Mental Health Grants & Funding
There are 628 UK funders offering grants for mental health charities, with typical awards from £100 to £6,000,000.
Mental health funding has become one of the fastest-growing areas in UK philanthropy. The post-pandemic landscape has seen a significant increase in both the number of funders and the total funding available for mental health charities. Grants cover a broad spectrum of work: clinical services such as counselling and therapy, community-based peer support groups, crisis intervention, suicide prevention, and public awareness campaigns. Many funders now recognise the intersection of mental health with other social issues — poverty, homelessness, domestic abuse, and unemployment — and welcome applications that take a holistic approach. Smaller funders often focus on specific populations such as children, veterans, or BAME communities, while larger foundations like the National Lottery Community Fund support system-level change. The emphasis across the sector is on early intervention, reducing stigma, and building community resilience. Evidence-based approaches and partnerships with NHS services are increasingly valued by grant-makers.
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- Total Funders
- 628
- Grant Range
- £100 - £6,000,000
- Open to Applications
- 62%
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Mental Health Funders
39 of 628 match your filtersChecked against verified programme data for 157 of 628 funders. 471 not yet verified are listed below; 118 that don't fit were excluded.
Albert Hunt Trust
Matching programme: Hospices
The Albert Hunt Trust, an independent UK grant-making foundation established in 1979 by Miss Mary Kathleen Coyle and Miss Florence I Reakes in honour ...
Bank of Scotland Foundation
Matching programme: Enable
Bank of Scotland Foundation is an independent charitable foundation with a mission to combat persistent social exclusion, disadvantage, and deprivatio...
Barnwood Trust
Matching programme: Project Funding
Barnwood Trust is a grant-making foundation evolved from historic mental health care roots, dedicated to enabling disabled people and those with menta...
Bedfordshire and Luton Community Foundation
Matching programme: Safer Bedfordshire Communities Fund (Safer Streets 5)
Bedfordshire and Luton Community Foundation (BLCF), established in 1999 and registered as a charity in 2001 by founders Geoffrey Farr MBE DL, Sir Samu...
Chester Bluecoat Charity
Matching programme: Grants Programme
The Chester Bluecoat Charity is an historic grant-maker with roots over 800 years old, evolving through mergers since 1837 and rebranded in 2020 from ...
Co-Operative Community Investment Foundation
Matching programme: Carbon Innovation Fund
The Co-operative Community Investment Foundation, known as the Co-op Foundation, is the charitable arm of the Co-operative Group, established in 2002 ...
Community Foundation for Northern Ireland
Matching programme: RTÉ Toy Show Appeal Community Grants Round
The Community Foundation for Northern Ireland, established in 1979 as the Northern Ireland Voluntary Trust, is an independent grant-making body with o...
CRH Charitable Trust
Matching programme: CRH Charitable Trust grants
CRH Charitable Trust, founded in the 19th century to operate a specialist psychiatric hospital, upholds an enduring mission to relieve suffering from ...
Edinburgh Children's Hospital Charity
Matching programme: Capital/Medical Grants
Edinburgh Children's Hospital Charity, founded in the late 1960s as a supporters' group for Edinburgh's Sick Kids hospital and formally registered in ...
Geoffrey Watling Charity
Matching programme: General Grant Programme
The Geoffrey Watling Charity embodies entrepreneurial generosity, local pride, and civic friendship, channeling resources to vitalize communities thro...
Halifax Foundation for Northern Ireland
Matching programme: 40 INVEST
Halifax Foundation for Northern Ireland, established over 40 years ago and funded entirely by Lloyds Banking Group profits as one of four autonomous H...
Hampshire and the Isle of Wight Community Foundation
Matching programme: Including Communities
Hampshire and the Isle of Wight Community Foundation drives positive social change by funding grassroots organizations and community groups tackling p...
Help for Health
Matching programme: Main Fund
Help for Health is an independent charitable trust established in 2002 through the merger of The Health Scheme and Birmingham Hospital Saturday Fund, ...
Herefordshire Community Foundation
Matching programme: Main Grant Programme
Herefordshire Community Foundation (HCF), established in June 2002, is an independent grant-making charity dedicated to promoting charitable purposes ...
Hertfordshire Community Foundation
Matching programme: HCF Foundation Grants
Hertfordshire Community Foundation is an independent charity dedicated to channeling local philanthropy into grassroots solutions that alleviate depri...
John Lyon's Charity
Matching programme: Open Programme (Main Grants Fund)
John Lyon's Charity, rooted in a 1572 Royal Charter by Harrow School founder John Lyon, advances educational and social opportunities for children and...
Kensington and Chelsea Foundation
Matching programme: Earls Court Community Fund
The Kensington and Chelsea Foundation, established in 2008 as an independent place-based charity, addresses profound hardship, exclusion, and inequali...
King's College Hospital Charity
Matching programme: Crown Fund (Regular)
King's College Hospital Charity drives patient-centric transformation, enhancing care outcomes, experiences, and well-being for patients, families, ca...
Lloyd's Patriotic Fund
Matching programme: Small Grants 2023
Lloyd's Patriotic Fund, established in 1803 by Lloyd’s underwriters as the UK's oldest military charity, originally aided seamen and soldiers disabled...
