Henry Smith Charity Announces New 5-Year Strategy
/The Henry Smith Charity, now known as the Henry Smith Foundation, has published its new strategy, Elevate Your Impact (2025-2030) which ‘reaffirms its commitment to the people and organisations driving change across the UK’.
Over the next five years, the Foundation will focus on supporting people facing some of life’s toughest transitions.
It will offer flexible, long-term funding through its new funding programmes:
Together We Begin – Getting Started – will fund in-home, face-to-face support for families with young children. The funding is for organisations that strengthen parenting, build parental confidence, and improve early child development; helping families feel connected, supported, and better able to navigate local services and opportunities.
Shout! - Building independence - Helping young people move into adulthood with confidence, skills and hope. The funding will support advocacy services helping care-experienced, LGBT+, neurodivergent or learning-disabled young people speak up, make informed choices, and secure their rights.
Domestic Abuse Fund - Safer futures - Supporting people to rebuild their lives after abuse, displacement or prison. The funding is for ‘led by and for’ organisations providing specialist domestic abuse services. The Foundation will fund deep, consistent, person-centred services designed around the needs of people from marginalised communities who have experienced domestic abuse.
In addition, there is also the new Opportunity Fund to support early-stage ideas, test bold approaches, strengthen leadership and boost inclusion across the sector. The Foundation is starting with a proactive invitation-led approach, backing organisations to take strategic risks and share learning that can drive wider change.
The Foundation will provide further details during the following webinars:
Registration is required.
The full strategy is available to read on the Henry Smith Foundation's website.
The specific details of the new funding programmes will be published as soon as they become available. For more information, please visit Strategy - Henry Smith
