Applications can be submitted at any time and are considered on a rolling basis.

Grants are available for charities, charitable incorporated organisations (CIOs), and community interest companies across the UK to deliver projects and activities that make a real difference to suicide awareness and prevention.

This fund aims to support suicide awareness and prevention programmes run for charitable purposes.

Priority will be given to innovative projects.

Grants of between £5,000 and £25,000 are available.

Charities, charitable incorporated organisations (CIOs), and community interest companies that are limited by guarantee, across the UK, can apply.

Priority will be given to smaller charities with an income of less than £1 million.

Applicants should provide their latest set of audited/examined financial accounts.

Funding is for costs associated with project delivery.

Applications can include full cost recovery.

Applications for core costs may be considered to the extent that the mission of the applicant organisation meets the funding criteria.

To apply, groups should send a brief memo (no more than two sides of A4) by email containing the following:

Charity name, number, and address.
Contact details of the applicant.
An overview of the charity, including the stated aims and objectives of the organisation, website address, number of staff and volunteers employed, and the number of beneficiaries.
Confirmation (if applicable) that the organisation has a child protection policy in place.
Confirmation that the organisation has public liability insurance in place.
Forecast income and expenditure for the current financial year.
A summary of the proposed project, detailing how the project will make a difference to the recipients and how the group will measure the outcomes.

Successful applicants will be contacted directly by the grants team to discuss additional information requirements. Depending on the size of the grant, this may involve an assessment visit or video call from one of the trustees.

The turnaround time for a successful application from submission to funding is around three months.

For more information please visit Grants — David Riddell Memorial CIO