Deadline: 24-May-2024
The Leathersellers’ Foundation has announced submissions for the ACEs Main grants programme to help prevent and tackle the consequences of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs).
Adverse Childhood Experiences
- They are use this term to recognise traumatic events that occur during childhood that can have a significant impact on a person’s physical, emotional and mental health throughout their life. Examples include:
- abuse – physical, sexual or psychological/emotional
- neglect – physical or psychological/emotional
- domestic abuse
- substance misuse by a close family member
- mental illness of a close family member
- having a close family member serve time in prison
- parental or caregiver separation or divorce on account of relationship breakdown
- They recognise that charities working to prevent the occurrence of and/or support recovery from ACE’s cover a broad range of activities including working with victims of child sexual exploitation, county lines, gangs, those cared for by the local authority, homelessness, human trafficking, asylum seekers and refugees.
Funding Information
- An unrestricted grant (core costs) of between £20,000 – £25,000 per year for a period of up to four years.
Eligibility Criteria
- This ACE Funding Round aims to support UK registered charities or charitable incorporated organisations (CIOs) but not Community Interest Companies (CIC) that:
- Are operating in the UK in an area of deprivation.
- Have an organisational annual income over £200,000 and under £2,000,000 (for the coming or current year).
- Have as their core focus, the goal to prevent the occurrence of and/or support recovery from ACEs by providing services to children and young people and/or adult survivors in recovery.
- Use a trauma-informed approach and evidence-based interventions.
- Can demonstrate the effectiveness of their approach through evaluation or external research.
- Are either lived-experience led or can show significant input from those with lived experience.
For more information, visit The Leathersellers’ Foundation.