Norwich Freemen's Charity — grant history
Latest income
£975k
Grants listed (FY2026)
65
Listed grants total
£846k
Accounts grants total
£838k
listed grants reconcile with the accounts totalextracted from its FY2026 accounts
Application guidance — from the funder’s own website
- How to apply: Organizations must request a pre-application meeting via email before applying. Unsolicited applications are not accepted; applicants must first secure a meeting slot with the Chief Executive or Grants Manager to discuss eligibility and support the application process.
- What they don’t fund: Organizations are not eligible if most of their work is based outside Norfolk, their annual turnover exceeds £2 million, or the grant would simply 'prop up' the organization without a realistic long-term financial plan.
Credited as a funder by
- FROZEN LIGHT
- THE MARGARET HARKER HALL AND BLOFIELD MEMORIAL GROUND
- NORFOLK COUNTY MUSIC FESTIVAL ASSOCIATION
- THE SAW TRUST
- KING EDWARD THE SIXTH GRAMMAR SCHOOL, NORWICH
What this funder supports
Causes funded
Where grantees operate
- Norfolk
- Throughout England And Wales
- Suffolk
- Cambridgeshire
- Throughout England
- Bedford
- Essex
- West Sussex
- Bristol City
- Central Bedfordshire
What changed: FY2025 → FY2026
| Change | Grantee | FY2025 | FY2026 |
|---|---|---|---|
| new | Age UK Norwich | — | £50k |
| new | THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF EARLHAM | — | £40k |
| new | THE OFFSHOOT FOUNDATION | — | £28k |
| new | THE NORFOLK HERITAGE FLEET TRUST | — | £25k |
| new | ASPERGER EAST ANGLIA | — | £24k |
| new | NORWICH SAMARITANS | — | £22k |
| new | THE SAW TRUST | — | £20k |
| new | Norfolk Museums Service | — | £20k |
| up | FareShare - East Anglia | £6k | £15k |
| up | ST. EDMUNDS SOCIETY | £2k | £14k |
| up | THE MATTHEW PROJECT | £6k | £10k |
| up | Reel Connections CIC | £4k | £10k |
| not listed | Swanton Morley Parish Council | £35k | — |
| not listed | 33rd Norwich Scouts | £35k | — |
| not listed | National Deaf Children's Society - Norwich Branch | £30k | — |
| not listed | THE HAMLET CENTRE TRUST | £30k | — |
| not listed | FIRST STAR SCHOLARS UK | £25k | — |
| not listed | THE BENJAMIN FOUNDATION | £25k | — |
| not listed | Barford Primary School | £24k | — |
| not listed | Movement, Mind and Motion Matters (M4 Group) CIC | £20k | — |
Grants made, per its accounts filings
| Recipient | Year | Amount | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| Age UK Norwich | FY2026 | £50k | A project aiming to provide holistic and coordinated support for people facing life issues impacting their health, wellbeing and ability to work or contribute to the community |
| Earlham PCC | FY2026 | £40k | Towards the costs of a schools and families team |
| The Offshoot Foundation | FY2026 | £28k | Free filmmaking workshops for young people |
| The Norfolk Heritage Fleet Trust | FY2026 | £25k | The provision of sailing experiences for young people |
| Asperger East Anglia | FY2026 | £24k | Post-diagnosis support for people diagnosed with autism |
| Norwich Samaritans | FY2026 | £22k | Towards the cost of a strategic review for a local Samaritans branch |
| The SAW Trust | FY2026 | £20k | The creation of a microbe zoo - a large, immersive, microbiology exhibition |
| Norfolk Museums Service | FY2026 | £20k | Free entry to a local museum plus a community events programme, schools resources and new displays |
| The Forum | FY2026 | £19k | Youth Hub provision at the Norfolk Deaf Festival |
| Toy Like Me CIC | FY2026 | £19k | A playful events group for deaf children and children of deaf adults aged 0 - 7 years old with their parents/carers |
| Community Chaplaincy Norfolk | FY2026 | £18k | Recruitment and training costs to secure additional volunteer mentors to support prison leavers |
| The Harleston Sancroft Academy | FY2026 | £17k | Towards the cost of modern stage lighting for a school stage which is also used by the community |
| The Garage Trust | FY2026 | £17k | The provision of new technical equipment at a local training and performance centre |
| The Country Trust | FY2026 | £17k | A food discovery programme for disadvantaged children |
| Social Moments Enterprise | FY2026 | £16k | Towards the cost of a social shop coordinator supporting families with food education |
