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Trusts and Grants

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Trusts and Grants

Trusts and Grants

Ensuring those who have served are always supported

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Thanks to generous grants from trusts and foundations, we are providing outstanding care to Chelsea Pensioners. This support is critical in ensuring that the Royal Hospital Chelsea can continue its historic purpose of providing a home for veterans of the British Army. We are proud to work in partnership with our grant funders.  Their support is helping to transform lives.  Single or multi-year gifts can help fund our core services or be used to realise a specific project. With further support, we will continue to improve our care, facilities and services – so that Chelsea Pensioners and the wider veteran community can enjoy the best quality of life and this iconic institution can look forward to a safe and bright future.

The importance of grants

The grants we receive from charitable trusts and foundations are vital in helping us to care for both Chelsea Pensioners and our Grade 1 and Grade 2* listed heritage site. We are only able to achieve as much as we do, because of the grants we receive.

Below are a few examples of projects for which we are currently fundraising.  

Chillianwala Memorial

The restoration of the Chillianwala Memorial

We are currently fundraising to conserve the nationally significant Chillianwala Memorial, a pioneering 1853 war memorial that names all 255 soldiers killed at the Battle of Chillianwala, regardless of rank. We have so far raised a total of £45,000 out of the £71,702 needed. Funds will be used to clean, repair, repoint, repaint and regild the monument, safeguarding an important record of military sacrifice whilst also strengthening remembrance, education, public engagement and hands-on conservation training for future heritage specialists.  

Can your trust help us find the £26,000 needed to get this project over the line?

A Chelsea Pensioner in his blue shift, headphones on and script in hand, presenting from the on-air studio at the Royal Hospital Chelsea, with the illuminated "ON AIR" sign in the foreground.

The creation of a new radio studio for use by Chelsea Pensioners

We are fundraising to create a dedicated radio and media studio at the Royal Hospital Chelsea. The project would equip Tricorne AV, our in-house production team made up of Chelsea Pensioners and volunteers, so that it can expand its existing audio and video broadcasting service across the Royal Hospital, including to Pensioners in supported accommodation and the Infirmary. The new studio would enable daily and weekly programming, interviews, storytelling, military heritage content, Veterans Outreach broadcasts and community updates, while also giving Pensioners opportunities to develop media skills, take creative roles and contribute meaningfully to community life. Ultimately, the project will improve wellbeing, reduce isolation, strengthen comradeship and help older veterans remain connected, valued and supported.

We need to raise £15,381 to complete this project.  Perhaps your trust or Foundation could help?

Tailored support from our dedicated team

Our dedicated team works hard to understand the interests of every trust and foundation we approach – ensuring that we match our work, as closely as possible, to their funding priorities. In addition, we offer visits so that donors can meet staff and get a real sense of the services we provide for the Chelsea Pensioners.

Find out more 

For more information on the Royal Hospital Chelsea and how charitable trusts and foundations can play a part in its work today and in years to come, please contact our Head of Trusts and Grants, Jane Westley, by calling 020 7881 5256 or emailing jane.westley@chelsea-pensioners.org.uk.

Trusts and Foundations - thank you!

All donations make a very real difference to the veterans for whom we care. 

The charities and organisations listed below reflect just some of those who have recently awarded grants.  These donations have helped in so many ways – from funding the refurbishment of the Infirmary, to supporting veterans and older people living with dementia or helping to fund our Chelsea Pensioners Veterans Outreach programme.  Crucially, they have also contributed to our core operating costs.

Thank you to all of our supporters and partners, including those who have chosen to remain anonymous

Trusts & Foundation Partners of The Royal Hospital Chelsea
  • David and Julia Hunter Charitable Trust
  • EBM Charitable Trust
  • Edith Murphy Foundation
  • Francis Winham Foundation
  • Queen Mary’s Roehampton Trust
  • The Aall Foundation
  • The Alan and Sheila Diamond Charitable Trust
  • The Baker Family Charitable Trust
  • The Peter Stormonth Darling Charitable Trust
  • The Royal Society of St George City of Westminster Branch
  • The Scott (Eredine) Charitable Trust