Trustees accept grant applications from charities and voluntary bodies in the five parishes bordering Coniston Water- Coniston, Torver, Blawith and Subberthwaite, Colton and Satterthwaite.
Examples of financial support have included grants to renovate the kitchen at the Coniston Institute, to contribute to staff training for the Community Care Scheme, for equipment at Blawith and Nibthwaite village hall, to encourage water activities for local young people and to support events at the Lakeland Country Fair at Torver.