Applications to Support ACE Mental Health Projects to Open in Early January
/UK registered charities seeking funding for projects that help children and young people recover from Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs), plus support parents affected by ACEs, mental illness or addiction can apply for grants of up to £25,000 from early January 2026.
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.
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.
Applications open 5 January 2026 with a deadline of 6 February 2026. For more information, please visit Mental Health Support Grant | James Tudor Foundation
