1 May 2019
NFU Mutual Charitable Trust
The NFU Mutual Charitable Trust was set up in 1998 by the National Farmers Union Mutual Insurance Society (NFU Mutual) to promote and support charities in the UK working in agriculture, rural development and insurance.
The Trust provides funding, in the form of one-off grants and donations, to charitable initiatives in the areas of education, research, social welfare and poverty relief.
The Trust’s current main objectives are to:
- Advance the education of the public by means of research and dissemination of information in relation to agriculture.
- Advance the education of young people within rural areas.
- Relieve poverty within rural areas.
- Promote the benefit and social welfare of inhabitants of rural communities by associating together with the inhabitants and local authorities, voluntary and other organisations to advance education and leisure.
- Advance the education of the public by means of research and dissemination of information in relation to agriculture.
- Promote research into agricultural associated activities.
- Advance the education of the public by means of research and dissemination of information in relation to insurance.
The Trust will focus on funding larger initiatives which would have significant impact on the rural community.
Applications are considered twice a year. The 2019 deadlines for applications are 31 May 2019 and 1 November 2019.