UK registered charities can apply now for grants of up to £25,000 for projects that help children and young people recover from Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs), plus support parents affected by ACEs, mental illness or addiction.
Application will be considered from UK-registered healthcare charities with an annual income below £20 million and at least five years’ audited or independently examined accounts. Charities can be either regionally or nationally based.
Projects should be evidence-based, trauma-informed interventions that will overcome and prevent ACEs. The programme supports children and young people affected by ACEs, plus parents (to help break the cycle of trauma across generations):
- Children and young people
- Only charities that have a specialist, single focus on one or more of the following are supported: childhood sexual abuse; living in a household where there is domestic violence, and/or physical and/or emotional neglect; living with a parent who has a mental illness and/or substance abuse. Charities must have a ‘children first’ approach.
- Parental support
- Specialist charities that solely focus on supporting parents and complex family challenges by delivering help for parents to confront their own ACEs and help to break the intergenerational cycle of trauma and abuse; and help for families where a parent or caregiver has a mental illness or substance addiction (and is at risk of harming their children).
The funding is flexible, designed to contribute towards overall service delivery. However, grants can also be made for a specific project.
There is a two-stage application process. This new round is for projects to be funded in spring 2027.
Expressions of Interest open on 1 July with a deadline of 31 August 2026 (17:00).
- 1 July to 31 August (17:00) for consideration at the February 2027 board meeting.
- 2 November to 11 December (17:00) for consideration at the June 2027 board meeting.
