The Bishop Radford Trust is a charity which supports Christian ministry in the UK and internationally. It works with a range of different charities and has given out 450+ grants amounting to over £6.8 million since it was founded in 2006.
We gave out approximately £490,000 towards 44 grants in 2020/2021.
Our Principles
The Bishop Radford Trust works to a defined list of core values which guide how we operate. Our donation and investment strategies have evolved accordingly.
Our Investment Strategy
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Donation Strategy
1. Eligibility Quiz
Applicants must complete our eligibility quiz to determine if they are eligible to apply. If not, they will be notified automatically.
2. Review Process
Grants that meet our eligibility criteria will go through a review process. They are then filtered and may be considered at the next quarterly Trustee meeting.
2a. If Approved
If approved at our trustee meeting the recipient will be notified and asked to complete a Grant Agreement Form. The grant will not typically exceed £2000 (unless the grant fits into medium & high donation category requirements – see below).
2b. NOT APPROVED
Grants that meet our eligibility criteria but are not approved at our Trustee meetings receive a response by email and are referred to other resources or potential funding sources when possible.
Low-level Donations
£2000 or under
These are one off donations that rarely exceed £2000.
By invitation only
Mid-level Donations
Up to £5000
Mid level donations may be given to:
1.Networking organisations – this fulfills our aim to be actively engaged in the sector to build up expertise.
2.Organisations identified by our Trustees as having “high level” potential.
By invitation only
High-level Donations
£15,000+ | Multi-year
Trustees identify a dozen or so organisations that become grantee partners – these partners will have received a low / mid level donation already. The requirements for this are as follows:
- Organisation will have a clear vision and a project which sparks interest and passion, that would benefit from higher level support for 3-5 years.
- Organisations in this donor category are typically smaller, less well established charities where the impact of the funds and partner opportunity is felt to be most impactful.
- Organisations may also be supported where there is a collaborative or match funding opportunity.
Projects we’ve supported
Below are examples of some projects that were supported in 2020 as well as a few of our high-level multi-year partnerships.
International Health Partners – Medicine for those in need
International Health Partners (IHP) is a global health charity coordinating the safe and responsible donation of medicines and health supplies to people around the world who lack access. In the last 5 years we have shipped over 14 million medical treatments, facilitating humanitarian work in some of the world’s most challenging places, including South Sudan, Haiti, Iraq, Lebanon, Myanmar and Yemen.
Type: High Level Donation
Website: ihpuk.org
Home for Good
Every fifteen minutes in the UK, a child will come into care. Home for Good is a Christian fostering and adoption charity with a big vision to find a home for every child who needs one. This includes inspiring, equipping and resourcing thousands of Christians each year to play their part in caring for vulnerable children.
Type: Low Level Donation
Website: homeforgood.org.uk
Sorted Magazine
Sorted Magazine was launched at the Odyssey Arena, Belfast in 2007, by British evangelist, Steve Legg. Thousands of free magazines are sent into 73 Prisons, to members of HM Armed Forces and into Alcohol and Drug Rehabilitation Centres throughout the UK.
Also available in hundreds of WHSmith stores nationwide and in newsstands globally, in a relatively short space of time, Sorted has been voted the world’s most wholesome men’s magazine.
Kick London
KICK’s mission is to transform young people’s lives, with God’s love through sport and support. We engage over 12,000 young people in schools through values driven sport, street dance, mentoring and chaplaincy. We then train local churches to delivery KICK Academies that run extended sports ministry at the weekend.
Type: High Level Donation
Website: kick.org.uk
International Needs – Education for All
International Needs helps families around the world to build a sustainable future. In Uganda, where kids with disabilities are often forgotten, neglected and even abused, IN are helping them to access an education. Through training teachers, providing mobility aids, community sensitisation and running inclusive sports activities, kids with disabilities are being accepted into schools and by the wider community.
Type: High Level Donation
Website: www.ineeds.org.uk
Spencer Contact
Spencer Contact is a Christian charity serving the local community of Northampton. It helps people in need by supplying second-hand furniture and household effects and community care.
Type: Low Level Donation
Website: spencercontact.com
Sixty-one
Every Christmas the charity Sixty-One works with the churches of Bristol to arrange for 1,600 local prisoners to receive a bag of simple gifts and to be offered a copy of a Gospel – last year over 900 were taken. ‘Thank you for reminding me I am still one of God’s children.’ Prisoner in HMP Leyhill.
Swindon Youth for Christ “Bio Bus”
BIOS SPORTS based in Swindon is about helping Churches engage with their local communities through the medium of sport through a mobile bus, reaching vulnerable young people who would not normally enter a church building.
Bible Reading Fellowship
Supporting Messy Churches and Anna Chaplaincy ministry.
Type: High Level Donation
Website: www.brf.org.uk
Sat-7 (PARS)
Christian satellite television broadcasting to the Middle East and North Africa.
Type: High Level Donation
Website: sat7.org
Wintershall
Supporting the Passion Play in Trafalgar Square London.
Type: High Level Donation
Website: www.wintershall.org.uk
Networks and Membership
