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Case studies

2024
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Past Recipients

The Green Hub Project for Teens (South East)

Awarded amount

£5,000

CPT's grant will develop Green Hub's teen-facing volunteer training programme and improve winter facilities at two garden sites, ensuring that programmes for 82 young people with mental health issues are sustainable all year round.

2024
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Past Recipients

Street Doctors

Awarded amount

£4,500

CPT's grant will be used for a pilot programme in South London aimed at training young community members as ‘zero responders’ capable of providing lifesaving first aid.

Small & Large Grants

Many thanks to all those that applied to our 2024 small grants round. All small grant applicants will be informed of the trustees decision on their bid by Thursday 19th December 2024.

This next large grants round will open in January 2025. Please keep an eye on our website for exact dates which will be published by 3rd January 2025. We look forward to receiving your application!

Meet Charles Plater

The Charles Plater Trust (CPT) is a charitable organisation dedicated to advancing the work of Father Charles Plater by developing social justice through education. Established as the successor to the former Plater College, Oxford, the Trust makes grants to organisations throughout England and Wales in pursuit of Fr Charles Plater's vision.

Social teaching for modern life

The Catholic Church has a rich tradition of social teaching, reaching from the early Church fathers and philosophers of the past to the saints and activists of today.