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Mental Health Grants in North East

Browse 12 funders supporting mental health charities in North East.

North East charities working in mental health can access funding from both national grant-makers and regional funders with a specific focus on the area. We currently list 12 funders supporting mental health work in North East. Many of these funders also support related cause areas, so we recommend browsing the full Mental Health grants directory and the North East regional hub for additional opportunities.

Tips for applying to mental health funders
Strengthen your mental health funding application by grounding your approach in recognised evidence-based methodologies such as CBT, trauma-informed care, or psychoeducation frameworks. Funders increasingly expect validated outcome measurement tools — specify whether you use PHQ-9, GAD-7, WEMWBS, or other standardised instruments to track participant progress, and explain how you collect and analyse this data. Demonstrate clear relationships with NHS and clinical pathways, showing how your service complements rather than duplicates statutory provision, and describe referral routes both into and out of your programme. Highlight meaningful involvement of people with lived experience in service design, governance, and delivery — this is now a baseline expectation rather than a bonus. Address clinical governance explicitly: explain your supervision arrangements, risk management protocols, and how you handle safeguarding disclosures and crisis situations. If your service has a waitlist, describe how you manage it ethically and what interim support you offer. Funders want to see that you understand the broader mental health landscape in your area, including gaps in provision that your project specifically addresses and how you avoid creating dependency on time-limited grant funding.

Mental Health Funders in North East

12 funders found

Community Foundation North East

Open

Community Foundation North East, established in 1988 by local business and civic leaders in North East England, serves as the UK's largest community f...

Grant Range
Up to £25,000

E C Graham Belford Charitable Settlement

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The E C Graham Belford Charitable Settlement is a grant-making trust dedicated to bolstering smaller grassroots charities through flexible support tha...

Grant Range
£500 - £10,000

First Port for Social Entrepreneurs Limited

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Firstport for Social Entrepreneurs Limited is Scotland's dedicated development agency empowering individuals to launch start-up social enterprises tac...

Grant Range
£5,000 - £40,000

Jill and Norman Franklin Trust

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The Jill and Norman Franklin Trust, founded by academic publisher Norman Franklin in memory of his wife Jill, an architectural historian, is an indepe...

Grant Range
£1,000 - £10,000

Lga Foundation

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The LGA Foundation is a family charitable trust with a mission to enhance health and wellbeing while tackling disadvantage among young people in North...

Grant Range
£2,000 - £25,000

Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Charity

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Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Charity drives world-class compassionate care by enhancing health and wellbeing for patients, staff, and North East ...

Grant Range
£3,000 - £3,200,000

PFC Trust

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The PFC Trust is a grant-making charity founded by Patrick and Frances Connolly to give back to Hartlepool and North East England, where they lived fo...

Grant Range
£1,000 - £10,000

Postcode Neighbourhood Trust

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Postcode Neighbourhood Trust, a Scottish-registered charity and company limited by guarantee funded exclusively by People’s Postcode Lottery proceeds,...

Grant Range
£1,000 - £25,000

Sir Graham Wylie Foundation

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The Sir Graham Wylie Foundation embodies a personal philanthropic vision to empower underprivileged and vulnerable children and young people through i...

Grant Range
Contact funder

Teesside Charity

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Teesside Charity, formerly the Middlesbrough and Teesside Philanthropic Foundation, was established in 2011 by local civic leaders to enhance quality ...

Grant Range
£1,000 - £5,000

William Leech Charity

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The William Leech Charity, established in 1972 by North East housebuilder and philanthropist Sir William Leech, is an independent grant- and loan-maki...

Grant Range
£2,000 - £20,000

Womble Bond Dickinson (UK) Charitable Incorporated Organisation

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The Womble Bond Dickinson (UK) Charitable Incorporated Organisation, known as the Womble Bond Dickinson Foundation (charity 1172569), was established ...

Grant Range
£1,000 - £5,000

Mental Health Grants in Other Regions

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Mental Health Grants in North East: FAQ

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