| Banham Baby & Toddler Group | FY2026 | £16k | Baby café and wellbeing events for a parent and toddler group |
| Hear for Norfolk | FY2026 | £15k | Towards the cost of a mobile hearing assessment and ear care unit |
| The Common Lot | FY2026 | £15k | Towards the cost of a community skill sharing hub |
| University of East Anglia | FY2026 | £15k | Towards the cost of a clinical anatomy suite |
| FareShare - East Anglia | FY2026 | £15k | The distribution of surplus food to charities supporting people experiencing hardship in North east Norfolk |
| Sprowston Youth Engagement Project | FY2026 | £15k | Structured, practical learning for young people excluded from school, home schooled or struggling to engage in mainstream education |
| Broadland High Ormiston Academy | FY2026 | £15k | Towards the cost of stage lighting for a high school |
| St. Edmunds Society | FY2026 | £14k | Structured, skill-building summer activities for young people |
| Keeping Abreast | FY2026 | £14k | Support for those considering or undergoing breast reconstruction |
| The Autumn Festival of Norfolk | FY2026 | £13k | Free and subsidised tickets to an arts festival |
| The Feed Foundation | FY2026 | £13k | The provision of 1:1 Support sessions at a community hub |
| Frozen Light | FY2026 | £13k | Towards a sensory studio for a theatre company working with people with profound and multiple learning disabilities |
| Great Yarmouth Centre for Community Writing | FY2026 | £11k | The provision of creative writing workshops in Great Yarmouth |
| TimeNorfolk | FY2026 | £11k | Towards core costs for an organisation support people who have experienced pregnancy loss |
| HubL Norwich CIC | FY2026 | £11k | Towards an organisation providing a single assessment point assessing refugees, asylum seekers and migrants' level of English and advising the best class to attend |
| St. George's Theatre | FY2026 | £10k | Subtitling/captioning equipment for a theatre in an area of multiple languages and cultures |
| Unity Schools Partnership | FY2026 | £10k | Towards the provision of suitable outdoor play areas at a primary school |
| Total Ensemble | FY2026 | £10k | Free live arts experiences and inclusive practical workshops open to all |
| Step into Tech CIC | FY2026 | £10k | Towards the cost of Tech-athons for young people in both Great Yarmouth and Norwich |
| New East Theatre CIC | FY2026 | £10k | Funding towards a Norwich Mystery Play festival |
| The Matthew Project | FY2026 | £10k | 1:1 Support and group activities for young people at risk of being not in education employment or training |
| The Friends of Alpington VA School | FY2026 | £10k | Towards an educational play fort at a school |
| Treow Forest School | FY2026 | £10k | Towards the cost of attendance at a forest school for young people 'all but excluded' from school |
| Nancy Oldfield Trust | FY2026 | £10k | Bursary fund to support water-based activities for people with disabilities |
| Norwich Arts Centre | FY2026 | £10k | Towards the cost of an awards programme for young people covering a range of art forms |
| Assist Trust | FY2026 | £10k | Independence Support Scheme for people with learning disabilities |
| Stepping Stones | FY2026 | £10k | Towards the cost of a life-skills kitchen for people with learning disabilities |
| Eating Matters | FY2026 | £10k | Early intervention counselling and dietetics for adults with disordered eating behaviours |
| Centre 81 | FY2026 | £10k | Towards the creation of an independent living training flat for people with learning difficulties and those who are on the autistic spectrum |
| Reel Connections CIC | FY2026 | £10k | Record club promoting wellbeing |
| Norwich Men's Shed | FY2026 | £10k | Towards workshop supervisor's salary costs at a Men's Shed |
| Brundall Memorial Hall | FY2026 | £10k | Refurbishment |
| Holt Youth Project | FY2026 | £10k | Towards youth worker salaries and related core costs |
| The Brook Street Band Trust | FY2026 | £10k | Free tickets to a baroque music festival and a community/family concert |
| East Norfolk Sixth Form College | FY2026 | £9k | A range of dance and other physical activities for young people |
