The Elise Pilkington Charitable Trust

Capital grants, generally of between £2,500 and £15,000, are available to UK registered charities working in the equine sector or charities/hospices supporting older people.

Who can apply: UK registered charities, UK equine charities and UK hospices.

Key Words: Capital, Animal Welfare, Equine Animals, Elderly, Hospices, Hospitals, United Kingdom.

The aims of the Elsie Pilkington Charitable Trust are:

1. To prevent cruelty to equine animals, to relieve suffering and distress amongst such equine animals, to care for and protect such equine animals, including live horses being transported country to country for butchery if such animals are in need of care and protection by reason of sickness, maltreatment, poor circumstances or other similar causes.
2. To promote the relief of the elderly, and
3. To further such other exclusively charitable purposes according to the law of England and Wales as the Trustees in their absolute discretion from time to time determine.