Welcome to the Travellers Aid Trust Website

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We are the only independent grant-maker dedicated specifically to supporting Gypsies and Travellers in the UK. Below you will find a list of all the Trust’s past and present grants programmes. Links to application forms and guidelines, along with links to other relevant information, can be found running down the right margin of the page. You will also find a series of links running down the right margin of the page which will lead to you other relevant information. If you have any difficulties in accessing the information you need, you can contact the Trust directly at:

The Travellers Aid Trust

PO Box 16

Llangyndeyrn, Kidwelly

Carmarthenshire SA17 5BN

Tel./fax: 01269 870 621

info@travellersaidtrust.org

Grants

For more, please see our Grants Page

NAME OF GRANT PROGRAMME	PURPOSE	WHO CAN APPLY	AMOUNT
The Violet Clegg Fund (Replaced the Small Grants Programme) & is a rolling programme.	Category 1: for Gypsies & Travellers experiencing exceptional hardship Category 2: benefit to a community.	Individual Gypsies and Travellers or groups.	Up to £250
The Special Bursary Fund	To support Gypsies and Travellers meet their travel and accommodation costs to meetings, conferences and training related to law reform.	Individual Gypsies and Travellers or groups.	Up to £500
DIY Fund CLOSED	To provide basic running costs for small groups and projects representing Gypsies and Travellers	Formally constituted groups with an annual turnover of under £50,000	Up to £3000
Travelling Light CLOSED	Gypsies & Travellers living on unauthorised sites or sites without access to mains electricity.	Individual Gypsies and Travellers.	Free Solar Panel Kit