# Al Birr

- Type: Trust / foundation
- Charity number: 1219550 (https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-search/-/charity-details/1219550)
- What it funds: General charitable purposes, Health / saving of lives, Disability, Prevention or relief of poverty, Religious activities
- Who it helps: Children / young people, Older people, People with disabilities, Other charities or voluntary bodies, The general public
- How it gives: Makes grants to organisations
- Area of operation: Throughout England and Wales
- Trustees: 3
- Last verified: 2026-11-04T00:00:00.000Z
- Canonical URL: https://opengrant.co.uk/funders/al-birr

TO PROVIDE RELIEF OF NEED TO PEOPLE THROUGHOUT THE WORLD WHO ARE IN CONDITIONS OF NEED, HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS OR WHO ARE DISADVANTAGED BY REASON OF YOUTH, AGE, ILL-HEALTH, DISABILITY, POVERTY, NATURAL DISASTER OR OTHER DISADVANTAGE, AND TO ADVANCE THE ISLAMIC FAITH BY MAKING GRANTS TO INDIVIDUALS, CHARITIES AND OTHER ORGANISATIONS.

## Open and forthcoming schemes (0)

None in OpenGrant's sources right now.

## Charitable objects

> To provide relief of need to people throughout the world who are in conditions of need, hardship or distress or who are disadvantaged by reason of youth, age, ill-health, disability, poverty, natural disaster or other disadvantage, and to advance the Islamic faith by making grants to individuals, charities and other organisations.

## What it funds

Al Birr is registered under the Charity Commission purposes health / saving of lives, disability, prevention or relief of poverty and religious activities for children / young people, older people, people with disabilities and other charities or voluntary bodies; the register records that it makes grants to organisations.

The Charity Commission register lists its area of operation as England and Wales.

## How to apply

OpenGrant has not found an open scheme from Al Birr in its sources (last checked 4 Nov 2026). It may fund by invitation only, or through programmes that OpenGrant's sources do not cover. OpenGrant does not take applications; always check the funder's own guidance.

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