The Guide to New Trusts 2025/26

‘The Guide to New Trusts is an invaluable resource that makes us aware of new grant opportunities, enabling us to access considerable sources of funds every year. Keep up the great work!’Andrew Downie, Funding Officer and Administration Manager, Vics in the CommunityCharity‘We are constantly looking for funding opportunities to support our charity, which can be an extremely time-consuming task. We decided we would give this DSC guide a try and found it to be really useful, clearly written and easy to use – it definitely helped us to secure funding and enabled us to contact charities that were previously unknown to us.’Louise Buckingham, CEO, Citizens Advice Mid Lincolnshire

Jessica has a great deal of experience researching grant-making charities and has co-authored a number of Directory of Social Change’s (DSC) guides on the subject, including three editions of bestseller, The Guide to New Trusts. Jessica is also the author of The Guide to Grants for Individuals In Need, and she has contributed to several other leading publications, including DSC’s The Guide to Major Trusts.

Before joining DSC in 2019, Jessica graduated with a BSc (Hons) in Psychology from Lancaster University. She has also volunteered for a number of charities, including Southport and Formby Special Athletes, where she was responsible for running sports coaching sessions for adults with learning difficulties.