Mrs Smith and Mount Trust
Matching programme: The Mount Fund – Small Grants Programme
The Mrs Smith & Mount Trust, formed in 1992 by amalgamating The Mrs Smith Fund and The Mount Trust, is a UK grant-maker dedicated to empowering disadv...
Neighbourly Foundation
Matching programme: Neighbourly Foundation Grant Programme
Neighbourly Foundation, a UK-registered charity (1189514) established in March 2020 as the charitable arm of Neighbourly Limited, emerged in response ...
Peter Minet Trust
Matching programme: Open Grants Fund
Peter Minet Trust strengthens urban communities in deprived South London areas by empowering small, embedded local charities addressing severe, multip...
Postcode Neighbourhood Trust
Matching programme: Postcode Neighbourhood Trust Community Grants
Postcode Neighbourhood Trust, a Scottish-registered charity and company limited by guarantee funded exclusively by People’s Postcode Lottery proceeds,...
Postcode Places Trust
Matching programme: Postcode Places Trust Grant Programme
Postcode Places Trust, a Scottish-registered charity (SC049115), channels funds raised through the People's Postcode Lottery to empower small charitie...
Prudence Trust
Matching programme: Funding Priorities
The Prudence Trust is an independent grant-making foundation with a core mission to advance the mental health of young people across the UK through ev...
Rayne Foundation
Matching programme: Better Careers for Better Care
The Rayne Foundation, an independent UK charitable trust founded in 1962 by Lord Max Rayne, advances social cohesion by building bridges between diver...
Rosetrees
Matching programme: Major Project Awards
Rosetrees is a private UK charitable trust founded in 1987 by Nat and Teresa Rosenbaum, now chaired by their son Richard Ross, dedicated to funding pi...
Salford Community & Voluntary Services
Matching programme: Salford Centenary Fund – Large Grants
Salford Community & Voluntary Services (Salford CVS), established in 1919 as part of post-WWI social service efforts and independent since 1973, serve...
Sir Halley Stewart Trust
Matching programme: Main Grants and Small Grants
The Sir Halley Stewart Trust, founded in 1924 by Non-Conformist Christian minister, MP, and philanthropist Sir Halley Stewart, is a family-led foundat...
Sir Jules Thorn Charitable Trust
Matching programme: Innovation and Improvement in Health and Care Fund
The Sir Jules Thorn Charitable Trust, established in 1964 with an endowment from Sir Jules Thorn, founder of Thorn Electrical Industries, is an indepe...
Steel Charitable Trust
Matching programme: Luton Matters Programme
Steel Charitable Trust advances meaningful change through strategic grantmaking to UK charities, rooted in a dual commitment to place-based regenerati...
Sussex Community Foundation
Matching programme: Main Grants Programme
Sussex Community Foundation, established in 2006 by the late 10th Duke of Richmond and Gordon, is an independent UK Community Foundation dedicated to ...
Tayside NHS Board Endowment Funds
Matching programme: Innovate (Innovation Fund)
Tayside NHS Board Endowment Funds, operating as NHS Tayside Charitable Foundation, is the official charity of NHS Tayside, established in 1975 under t...
The Prince's Countryside Fund
Matching programme: The Prince's Countryside Fund grants
The Royal Countryside Fund (RCF), formerly The Prince’s Countryside Fund and rebranded in 2023 under King Charles III's approval, was founded in 2010 ...
Trusthouse Charitable Foundation
Matching programme: Major Grants
Forte Charitable Foundation (formerly Trusthouse Charitable Foundation), established in 1997 from the sale of Trust House Forte plc, is an independent...
UK Youth
Matching programme: The UK Youth Fund – Thriving Minds
UK Youth, the UK’s leading youth work charity founded in 1911 as the National Organisation of Girls' Clubs, empowers young people aged 8–25 to thrive ...
UnLtd
Matching programme: Scaling Up Award
UnLtd, formerly The Foundation for Social Entrepreneurs, is a UK-registered charity established in 2002 by a consortium of seven non-profits with a £1...
Veterans' Foundation
Matching programme: Salary Grants
The Veterans' Foundation, established in 2016 as a UK-wide grant-maker, delivers vital financial support to charities and organisations aiding British...
Young Camden Foundation
Matching programme: Small & Mighty Fund
Young Camden Foundation, established in 2017 as a membership-based infrastructure charity through a partnership between the London Borough of Camden a...
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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.
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Frequently Asked Questions about Mental Health Grants
What grants are available for mental health charities in the UK?
There are 628+ UK funders offering grants for mental health charities. These range from small community grants under £5,000 to large multi-year funding programmes exceeding £100,000. Use Fundermatcher to find the best match for your organisation.
How much funding can mental health organisations get?
Grant amounts for mental health charities vary widely depending on the funder and project. Typical grants range from £1,000 to over £100,000. Many funders offer multi-year funding for established organisations with a strong track record.
How do I apply for mental health grants?
Start by identifying funders whose priorities align with your mental health work. Fundermatcher matches your charity's profile against 628+ funders to find the best fit. Our AI assistant can then help you draft compelling grant applications.
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