The Leslie Sell Charitable Trust

Grants are available to Scout and Guide groups across the United Kingdom for projects that encourage people to engage with scouting or guiding.

The objective of the Leslie Sell Charitable Trust is to support youth groups, principally Scouts and Guides, but also other community groups, at the discretion of the Trustees in accordance with the trust deed.

The Trust makes cash grants to scout and guide groups to help with the financing of small projects such as building works, transport or equipment. In addition, the Trust makes grants to groups and individual scouts and guides towards the costs of trips.

During the year ended 5 April 2023, the Trust awarded grants totalling £294,789, a significant increase on the amount awarded in recent years (2022: £186,519; 2021: £170,075; 2020: £157,402).

The Trust does not publish a list of grant recipients on its website or in its annual accounts. However, it awards a substantial number of grants each year, usually around 100 in total.