Since 2011 we have distributed more than £1 million to a wide variety of mental health from cutting edge dementia research to care in the community. We are now focussed on the mental health and well being of children and young adults.

Subject to approval by the Trustees, we generally offer first grants of between £2,500 and £5,000. However, no single grant is ever more than 5% of annual income. The combination of our typical grant size and limit on the grant in terms of percentage of annual income means that we are very unlikely to grant to any organisation with an income of less than £20,000 per year. We’re also happy to look at follow-on applications to existing grantees that have delivered on commitments. Although there are many worthy charities throughout the UK doing important work in their respective fields, we can't support them all. The hardest thing we do is turn down applications, so please make our lives a little easier and consider if you fit our target profile group (see our Mission Statement).

Are you eligible to apply?

Our focus is the mental health and well-being of children and young adults, we will not grant to projects or organisations that are not core-focused on mental-health-related matters.
Young adults means those under 26 years old at the start of any granted project or work stream. Where a project includes over 25s we would consider granting an appropriate percentage of the total costs.
We only make grants to charities registered in England & Wales, Scotland or Northern Ireland. If an organisation is not on the respective charity register we cannot grant to it. We do not grant to
- Charities registered overseas
- Charities where the project / service is delivered overseas
- Independent schools (other than those supporting children with special educational needs)
- Individuals
- Religious organisations
- Exempt charities
Trustees have a strong preference for organisations with annual income of under £2m.
We are paperless. We do not accept anything posted to our address unless specifically requested by us. Unsolicited mail is recycled before it is opened.
We expect good governance. Once we have granted you, we like to leave you alone to get on with your good work, therefore we need to have faith in your governance structures. For established organisations* this means
- Fixed Trustee term limits beyond which sitting Trustees cannot remain in post
- Considered organisational risk policies
- No, or at least declared and recognised, conflicts of interest within the governance structures
- A sustainable pension scheme
New Charities: Charities will need to have submitted at least a first full set of accounts on the Charity Commission website before we will consider granting to an organisation.