Watch this space in 2025 for our fully-formed website. In the meantime, scroll down for more on our Foundation, and our aims.
Watch this space in 2025 for our fully-formed website. In the meantime, scroll down for more on our Foundation, and our aims.
Bird Song Trust is a family foundation. We were founded in 2020 by a Dutch family who live in the UK, with a strong interest in mental health, especially eating disorders. We were previously known in the UK as the Vogelgezang Charitable Trust, and have worked closely with the Vogelgezang Foundation in the Netherlands. In 2024 we hired our first staff member to run the day-to-day work of the foundation.
We're not currently accepting unsolicited grant applications, but we will publish details of our programmes here once they open, probably in the summer of 2025.
We want to build a greater understanding of these conditions, of the triggers and causes, resulting in more effective treatment programmes. Our ambition is to fund breakthroughs. We do this by funding research and campaigns, and by funding the development of researchers.
We want to increase support for people living with Eating Disorders and those who care for them. We do this by funding organisations that deliver services directly, mainly in the Netherlands, and to a lesser extent in the UK.
We want to see thriving families equipped to deal with challenges, breaking cycles of deprivation. We do this by funding organisations that support and strengthen families, tackle homelessness and equip young people. Our founders are motivated by a strong Christian faith, and many of the projects in this programme area are delivered by Christian organisations or in partnership with churches.
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Bird Song Trust is the working name of the Vogelgezang Charitable Trust, a charity registered in England and Wales. Charity Number: 1191572.