How to request a grant

The Abhayaratna Trust helps Triratna Buddhist Order members experiencing financial hardship. So if you are an Order member with less than £10,000 in savings (approx US dollars/euros 12,000) or less than £15,000 if aged 65 and over, you can apply for a grant of up to £1,500 (or equivalent in other currencies) at a time to help with things that support your practice. It is straightforward to apply. Use the online forms below, or email taradakini@abhayaratnatrust.org to enquire.

We offer grants for:

Retreats, Solitary retreats, Order gatherings + travel to these
Living costs, such as utility bills
Health and wellbeing support
Emergency cash

Asking for financial support often isn’t comfortable, so you can apply on behalf of an Order friend with their permission, or simply alert us to their circumstances. Email taradakini@abhayaratnatrust.org.

Training and business grants - a new initiative

Are you an Order member wishing to train or retrain to support yourself in future? Or do you have the necessary skills but not the means to start a small business?

If a lack of funds is getting in the way of you building a sustainable livelihood, get in touch with us about our new training and business start-up grants. We offer grants of up to £1500 to those with limited savings, and will also consider running an appeal where more than that is needed.

Much of our grant work is focused on helping Order members with immediate financial difficulties, as well as funding retreats, but we are keen to explore supporting some Order members to build an ongoing source of income for themselves through training or running their own business. We have been making start-up business grants in India like this since the covid pandemic caused many Order members there to lose their jobs; we are now open to applications from Order members elsewhere in the world. Get in touch with taradakini@abhayaratnatrust.org for more information.

The Order Health Fund

The Abhayaratna Trust’s Order Health Fund supports Order members worldwide who fit our grant criteria by having an urgent or chronic health problem that needs funding and no alternative funding is available. Contact taradakini@abhayaratnatrust.org to find out more and apply.

Health Support Form

Your Order name

Email

Please tell us your year of birth and year of ordination

Please outline your health need

Please state any known amount of funds required d and any additonal background information

For your information

Grant Application Forms

Living costs grant form

Your Order name

Email address

Year of ordination and your age

Your address

Telephone (optional)

Tell us what you are requesting support for

How much do you need and by when?

Please add some financial information

In confidence, please tell us: 1. Your total monthly income, mentioning any state benefits 2. Your monthly expenditure mentioning any major costs 3. The amount of savings you have. Note: You can apply if you have savings. As a guideline, if you have more than £10,000, or other currency equivalent, in savings, we may enquire why these funds are not available for this request.

Please add some background or context to your request

If friends or family are able to help, add that here

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Retreat Request Form

Your order name

Email

Year of ordination and your age

Address

What retreat, solitary or Order gathering would you like support for and when is it??

How much do you need and by when?

If you need travel money, please give details here

Please give us a snapshot of your finances so we can check you fit our grant criteria

1. What is your income per month? And how much, if any of this, is made up of state benefits? 2. How much are your monthly expenses? 3. How much savings do you have? Note: You can apply if you have savings. As a rough guideline, if you have more savings than £10,000 (US dollars 13,000/euros 13,000 or equivalent in other currencies), we may ask why the funds are not available for the purpose requested.

A space to add any relevant background or context

If friends or family have offered help, please add that here

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Abhayaratna Trust Grant Feedback Form

We want to support as many Order members as possible needing financial support now and in the future. Help us by filling in this form and enter your Order name below unless you wish your feedback to be anonymous. Thank you.

Please tell us about your experience of receiving a grant from The Abhayaratna Trust

What was your grant for and in what way was it helpful? How was your contact with Taradakini, our grants co-ordinator? Could anything have been done better? What worked well?

Email adress (optional)

Please enter you email unless you are giving anonymous feedback.

May we contact you to pehaps use part of your feedback to raise awareness of our work?

Yes

Prefer not

“Thank you for your quick response, empathy and generosity towards my present condition. The support gives me hope and a space to breathe and get out of a very difficult situation.”

— An Order member the Trust responded to in 2024.

Your GRants contact is taradakini@abhayaratnatrust.org

Your request will be decided usually within 5 working days, or less in an emergency. If we haven’t acknowledged your initial contact within 5 days, please assume a technical glitch and get in touch again or message Taradakini via her phone (in the Order address list).