£5k grants available to respond to the 'signs of the times' to build social justice in the UK

Bishop Richard Moth. Image: CBCEW

Bishop Richard Moth, chair of Catholic grant-making charity, The Charles Plater Trust (CPT), has announced the opening of the funder's 2025 small grants programme.

Opening the grant funding opportunity, Bishop Richard Moth said: "We face profound social justice challenges as a society today. Marking the papacy of Pope Leo XIV and, also, with a relatively new government in place in this country, it is timely to offer a new funding opportunity to charity partners to pioneer new ways in which Catholic social teaching in action can contribute to a new vision for our society, where all belong and can flourish."

CPT launched its small grants programme in 2021, and funds projects that contribute to social justice through education in its broadest sense.

Charities and CICs with an annual income below £100,000 are eligible to apply for a small grant of up to £5,000 on the Charles Plater Trust website. The closing date for applications is 5pm on Thursday 9th October 2025.

Grant application details can be found at: www.plater.org.uk/apply

Or for an informal chat about the funding opportunity, please contact Philomena Cullen, Trust manager, email: plater@cbcew.org.uk

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Plater Trust: www.plater.org.uk