Grants

 The Nancy Blackett Trust’s Brigit Sanders Memorial Fund 
Enabling young people to discover and enjoy sailing

The Fund is named in memory of the Trust’s first patron, the youngest of the original "Swallows" family, Arthur Ransome’s friends the Altounyans.

Its aim is to provide assistance to young people up to the age of 24 (inclusive) who wish to discover or develop an interest in sailing.

The Fund, subject to its resources, is willing to make awards of part of the cost of projects or sailing trips, typically up to a maximum of 50% of the total cost (including fees, food, travel costs etc).

The Fund normally works by funding individual young people rather than making donations to organisations; however it welcomes approaches from clubs, sail training providers etc, to introduce individual youngsters in need of help.

The Fund considers applications for help with any sailing activities, including sail training, Duke of Edinburgh’s Award, summer camps or individual sailing projects. We may require supporting evidence from organisations or other adults in connection with applications.

We also support young people sailing on Nancy Blackett herself; in this case our range of assistance would include working with clubs, schools etc to arrange group sails.

Like all grant-making funds we have limited resources; we will consider all applications, but cannot guarantee to respond positively in every case. We also have priorities of our own; in particular we are keen to support young people who have a real interest in sailing and seamanship and wish to develop it.

If you wish to apply for funding please complete the application form.

We will aim to acknowledge receipt within a week, and respond within 28 days.