Deadline: 15-Aug-2025
The James Tudor Foundation is inviting applications for its Mental Health Grant Programme. This initiative is designed to support UK charities helping children and young people recover from Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs), as well as parents facing mental illness or addiction.
The programme has two main goals. One is to assist children and young people who have experienced ACEs in overcoming trauma. The other is to support parents in addressing their own mental health issues to protect their children from harm.
ACEs are defined as traumatic events or chronic stressors before age 18 that a child cannot control. These include various forms of abuse or neglect, exposure to domestic violence, living with a parent who has a mental illness or addiction, experiencing parental loss, or having a parent in prison.
The Foundation funds charities focused on either of two areas. First, they support charities that offer trauma-informed therapies to children and young people who have experienced ACEs like childhood sexual abuse, domestic violence, neglect, bereavement from suicide or violence, or parental imprisonment. These charities must have a specialist, single focus on these issues.
Second, they support charities that work with parents to break the cycle of trauma. This includes charities offering whole-family, trauma-informed programmes that help parents confront their own ACEs or deal with mental illness or addiction in a way that protects their children.
To apply, organizations must be UK-registered charities working regionally or nationally, with a clear focus on preventing or reducing the impact of ACEs. They should use trauma-informed, evidence-based approaches, involve service users in shaping services, show measurable impact, have an income under £20 million, and hold at least five years of financial records.
Charities are not eligible if they only partially focus on ACEs, use non-therapeutic methods like sports or mentoring, support adults without targeting parents specifically, or fall under categories like general counselling, homelessness, or hospice services.
For more information, visit James Tudor Foundation.