| ArtsTable | FY2026 | £8k | Arts clubs for young people |
| Curious Directive | FY2026 | £8k | Towards the core costs of a Norwich-based theatre company |
| Nest Community Art CIC | FY2026 | £8k | Weekly arts sessions for D/deaf young people |
| Limbik Limited | FY2026 | £8k | An outdoor community Theatre project |
| Norfolk Army Cadet Force | FY2026 | £8k | Subsidising the cost of army cadets who are in financial need trip to the Normandy beaches |
| The Forum Trust Limited | FY2026 | £7k | Young people's involvement in workshops exploring the American presence in Norfolk during WWII |
| Musical Keys | FY2026 | £7k | Towards the cost of a weekly music/music therapy group for people facing mental health challenges |
| Get Me Out The Four Walls | FY2026 | £6k | The recruitment of 10 volunteer parent ambassadors to support new parents suffering from, or at risk of suffering from, perinatal mental health condition |
| Star Throwers Cancer Support Charity | FY2026 | £5k | Post cancer support for lymphoedema |
| Big C | FY2026 | £5k | Exercise, wellbeing and nutrition activities for people affected by cancer |
| FUSE Norwich C | FY2026 | £5k | Support and skills development for those aiming to start social enterprises |
| Banham Village Community Hub | FY2026 | £5k | Fitness sessions in a community hub - open to all, particularly those with long-term health issues / sensory loss |
| English+ | FY2026 | £4k | Core costs for an organisation teaching English to refugees and asylum seekers |
| Costessey Falcons | FY2026 | £4k | Support for a young people's football club |
| Norfolk Schools Sailing Association | FY2026 | £4k | Improving the safety and sustainability of a schools sailing association |
| Swanton Morley Parish Council | FY2025 | £35k | Addition of a four person swing to the exiting Ability Swing |
| 33rd Norwich Scouts | FY2025 | £35k | Funding towards a new building for use by the scouts and the wider community |
| National Deaf Children's Society - Norwich Branch | FY2025 | £30k | A family fun day for D/deaf children and their families |
| The Hamlet Centre Trust | FY2025 | £30k | Specialist pre-school education for children with disabilities and complex needs |
| First Star Scholars UK | FY2025 | £25k | A supportive educational programme for looked after young people |
| The Benjamin Foundation | FY2025 | £25k | Re-vamping a nursery garden for children with additional developmental needs |
| Toy Like Me CIC | FY2025 | £24k | Towards the cost of a baby and toddler group for families with a D/deaf person. |
| Barford Primary School | FY2025 | £24k | Funding towards high quality arts provision in the school |
| Movement, Mind and Motion Matters (M4 Group) CIC | FY2025 | £20k | Group physical activity sessions for children |
| The Country Food Trust | FY2025 | £20k | Running a food discovery programme in three schools |
| into Opera | FY2025 | £20k | A pilot of a free, opera community chorus |
| The Church of St George, Tombland | FY2025 | £20k | Towards the cost of repairing a historic window |
| Winteron on Sea Gardening Club | FY2025 | £17k | Towards subsidising trips for older members and attracting visiting speakers |
| Brampton Village Hall | FY2025 | £17k | Funding towards the refurbishment of the hall |
| SOS Bus Norwich | FY2025 | £16k | Funding towards core costs to keep the SOS Bus open on Friday and Saturday evenings |
| National Centre for Writing | FY2025 | £16k | Free family days at Dragon Hall |
| St Matthew's Church | FY2025 | £15k | Saturday morning children’s breakfast and boardgames club |
| New-U Enterprises Ltd | FY2025 | £15k | Creating a digital points system for a pre-loved clothing shop |
| Corpus Vitrearum (Great Britain) | FY2025 | £13k | Funding towards a compiling a catalogue of medieval stained glass in Norfolk |
| Norfolk County Music Festival | FY2025 | £13k | Supporting state schools’ preparation for and participation in a music festival |
| ArtsTable | FY2025 | £13k | Provision of an after-school arts club |
| Smallburgh Village Hall and Playing Field Charity | FY2025 | £13k | To provide accessible play equipment for children with disabilities |
| The Free School | FY2025 | £13k | Providing playground equipment |
