Charitable Activities - Overview
Applying For A Grant
Please use the following links to download Youth Committee and Appeals Committee grant application forms:
- Grant Applications to the Youth Committee
- Grant Applications to the Appeals Committee
- Guidance for Applicants to the Appeals and Youth Committees
When completed, email to enquiries@merchantventurers.com
EducationThe Merchant Venturers are committed to helping deliver and develop the provision of high quality educational provision in Bristol.
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Care For Older PeopleSince the 17th century the Merchant Venturers have been involved in improving the life for the elderly and disadvantaged in the city by operating almshouses, providing shelter and care. This commitment continues today through a range of high quality provision including the Cote Charity and close relationship with the St Monica Trust.
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YouthIn 2000, as a Millennium project, the Society created a Youth Committee to look at new and innovative ways in which the Society could support young people in Bristol.
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TrustsSince 1708 when Edward Colston appointed the Merchant Venturers to manage the Colston's Hospital Foundation a number of other trusts both large and small have come to be managed by the Merchants, the largest being the St Monica Endowment Trust, whose funds currently are in excess of £170 million.
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Clifton & Durdham DownsThe Merchant Venturers dedicated 220 acres of Clifton Down to the citizens of Bristol in perpetuity and the Corporation of Bristol did likewise with the adjoining Durdham Down. The land is administered by the Downs Committee on which both the Merchant Venturers and the City Council are equally represented.
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