Souter Charitable Trust was set up by Sir Brian and his wife Lady Elizabeth in 1992. The trustees have no geographical restrictions on our grants, in the last 12 months the Trustees have supported projects in 86 countries worldwide through UK registered charities. The Trusts core grant giving criteria is to support the relief of human suffering. This is a very wide criteria including education, spiritual welfare, health and mental wellbeing, social projects, drugs and alcohol, prisons work and feeding programmes. The Trustees have a particular interest in projects run with a Christian emphasis and ethos.
We only accept applications in writing via post and email. Applications are logged and key information is provided to the Trustees to enable them to make their decisions. Key information will include outline of project asks, financial situation and the most recent donations the Trust has made. The Trustees meet once per month to review applications and if successful one-off grants are made via cheque. Charities seeking Larger multi-year commitments maybe invited to present at one of our Trustees meetings if more information is required. These grants are usually paid via standing order.