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Why is the Trust needed? 

Cheddar Youth Trust’s purpose is to help and encourage the young people of Cheddar to take great pride in their community and their own endeavours. It does this by offering grants to:

  • assist young people in their educational, professional or vocational training
  • encourage them to engage in service within the local community
  • support them in engaging in worthwhile activities in other parts of the United Kingdom and overseas
  • support the development or formation of any club or organisation catering for young people’s needs
  • help young people where real need can be demonstrated.

Some towns and villages have inherited trust funds that mean they can make money available to causes such as supporting young people. Unfortunately Cheddar doesn’t have a fund like that.

So the Trust’s aim is to raise enough money to make meaningful awards to the young people of Cheddar for perpetuity.

The initial target was £100,000 but trustees realised that, in the long term, a figure of around £300,000 would be required, depending on interest generated, to allocate bigger grants each year.

Since its establishment in 2000, the Trust has granted a total of almost £60,000 to 310 young people in the parish.

Cheddar Youth Trust was established in 2000 to mark the new millennium. At this time a group of like-minded people came together to form a trust fund for Cheddar young people.

In 2014, Cheddar Youth Trust incorporated the Sarah Comer Educational Charity and Henry Budget Trust.

The Sarah Comer Educational Charity had existed for more than 225 years. It is recorded on a large stone plaque on the gate post of the Bath Arms in Cheddar.

With aims very similar to Cheddar Youth Trust, it featured education and training at its core. The trustees extended the scope to cover the educational experience of travel and leadership.

Unlike Cheddar Youth Trust, which accepted applications from younger people, the Sarah Comer Educational Charity age range was limited to 16 to 25 years. This was because the original concept all those years ago was to support young people in apprenticeships.

The trustees of the Cheddar Youth Trust are committed to ensuring that the work of the Sarah Comer Educational Charity is remembered in perpetuity.

Why is the Trust needed? 

Cheddar Youth Trust’s purpose is to help and encourage the young people of Cheddar to take great pride in their community and their own endeavours. It does this by offering grants to:

  • assist young people in their educational, professional or vocational training
  • encourage them to engage in service within the local community
  • support them in engaging in worthwhile activities in other parts of the United Kingdom and overseas
  • support the development or formation of any club or organisation catering for young people’s needs
  • help young people where real need can be demonstrated.

Some towns and villages have inherited trust funds that mean they can make money available to causes such as supporting young people. Unfortunately Cheddar doesn’t have a fund like that.

So the Trust’s aim is to raise enough money to make meaningful awards to the young people of Cheddar for perpetuity.

The initial target was £100,000 but trustees realised that, in the long term, a figure of around £300,000 would be required, depending on interest generated, to allocate bigger grants each year.

Since its establishment in 2000, the Trust has granted a total of almost £60,000 to 310 young people in the parish.

Cheddar Youth Trust was established in 2000 to mark the new millennium. At this time a group of like-minded people came together to form a trust fund for Cheddar young people.

In 2014, Cheddar Youth Trust incorporated the Sarah Comer Educational Charity and Henry Budget Trust.

The Sarah Comer Educational Charity had existed for more than 225 years. It is recorded on a large stone plaque on the gate post of the Bath Arms in Cheddar.

With aims very similar to Cheddar Youth Trust, it featured education and training at its core. The trustees extended the scope to cover the educational experience of travel and leadership.

Unlike Cheddar Youth Trust, which accepted applications from younger people, the Sarah Comer Educational Charity age range was limited to 16 to 25 years. This was because the original concept all those years ago was to support young people in apprenticeships.

The trustees of the Cheddar Youth Trust are committed to ensuring that the work of the Sarah Comer Educational Charity is remembered in perpetuity.

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CHEDDAR YOUTH TRUST Incorporating the Sarah Comer Trust (Education) GRANT APPLICATION FORM

Do you need financial support for a project? If so, read below and then complete the form overleaf.

The main objectives of the Trust are:

  • To assist young people in their educational, professional or vocational training. Eg, you may need books or equipment for your course of study or training, or have a special talent which will benefit from additional specialist teaching or coaching.
  • To encourage and assist young people to engage in service to the community or other worthwhile activity in the Cheddar area or in other parts of the UK or overseas. Eg, you may want to work here in Cheddar or away from home and possibly abroad, in assisting those who are old or ill or handicapped or you may want to do such things abroad to help people less fortunate than yourself.
  • To support the development or formation of any club or organisation catering for young people. Eg, You may wish to take some responsibility for getting a club off the ground or help to develop a group activity.
  • To help where real need can be demonstrated. Eg, family finances or a disability may be such that you cannot take up an available opportunity.


APPLICATION FORM GUIDANCE NOTES (See the form)
If you do not understand any of the details above or in the form overleaf, do not be put off; just apply. The Trustees want to see as many applications as possible and can come back to you if they need further information.


1. Applicants must be aged between five and 25 years at the submission closing date.
2. Applicants must have lived in Cheddar Parish for at least 12 months prior to the submission closing date.
3. Applicants are restricted to one application in any 12-month period.
4. Include as many details of your activity or project as you can. This will help the Trustees in their decision.


An Important Requirement: It is a condition of the grant that when you have used the money you will complete the grantee report, describing your project together with some photos. This will enable the Trustees to fully appreciate the results of the grant and with your agreement could be used to obtain publicity to both yours and the Trust’s mutual benefit. When the grant is approved, you will receive an acceptance form which you will complete and return. You will also receive a pro-forma grantee report to fill in on completion of your project. Acceptance of the grant will be taken as your agreement to these terms.