Funding In 2008/9 the trust awarded more than £1.7m in grants. A small grants scheme makes awards of up to £4,000. Twice a year the trustees meet to consider a further range of awards from £4,000 to £10,000.
Funder Ernest Cook was the grandson of tourism pioneer Thomas Cook. The trust maintains some 21,600 acres in eight country estates in the English shires.
Aim The trust awards educational grants, especially those that educate young people about the rural environment, arts, crafts and architecture, and literacy and numeracy.
Who can apply? Charities and not-for-profit groups, but not individuals or agricultural colleges. Support for wildlife and farming groups is restricted to the counties of Gloucestershire, Leicestershire, Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire and Dorset where the trust holds land. Applications are expected to link in with the National Curriculum or recognised qualifications. Youth work projects are not funded.
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