Charles Hayward Foundation Social and Criminal Justice Grant Application (UK)

Deadline: 23-May-25

The Charles Hayward Foundation is accepting applications for its Social & Criminal Justice Grant to help prevent people entering the criminal justice system, and which support those in contact with the system to rebuild their lives.

Priorities

The trustees look for projects which:
- Address multiple and complex needs with a range of appropriate interventions.
- Are tailored to individual needs and local situations involving families and communities; these can be designed and delivered in partnership.
- Are of appropriate duration and intensity, have a clear rationale, and are properly monitored and evaluated.
- Have a plan for the future, including an ‘exit strategy’.

Funding Information

The trustees will fund projects over one to three years, with grants of £15,000 – £25,000 per annum.

What they fund?

They only fund projects in the following sub-categories:
- Targeted early intervention programmes aimed at reaching the most troubled and vulnerable families in a community.
- Tailored preventative and diversionary projects for young people at risk of offending, including interventions identifying and addressing the particular needs of girls and young women.
- Programmes combining prison-based and community interventions dealing with the rehabilitation of offenders, accommodation and support on release, maintaining family relationships, mentoring, and creating pathways to employment.
- Schemes offering viable alternatives to custody, in particular for women and young people.
- Programmes of support that alleviate the consequences of domestic abuse.

What they do not fund?

In the Social & Criminal Justice category, they do not fund:
- Policy and research
- Short term interventions
- Trips and youth volunteering
- Uniformed organisations
- Generic youth programmes
- Capital projects
- Immigration advice and legal support