Animal Defense Trust Grant

Animal Defense Trust Grant

Status: ACTIVE
Funder: The Animal Defence Trust
Last Updated: February 21, 2026

Summary

The Animal Defence Trust Grant supports registered charities dedicated to animal welfare, focusing on projects that alleviate animal suffering and promote humane treatment. Grants are available for capital and animal protection projects, with considerations for running costs in restricted financial situations. The trust does not fund building improvements unless owned by the charity. This initiative works throughout the UK and occasionally globally, ensuring effective use of funds to protect animals from cruelty.

Overview

The Animal Defence Trust 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 charity works throughout England and Wales and from time to time may work worldwide. 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. Policies and Objectives The objects of the charity are: To protect animals from cruelty and suffering and to promote humane behaviour to animals so as to reduce the sum total of pain and fear inflicted upon animals by mankind.To promote and publish the results of research undertaken with a view to discovering means, whereby as far as possible, medical biological pharmaceutical and other research may be carried out without the use of animals and whereby as far as possible any pain and fear suffered by animals used in connection therewith may be eliminated or reduced.To assist in the establishment and maintenance of a body of inspectors to ensure that animals transported to docks, airports, markets, auction sales, exhibitions, circus shows and other places, events and meetings, are transported in proper and humane conditions and that animals are accommodated properly and humanely wherever they may be.

Eligibility

You can learn more about this opportunity by visiting the funder's website. Organisations eligible to apply for grants will be registered charities.Grants are given for capital projects or animal protection projects, although applications for running costs may be considered where finances are restricted.Grants are usually one-off payments.

Ineligibility

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.