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Discover the stories of some of the fantastic charities and projects that we are proud to support.

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The Charles Plater Trust awards its most grants ever, with 31 new charity partnerships announced

June 24, 2025

Today’s Grant Awards Ceremony in Cardiff saw more than £450,000 given to CST inspired projects responding to the signs of the times in UK.

Small grants are now open

September 11, 2023

The Charles Plater Trust (CPT) has today opened it’s 2023 small grants programme.

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Meet our new team member

February 24, 2025

We are excited to introduce Daniella, who has been appointed as our part-time Grants Administrator. Daniella will work closely with the Trust Manager Dr Philomena Cullen in administrating our Large Grants Programme and preparing for the CPT Awards Ceremony.

Freelance Administrator Vacancy at CPT

January 22, 2025

An exciting opportunity has opened up at the CPT for a freelance administrator position. If you want to be part of our mission and have first class administrative and event management skills then we would like to hear from you.

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Why working upstream matters in housing advice

February 24, 2025

Housing Matters (HM) Bristol introduces us to an important model of "working upstream". Through targeted early intervention, HM housing advisers aim to ‘catch’ marginalised people’s problems ‘upstream’ before they reach crisis point.

Borderlands Mentoring Project

August 17, 2021

Borderlands is a Christian charity supporting asylum seekers, refugees and vulnerable migrants in the Bristol area.

Brighter Futures Project

August 16, 2021

The Charles Plater foundation trusted in the issues that we identified and funded us to start making a difference to some of the most wonderful, fabulous children in our city.

Sound Potential Project

August 15, 2021

Soundabout have been working in partnership with Berkshire’s Music Education Hub, Berkshire Maestros, to deliver the Sound Potential project in Berkshire.