeutic Service |
| Bedfordshire Open Door | FY2023 | £74k | Bedfordshire Refugee and Asylum Seeker Support Integration Officer and Financial Support Services |
| Friends for Life Bedfordshire | FY2023 | £64k | Appointing a general manager to strengthen and expand the work of Friends for Life Bedfordshire |
| CHUMS CIC | FY2023 | £60k | Bedfordshire Suicide Bereavement Service (BSBS) |
| Queen's Park Community Organisation | FY2023 | £59k | Intervention officers (2 years) |
| The Salvation Army | FY2023 | £58k | Bedford Salvation Army Debt Advice Service |
| JustUs | FY2023 | £52k | Advocacy for the Homeless People of Bedford |
| Bedford Creative Arts | FY2023 | £50k | Support for core costs for financial years April 2023 March 2024 and April 2024 - March 2025 |
| King's Arms Project | FY2023 | £50k | Supported Accommodation for Vulnerable Migrants |
| FACES Bedford | FY2023 | £50k | Supporting young people through CSE |
| Project 229 | FY2023 | £49k | Project SPACE |
| Community and Voluntary Service Bedfordshire | FY2023 | £45k | Service Level Agreement 2023-2024 |
| Samsons Academy | FY2023 | £42k | Community Engagement Advocates |
| Impakt Housing & Support (formerly YMCA Bedfordshire) | FY2023 | £32k | Independent Living programme in Bedford |
| Project 41 Woodside Church | FY2023 | £31k | Overcoming Homelessness Bedford - Managing Mental Health |
| ProgressAbility.org | FY2023 | £30k | Befriending Service (known as Linking Lives Befriending Service) |
| Positive Steps | FY2023 | £25k | |
| Q:alliance | FY2023 | £21k | QYouth Bedford |
| FACES Bedford | FY2023 | £20k | Bedford Giving - Dads @FACES |
| Bedford and District Cerebral Palsy Society | FY2023 | £19k | Family Support Service |
| Fun 4 Young People | FY2023 | £18k | Bedford Giving - Fun 4 Young People (F4YP) |
| Bedford Academy | FY2023 | £14k | Counselling at Bedford Academy |
| Biddenham International School and Sports College | FY2023 | £14k | |
| Young Enterprise | FY2023 | £10k | Opening Minds, Transforming Lives |
| Polish School | FY2023 | £10k | Ukrainian Saturday School Support |
| FACES Bedford | FY2023 | £10k | Bedford Giving - Spectrum Support |
| Directional Training and Youth Services CIC | FY2023 | £6k | Take The Lead |
| CHUMS CIC | FY2023 | £6k | Bedford Giving - CHUMS DIGI APP |
| Queen's Park Academy | FY2023 | £6k | Year 2 - Accelerator Programme - Family Support Officer |
| Working Options in Education | FY2023 | £6k | Transforming the career and life chances of young people aged 14-19 in Bedford |
| Bedford Disabled Horse Riding Association | FY2023 | £5k | Replacement outdoor riding school menage |
| Carlton Squash Club | FY2023 | £5k | Carlton Community Sports Club Renovation |
| Ethnic Food bank | FY2023 | £5k | Ethnic Food Bank |
| Kempston Rovers Community Football Club | FY2023 | £5k | Community 3G Pitch project |
| Spiral Freerun CIC | FY2023 | £5k | Spiral Freerun HQ |
| The Villager Minibus (Sharnbrook) Ltd | FY2023 | £5k | Villager bus replacement |
| Ridgeway Special School | FY2023 | £5k | iPads for learning and communication |
| Food Etc | FY2023 | £4k | Cookery Workshops for Schools |
| Cruse Bereavement Support Bedfordshire | FY2023 | £2k | Providing specialist bereavement support to those grieving in Bedfordshire. |
| Survivors of Bereavement by Suicide | FY2023 | £2k | SoBS Bedford Support Group |
| Fermynwoods Contemporary Art | FY2023 | £2k | Dancing with digital |
| Shortstown Rangers FC | FY2023 | £2k | Community based youth football club for children aged 5-12 years. |
| SSG Celestials Football Club | FY2023 | £1k | SSG Celestials Football Club - SEND Outreach and Engagement Legacy Project |
| Family Groups | FY2022 | £148k | Working Towards Wellness (a women's trauma responsive support service) |
| Tibbs Dementia Foundation | FY2022 | £89k | Tibbs Dementia Foundation Building Connection and Confidence project. |
| Keech Hospice Care | FY2022 | £75k | Specialist, holistic care for children with life-limiting conditions and their families from Bedford Borough. |
| King's Arms Project | FY2022 | £71k | Pathways Community project - offering a holistic programme specifically aimed at homeless and isolated people transitioning back into employment, and wider community. |
