Annual Review 2025

Welcome to our Annual Review. 2025 not only marked a record year of funding but also our 40th anniversary. Since 1985, we have distributed £26 million to charities in the Channel Islands tackling social exclusion and disadvantage. To celebrate, we introduced two new grant programmes, alongside our core grant programme. The Channel Islands’ 40th Anniversary grant programme offered unrestricted funding to charities that have been experiencing a significant increase in demand for their services due to the cost-of-living crisis. We also launched a financial resilience fund in partnership with Lloyds Banking Group and our sister foundations for England and Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland, offering charities supporting those struggling with the pressures of financial insecurity with unrestricted funding.

Our funding is complemented by our developmental support offer including mentoring, and events and training to help charities to improve their resilience and sustainability. As we look ahead to the next 40 years, we remain as proud and committed as ever to preventing and reducing social exclusion and disadvantage in the Channel Islands by funding, supporting, and championing charities that improve people’s lives and strengthen communities.

To see what the Foundation’s funding and support means in practice, we invite you to read the case studies that follow, each one showcasing the vital work of the charity sector across our Islands.