People's Health Trust

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Typical grants: £5,000 – £50,000
Where they fund: Cambridgeshire, Essex, Norfolk, Suffolk, Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, Nottinghamshire, Northamptonshire, Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Hampshire, Hertfordshire, Oxfordshire, Surrey, Sussex, Isle of Wight, Birmingham, Black Country, Herefordshire, Shropshire, Staffordshire, Warwickshire, Worcestershire
Applications: Accepted
How to apply: Two-stage application

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peopleshealthtrust.org.uk

About People's Health Trust

People's Health Trust is a UK charity established in 2011, funded initially by The Health Lottery, dedicated to challenging health inequalities across England, Scotland, and Wales. Its mission is to ensure that location or identity does not shorten lives or diminish health quality, targeting deep-rooted social determinants like poor housing, low income, exclusion, discrimination, and weak community cohesion. Guided by values of collaboration, community empowerment, and systemic change, it emphasises evidence-based, locally led solutions, partnering with grassroots groups, universities, and researchers to amplify marginalised voices in grantmaking, policy, and advocacy. The Trust funds community-led projects addressing health's building blocks, prioritising the most disadvantaged neighbourhoods.

What People's Health Trust funds

The Trust funds community-led projects that address the building blocks of health, such as improving local environments, food access through gardens, social connections, mental health support, employability skills, and housing advocacy. Its programmes support peer support, campaigning, environmental enhancements, food security, and organising for groups including unemployed youth, ethnic minorities, LGBTQ+ communities, and those facing structural racism. The Trust works across England, Scotland, and Wales. One programme, Advice for Health, focuses on physical and mental health, poverty and hardship, and community development in specific English regions including Cambridgeshire, Essex, Norfolk, Suffolk, the Midlands, and southern counties. It supports core costs, salaries, project delivery, capital works, equipment, and events, and typically funds activity for one to two years.

Who can apply

Eligible applicants include registered charities, community interest companies, community interest groups, community benefit societies, and unincorporated associations based in England, Scotland, or Wales. The Trust prioritises organisations that are led by and for the communities they intend to work with, and that focus on people facing financial and social disadvantage, marginalisation, and discrimination who do not access advice services because they feel overwhelmed. Beneficiaries include young people, adults, and older people, but children are excluded. Social enterprises are not eligible. The Trust favours small-to-medium organisations rooted in their areas.

What People's Health Trust doesn't fund

The Trust does not fund individuals, salaries solely for core staff not delivering project activities, retrospective costs, religious activity, political parties, statutory services, or large capital builds. A full list of exclusions is available on their website.

How they like to fund

The Trust offers multi-year grants, typically funding activity for one to two years. It welcomes unsolicited applications through thematic programmes that open periodically. Funding supports core costs, salaries, project delivery, capital works, equipment, and events, with a focus on community-led solutions.

How much does People's Health Trust give?

People's Health Trust runs one grant programme. Every figure below is sourced from their published guidance.

Last verified 8 August 2026 · 19 sourced facts

Advice for HealthCurrently closed

£20,000 – £40,000

Two-stage process
Decisions in ~12 weeks
Multi-year funding

Those are the published figures. What your charity could realistically get — and whether you'd clear their rules on income, location and legal structure — is what the free fit check answers.

What People's Health Trust funds — and what they won't

Their stated priorities

We prioritise applicants that are led by and for the communities they intend to work with, and that focus on people facing financial and social disadvantage, marginalisation, and discrimination who do not currently access advice services because they feel overwhelmed.

Where they fund

CambridgeshireEssexNorfolkSuffolkDerbyshireLeicestershireLincolnshireNottinghamshireNorthamptonshireBedfordshireBuckinghamshireHampshireHertfordshireOxfordshireSurreySussexIsle of WightBirminghamBlack CountryHerefordshireShropshireStaffordshireWarwickshireWorcestershire

Costs they'll cover

Core costsSalariesProject deliveryCapital works & buildingsEquipmentEvents

They don't fund

Social enterprises

The full exclusions list (1)

We do not fund individuals, salaries for the sole purpose of core staff not delivering project activities, retrospective costs, religious activity, political parties, statutory services, or large capital builds. There is a full list of exclusions at https://www.peopleshealthtrust.org.uk/funding/what-we-dont-fund

Good to know

FaithNo restriction

Focus areas

HealthCommunityPoverty & hardship

How to apply to People's Health Trust

People's Health Trust takes applications via two-stage application.

Published programme route: two-stage process.
Check whether your charity is in scope before you spend time on a full bid.

How it works

1
Describe your project. Once — used for this funder and others.
2
See if this could be a fit. Honest check on cause, place, size, and rules.
3
Draft if yes. From your real data — or move on if not.

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Frequently asked questions

How much funding does People's Health Trust provide?

People's Health Trust runs one grant programme — Advice for Health: £20,000 – £40,000.

Where does People's Health Trust fund charities?

People's Health Trust funds charities operating in Cambridgeshire, Essex, Norfolk, Suffolk, Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, Nottinghamshire, Northamptonshire, Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Hampshire, Hertfordshire, Oxfordshire, Surrey, Sussex, Isle of Wight, Birmingham, Black Country, Herefordshire, Shropshire, Staffordshire, Warwickshire, Worcestershire.

Does People's Health Trust accept unsolicited applications?

People's Health Trust accepts unsolicited applications from eligible organisations. Current programme status is on this page — do not assume a round is open.

What does People's Health Trust not fund?

Their published exclusions include: We do not fund individuals, salaries for the sole purpose of core staff not delivering project activities, retrospective costs, religious activity, political parties, statutory services, or large capital builds. There is a full list of exclusions at https://www.peopleshealthtrust.org.uk/funding/what-we-dont-fund. The full exclusions list is further up this page.

How do I apply for funding from People's Health Trust?

People's Health Trust takes applications via two-stage application. Published programme route: two-stage process.