The Alastair James Memorial Trust
The Alastair James Memorial Trust was established to commemorate the short life of Alastair James and celebrate the impact he had on those around him. Alastair James was the younger son of Noel (Jimmy) James OBE MC and his wife Cecilia (née Livingstone). He was born on 13 May 1954 in Oxford and was christened at St Giles Church Oxford by his great-uncle, the Rt Rev George Bell, Bishop of Chichester.
Alastair was diagnosed with leukaemia at just 6 years old, and he passed away six weeks after his diagnosis, on 15 September 1960. Whilst Alastair’s life may have been short, his legacy lives on through The Alastair James Memorial Trust which was set up in 2020, 60 years after his death.
Follow this link to make an application to the Alastair James Memorial Trust
The aims of the Alastair James Memorial Trust are to:
- Make grants to other registered charities and to community/voluntary groups throughout East Midlands and East Anglia.
- Only Charities/groups with an annual income of £1.5 million or less will be considered
- Make grants to individuals at the Trustees’ discretion in circumstances where those individuals can demonstrate an unfulfilled need.
- Purchase items of equipment, including - but not restricted to – vehicles, for donation to charities and community/voluntary groups, with a preference for equipment manufactured in the United Kingdom.
Am I eligible to apply?
- Applications from groups and individuals welcome from Northamptonshire, East Midlands and East Anglia
- You must have a set of written rules or a constitution that your group adheres to with a dissolution clause. We can help advise you on how to do this especially if you are a new group
- You must take care to ensure that young people or vulnerable people taking part in your activity do not come to any harm whilst in your care. To this end, you must have written procedures for keeping young people and/or vulnerable people safe otherwise known as a Child Protection or Vulnerable people’s policy. This will be needed as a condition of funding. If you do not have such a policy, visit our Help for Groups page to download an example.
- You must have an equalities policy in place. We have resources on our website to help with this
- You can find the Reference Form and Applications Checklist in the attachments at the bottom of this page.
Please click here to view our Diversity Statement applicable to our grant awards.
Groups can apply for up to £1,000 for their project.

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Project Type: General
Grant Location: Northamptonshire, East Midlands and East Anglia
The Alastair James Memorial Trust
The Alastair James Memorial Trust was established to commemorate the short life of Alastair James and celebrate the impact he had on those around him. Alastair James was the younger son of Noel (Jimmy) James OBE MC and his wife Cecilia (née Livingstone). He was born on 13 May 1954 in Oxford and was christened at St Giles Church Oxford by his great-uncle, the Rt Rev George Bell, Bishop of Chichester.
African & Caribbean Elders Service Legacy Fund
African & Caribbean Elders Service (ACES) was established in 1992 to provide the preventative components of support services to its users and carers, which included good quality day care for older people, with a focus on those from the Black and Global Majority communities living in and around Northamptonshire.
Northamptonshire Community Foundation are now supporting the legacy of the charity through the establishment of this funding programme, which will focus on awarding grant funding to Black and Global Majority-led organisations supporting older people in their communities.
Constance Travis Endowment Fund for Northamptonshire
Northamptonshire Community Foundation is delighted to launch the Constance Travis Endowment Fund for Northamptonshire to help build a sustainable and safe future for Northamptonshire communities.
Randal Charitable Foundation Fund
The Randal Charitable Foundation was founded by Dr Nik Kotecha OBE DL and Moni Kotecha with a clear unwavering vision, which is to save, and significantly improve, the lives of 1 million people, in the UK and around the world.
The Randal Charitable Foundation is partnering with Northamptonshire Community Foundation to award small grants to grass-roots organisations for projects based in Northamptonshire.
Cecil Pettit Legacy Fund
Cecil Pettit was one of the founding members of Ability Northants, a charity dedicated to enriching the lives of people living with disabilities.
Following his passing in 2000, a legacy fund was established to carry on Cecil Pettit's good work. This fund is managed and facilitated by Northamptonshire Community Foundation, with the aim to fund projects supporting people living with disabilities.
New Albion Community Wind Farm Fund
The New Albion Wind Farm Community Benefit Fund has been established on behalf of New Albion Wind Limited to provide grants to projects which benefit residents in the parishes of Rushton and Pipewell.
The fund will support a range of charitable, educational, environmental and general community amenity projects to benefit residents in the local community around the wind farm site.
The Compton Fund
The Compton Fund wish to support arts, culture and heritage projects across Northamptonshire. The fund will offer awards between £500 and £5000.
Projects will be considered across a range of arts, culture and heritage based projects.
Margaret Giffen Community Fund
The Margaret Giffen Community Fund supports projects up to £3000 tackling disadvantage and poverty across Corby, Kettering and North Northamptonshire.
The Northamptonshire Queen's Institute Relief Fund
The Northamptonshire Queens Institute Fund will offer one-off grants up to £5000 for projects based in Northamptonshire that are all about improving health and wellbeing.
Burton Wold Community Wind Farm Fund
The Burton Wold Community Wind Farm Fund has been established on behalf of Laing Construction to provide grants to projects which benefit residents in the parishes of Burton Latimer and Cranford around the wind farm site.
Winwick Wind Farm Community Benefit Fund
The Winwick Wind Farm Community Benefit Fund has been established on behalf of Cubico Sustainable Investments to provide grants to projects which benefit residents in the parishes of Winwick, Cold Ashby, West Haddon and Guilsborough.
Yelvertoft Wind Farm Community Benefit Fund
The Yelvertoft Wind farm Community Benefit Fund has been established to provide grants to projects which benefit residents in the parishes of Clay Coton, Crick, Lilbourne or Yelvertoft.
Amplius Community Fund
Amplius owns and manages more than 40,000 homes and is driven to have a positive impact on people’s lives, while providing affordable homes that make a difference.
With more than 9,000 homes across Northamptonshire, this fund will support organisations across the county that are delivering projects that make a difference to the communities where Amplius customers live.
SWEF Enterprise Fund
The SWEF Enterprise Fund looks to offer support of up to £500 for individuals living in Northamptonshire aged between 18-30 who are launching a new business or up to £2,000 for those running a new business that is within its first two years of trading.
John Chard-Young Legacy Fund
The John Chard-Young Legacy Fund is a bursary scheme providing Adrenaline Alley sporting and Active In Motion (A.I.M) Health & Wellness Centre sessions to help improve the overall wellbeing of those in need. John Chard-Young was the co-founder and inspiration behind Adrenaline Alley, one of Europe’s largest indoor BMX and Skateboard Parks and safe space for those interested in urban sports.
Harry's Fund
Harry’s Fund is a bursary scheme to make individual awards to young people with neurodiverse conditions such as Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) or ADHD to support their education and/or health and wellbeing.
Northamptonshire High Sheriff Care Leaver and Estranged Student Fund
The High Sheriff Care Leaver and Estranged Student Fund makes individual awards to support employability for Care Leavers and Estranged Students graduating from the University of Northampton, to have a meaningful impact on an individual’s future education, employment, aspirations and quality of life.