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Case studies

2024
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Past Recipients

Team Domenica (Sussex)

Awarded amount

£41,812.00

A specialist training mentor to support young people with learning disabilities to develop the skills, confidence, and independence to progress into meaningful employment.

2024
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Past Recipients

Women’s Aid in Luton

Awarded amount

£40,443.00

To deliver a specialist education and recovery programme for 240 vulnerable women who are survivors of domestic abuse.

Small & Large Grants

Our Autumn 2025 small grants round is now closed.
The online application form for proposals was open from 11th September to 9th October 2025.
All grant applicants will know the outcome of their application by 19th December 2025. Those who secure funding from us will be asked to attend our awards ceremony on 23rd or 24th June 2026 (TBC). Please put those dates in your diary now.
Best of luck with your applications to us.




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.