| Penrose Options | FY2022 | £70k | Roots to Recovery - Food for Thought |
| Fun 4 Young People | FY2022 | £70k | Fun 4 Young People |
| Beyond Detention (formerly Yarl's Wood Befrienders) | FY2022 | £70k | Funding of two posts from 1 July 2022: 100% of salary of InDetention Coordinator (0.8) and 50% of salary of CEO (full-time) |
| Project 229 | FY2022 | £48k | SPACE project |
| Community and Voluntary Service Bedfordshire | FY2022 | £45k | Service Level Agreement 2022-2023 |
| Samsons Academy | FY2022 | £43k | Community Outreach Coordinator |
| Bedford Open Door | FY2022 | £35k | Supporting and Managing an effective counselling service |
| Bedford Credit Union Limited | FY2022 | £25k | Transition Funding / Technology Introduction Year 2 |
| PBIC | FY2022 | £23k | Coordinating Support for Ukrainians Refugees temporarily living in Bedford Borough |
| Making Me | FY2022 | £21k | Accelerator Programme - Intervention teacher |
| Chance to Shine | FY2022 | £20k | Chance to Shine Schools Programme in Bedford - Supporting disadvantaged young people to play and learn through cricket. |
| Livingstone Primary School | FY2022 | £20k | Accelerator Programme - Intervention teacher |
| Cauldwell Primary School | FY2022 | £20k | Accelerator Programme - Speech & Language Therapy |
| Shortstown Primary School | FY2022 | £20k | Accelerator Programme - Speech & Language Therapy |
| Shackleton Primary School | FY2022 | £20k | Accelerator Programme - Speech & Language Therapy |
| Peter Pan Teaching School | FY2022 | £20k | Improving Children's Physical Development in Early Years |
| Queen's Park Academy | FY2022 | £18k | Accelerator Programme - Family Support Officer |
| Opening Minds, Transforming Lives | FY2022 | £13k | Opening Minds, Transforming Lives |
| Bedford Academy | FY2022 | £13k | Counselling at Bedford Academy |
| Music24 | FY2022 | £13k | Mind Our Music - Bedford |
| Luton Irish Forum | FY2022 | £10k | HMP Bedford GRT (Gypsy, Roma and Traveller) Forum & Mural |
| Balliol Primary School | FY2022 | £10k | Accelerator Programme - Reciprecal Reading |
| The Rothsay Education Centre (Bedford) | FY2022 | £10k | Future Learning |
| FACES Bedford | FY2022 | £9k | Together @FACES |
| Spring Therapeutic Services | FY2022 | £8k | Play and Creative Arts Therapy for those in need. |
| The Chellington Centre | FY2022 | £5k | Renewing Fire and Security System |
| Bedford Bowling Club | FY2022 | £5k | Bowling Green Club Maintenance |
| British Red Cross | FY2022 | £5k | Team BEDS & LUTON |
| Mowsbury Park Bowls Club | FY2022 | £5k | Installation of automatic green watering system |
| Country Days Ltd | FY2022 | £5k | Country Days: Nature Courses for Young People in Bedfordshire |
| Mile Road Allotment and Leisure Gardeners Association | FY2022 | £5k | We Need a New Loo - to purchase and install a waterless compostable toilet with disabled access. |
| Renhold VC Primary School | FY2022 | £5k | Peace Garden and Outdoor Learning Project |
| King's Oak Primary School | FY2022 | £5k | Sheerhatch Primary School Learning Garden and Woodland with outdoor learning room / classroom |
| Sheerhatch Primary School | FY2022 | £5k | Stormbreak: Supporting mental health and well-being in Primary Schools through embedding daily movement and character education |
| Hazeldene School | FY2022 | £5k | Sensory room at Hazeldene School |
| Relate | FY2022 | £5k | Relate Bedford and Luton Bursary Fund |
| Sight Concern Bedfordshire | FY2022 | £4k | Evaluating SCB Services and Activities – Future Fit |
| Carers in Bedfordshire | FY2022 | £2k | Addition to prior year grant |
| Bizzy Bees Preschool CIO | FY2022 | £2k | Garden/Playground |
| Queen's Park Community Organisation | FY2022 | £2k | Queen's Jubilee Parade (4 June 2022) |
| Legacy Of Windrush Descendants and Friends | FY2022 | £2k | 'A Bedford we come' - A Windrush experience |
| Groundwork Luton and Bedfordshire | FY2022 | £2k | Youth TV – The Show |
| Kymbrook Pre-School | FY2022 | £2k | Forest School & Learning outside the classroom |
| Shortstown Rangers FC | FY2022 | £2k | Community based youth football club for children aged 5-12 years. |