THE LEATHERSELLERS’ FOUNDATION: MAIN GRANTS PROGRAMME
Unrestricted Core Grants of between £20,000 and £25,000 for 1-4 years are available to UK registered charities to help prevent and tackle the consequences of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs).
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o Application deadline: WEDNESDAY 30th APRIL 2025 at 5pm for Expressions of Interest. o Funder: The Leathersellers’ Foundation (founded 1979. Charity number 278072. Total value of all grants awarded during the year ended 31 July 2023: £3,196,000 (2022: £3,339,000; 2021: £3,285,000)).
o Who can apply: UK registered charities with an organisational income of between £200,000 and £2 million in their last financial year.
o Key Words: Revenue. Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs), Trauma, Abuse, Domestic Abuse, Families with a Member in Prison, Mental Health, Physical or Emotional Neglect, Relationship Breakdown, Substance Misuse, United Kingdom.
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2025/26 marks the fourth year of The Leathersellers’ Foundation strategic funding to help prevent and tackle the consequences of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs). The Main Grants programme opened to applications yesterday (26th March 2025) with an end of April deadline. Up to 20 grants are expected to be awarded to registered charities across the UK in this funding round.
The term ACEs is used to recognise traumatic events that occur during childhood that can have a significant impact on a person’s physical, emotional and mental health throughout their life, such as (please note that this is not an exclusive list):
o Abuse – physical, sexual or psychological/emotional.
o Domestic abuse.
o Having a close family member serve time in prison.
o Mental illness of a close family member.
o Neglect – physical or psychological/emotional.
o Parental or caregiver separation or divorce on account of relationship breakdown, and/or
o Substance misuse by a close family member.
The ACEs Main Charity Grants Programme provides unrestricted revenue grants of between £20,000 and £25,000 per annum for up to 4 years towards the core costs of charities and CIOs throughout the UK. The Foundation welcomes applications from charities who support under-represented groups.
Applicants should meet the following criteria:
o Able to demonstrate the effectiveness of their approach through evaluation or external research.
o Are either lived-experience led or can show significant input from those with lived experience.
o Be working to prevent the occurrence of and/or support recovery from Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) as their core focus.
o Have an organisational income over £200,000 and under £2 million (for the coming or current year).
o Operating in the UK in an area of deprivation, and
o Use a trauma-informed approach and evidence-based interventions.
During the year ended 31st July 2023, the Foundation received 498 expressions of interest. Of these, 50 organisations were invited to make a full application, and 17 grants were allocated.
A list of all current grant recipients of £20,000 or over is provided on pages 25 and 26 of the Foundation’s annual accounts.
Funding is not available for:
o Capital projects.
o Community Interest Companies (CICs).
o Hospices.
o Medical research, or
o Services that charge participants for access, irrespective of a beneficiary’s ability to pay.
Further information, guidance and details about how to apply is available on the Foundation’s website.
The deadline for the submission of an Expression of Interest is 5pm on Wednesday 30th April 2025.
Contact details for the Foundation are:
M E Lawrence
Chief Executive and Clerk to the Leathersellers’ Company
Leathersellers’ Foundation
Leathersellers’ Company
7 St Helen’s Place
London
EC3A 6AB
Email: charityapp@