| Jurnet's House | FY2025 | £13k | Funding towards feasibility studies for a heritage project |
| CAST Education | FY2025 | £12k | Science competition for young people |
| Step Into Tech CIC | FY2025 | £12k | A technology based competition for 80 young people |
| Total Ensemble | FY2025 | £11k | Provision of a vibrant, participative live arts experience |
| Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust Young Carers Charitable Fund | FY2025 | £11k | A two-night residential event for young carers |
| Thorpe St Andrew school and sixth form | FY2025 | £10k | Funding towards meals for girls on an international football tour |
| First Steps Norwich CIC | FY2025 | £10k | Resources and support for stay and play sessions |
| Royal Norfolk Regimental Museum | FY2025 | £10k | Opportunities for students to work creatively with the collection and display their work |
| Tender Education and Art | FY2025 | £10k | Specialist health relationship projects in alternative provision settings |
| Royal Norfolk Agricultural Association | FY2025 | £8k | Funding towards musical performances by young people at the Royal Norfolk Show |
| Wheatfen Forest School | FY2025 | £8k | Establishing a Forest School for young people with social, emotional and mental health needs |
| Norwich School | FY2025 | £8k | Towards a maths symposium for children from State schools |
| Wind Energy Collection | FY2025 | £8k | Preservation of a historic windmill |
| 2nd Hellesdon Scout Group | FY2025 | £8k | An indoor bouldering wall and upgrading of outdoor play equipment |
| Norfolk International Language School CIC | FY2025 | £8k | Polish language and cultural education and activities for children of Polish parents |
| Breastfeeding Support Norwich and Norfolk | FY2025 | £7k | Support for a volunteer-led breastfeeding group |
| Sprowston Junior School | FY2025 | £6k | Funding towards high quality arts provision in the school |
| The Matthew Project | FY2025 | £6k | Funding for a programme supporting adults recovering from substance misuse |
| Catton Grove Community Centre | FY2025 | £6k | Funding for a part time centre manager |
| FareShare - East Anglia | FY2025 | £6k | Towards the cost of re-distributing surplus food to member charities in Norwich and surrounding area |
| New Routes Integration | FY2025 | £5k | Contribution to core costs. |
| Weybread Ocean Lake CIC | FY2025 | £5k | Towards creating a recreational wildlife site for the public. |
| The Papillon Project | FY2025 | £5k | Towards developing and creating school allotments |
| Norwich Eagle Canoe Club Limited | FY2025 | £5k | Towards the cost of female friendly kayaks, paddle boards and canoes |
| Anteros Arts Foundation | FY2025 | £5k | Towards costs of repairing a lift to enable access for people with disabilities |
| Treehouse Children and Families Centre | FY2025 | £5k | Towards creating a safe and secure garden for the nursery |
| Norfolk Community Arts | FY2025 | £5k | Free/reduced cost access for young people to musical instrument tuition and group performance |
| St Francis of Assisi Catholic Primary School | FY2025 | £5k | Creating a teachers’ network for the arts in primary schools |
| Curlous Directive | FY2025 | £5k | Funding towards core costs for this theatre company |
| Friends of Great Witchingham Primary School | FY2025 | £4k | Funds towards playground improvements and new equipment. |
| Remembering Together CIC | FY2025 | £4k | Supporting bereaved people through creative arts |
| Reel Connections CIC | FY2025 | £4k | Funding towards a record club designed to connect people through music |
| North Walsham Atrium Sociable Community Cinema | FY2025 | £4k | Funding to enable subsidised tickets for a community cinema |
| St. Edmunds Society | FY2025 | £2k | Welfare and support systems |
| Hungate Medieval Art | FY2025 | £2k | Towards the cost of exhibiting and celebrating Norwich’s medieval heritage and art |
| Your Own Place | FY2025 | £2k | Core costs towards helping those in financial need build financial skills and knowledge |
| MensCraft | FY2025 | £2k | Contribution to core costs |
| Brundall Men's Shed | FY2025 | £925 | New equipment and training for members |
| East Anglian Air Ambulance | FY2025 | £925 | CPR and defibrillator training in schools |