THE HARGREAVES FOUNDATION
Smaller and larger grants are available for UK charities and educational institutions which use sport and education to support children and young people aged 18 and under living with a mental health condition, disability, or who are growing up in poverty.
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o Application deadline: none – applications may be made at any time via the online application form available on the Foundation’s website.
o Funder: The Hargreaves Foundation (founded 2020. Charity No. 1187297. Total value of all grants awarded in the year ended 31 January 2023: £1,326,924 (2022: £923,337; 2021: £335,341).
o Who can apply: UK registered charities, Charitable Incorporated Organisations (CIOs), NHS Trusts, schools and further education colleges that are exempt charities. Please note that, although this is not exclusive, the Foundation is quite keen on supporting projects that benefit the South West of England.
o Key words: Education, Sport, Children and Young People, Mental Health, Disability, Wellbeing, United Kingdom.
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Wiltshire-based, the Hargreaves Foundation, a family grant-making charity established with a £100 million budget in January 2020, seeks to support children and young adults aged 18 and under who have a mental health condition, a disability, or are living in poverty.
Its mission is to “transform young lives through sport and education”, and its overarching objective is to “improve the lives of young people whether with disabilities or from disadvantaged backgrounds, and to assist them in leading the fullest and happiest lives possible”.
The Foundation aims to help children and young people to fulfil their potential and improve their wellbeing, self-esteem and independence through educational and sporting activities provided by UK charitable organisations, including schools, further education institutions and NHS Trusts, with some preference (though not exclusively, as the map on page 14 of the Foundation’s Annual Report indicates) for the South West region.
The Foundation is specifically looking to support projects that:
o Aim to improve academic engagement and attainment.
o Enable individuals to experience the mental and physical health benefits of participatory sport.
o Encourage the development of skills and personal attributes to aid future employability.
o Ensure participatory sport is accessible, and
o Provide sporting or educational activities that foster life skills
There are no minimum or maximum grant award levels.
Funding is not available for:
o Community Interest Companies (CICs), social enterprises or private companies.
o Consultations and feasibility studies.
o Core funding.
o Crisis funding.
o Individuals.
o Items or projects which statutory bodies have a duty to fund.
o Local authorities, or
o Retrospective costs.
Further information, guidance and an online application form is available on the Foundation’s website. Please note that any text entered onto the online application form cannot be saved. The Foundation suggests drafting applications on a Word document and then pasting into the online form.
Applications may be made at any time.