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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 have now been informed of the trustees decision. 11 small charities have received funding from CPT in this round.

This next large grants round will open on 16th January 2025.
The online application form for proposals will be live until 5pm on 26th February 2025 when applications will then close.
All large grant applicants will know the trustees decision by 9th June 2025.
The awards ceremony will be 24th June 2025 in Cardiff.Best of luck to all applicants.

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.