Poverty & Inclusion Community & Social Justice 2024
The National Benevolent Charity

Impact Report 2023-24

The National Benevolent Charity is a small endowment-funded grant-maker founded in 1812, providing financial support to individuals and organisations tackling poverty across Gloucestershire, Wiltshire, Swindon and Bristol. In 2023/24, the charity awarded £424,713 to 43 frontline organisations and £270,841 to 715 individuals and families for essential items, white goods and priority debts. It also ran the 'Home is Where the Harm Is' campaign during Euro 2024, making fast-access cash grants to 136 domestic abuse survivors.

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Individual welfare grants for white goods, household essentials, food, clothing, flooring and priority debts; organisational grants to frontline poverty charities; 'Home is Where the Harm Is' domestic abuse campaign; trustee site visits to grantees

📊Key Metrics

£424,713 awarded in grants to 43 organisations in Gloucestershire, Wiltshire, Swindon and Bristol — a 12% increase on the previous year Key Metric 1
£270,841 awarded in grants to 715 individuals and families in 2024 — a 10% increase on the previous year Key Metric 2
136 grants of £200 made to domestic abuse victims through the 'Home is Where the Harm Is' campaign during Euro 2024 Key Metric 3

✅Key Outcomes

  • 43 not-for-profit organisations supported across four grant categories: destitution, employment/education, family strengthening and financial resilience
  • 715 individuals and families received direct grants, the majority women under 40 with caring responsibilities and experience of domestic abuse
  • Founded 1812 — over 200 years of grant-making to people in poverty regardless of age, gender, ethnicity or previous employment

📍Geography

South West

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