Animal Welfare Grants

The Animal Defence Trust is a charity whose main aims are the welfare of animals and protection of them from cruelty and suffering, the promotion of research to discover ways of reducing the use of animals in scientific research, and the establishment of inspections of animal transportation to ensure proper and humane accommodation.

The Animal Defence Trust makes grants to approved charities working in animal welfare in the United Kingdom and elsewhere.

Grants are available to animal charities who care for animals which have undergone suffering and cruelty before rescue.

Applications for grants are welcome from registered charities.

Organisations eligible to apply for grants will be registered charities.

• Applications should be supported by a copy of the last full year’s accounts, sufficient detail of all direct costs (e.g builders quotations, manufacturer’s price lists etc.) and a copy of the last newsletter
• Where an organisation is eligible for VAT relief on equipment purchased, costs should be quoted exclusive of VAT
• If planning permission is required to complete a project, then this should have been acquired, at least at outline level, prior to the application being submitted. Please provide evidence of this.
• The Animal Defence Trust does not give grants for the improvement or construction of buildings where the premises are not owned wholly by the charity, unless the improvements or buildings are such that they can be transferred to a new premises.

No amount specified.