We distributed £751,180 across Britain in October 2025, through an open round to support young people.
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There are so many projects across Britain doing amazing work to support children and young people to be healthy and happy. If you work with young people you will be well aware of the challenges they face with health and wellbeing. Waiting lists for CAMHS (Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services) are at an all-time high, leaving vulnerable young people struggling to cope socially and academically.
Increased levels of childhood poverty across Britain also impacts physical health and wellbeing. Those with disabilities are disproportionally impacted by long wait times and reduced availability of specialist services.
We know that organisations operating in communities across Britain are providing vital youth services at grassroots level and we want to help. Here are some of the types of projects we are happy to consider supporting:
If you are running a project that is improving the health, wellbeing and happiness of young people and children in your community we want to hear from you.
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Bloomsbury Football Foundation currently supports over 2,200 girls per week – making the organisation the largest provider of girls’ football in the UK, and by far the largest with a charitable mission that also offers financial support to players.
Thanks to players of The Health Lottery, £751,180 will now be distributed to 45 charities across Britain, making a tangible difference to the health and wellbeing of young people. The Health Lottery Foundation is delighted to announce the results of its first open application funding round, held in June.
On Thursday 2 October our CEO Delva Patman joined year 6 children from Alfred Salter School, London on their farm residential at Nethercott House in Devon.
Delva and Paul met some of the Student Minds team to hear about empowering new student union officers and student society leaders to help address health inequalities.
Phab works to break down barriers to inclusion for disabled and non-disabled young people and adults. It was a pleasure to see the charity in action at residential activity centre Avon Tyrell.
Farms for City Children is a charity founded by author Sir Michael Morpurgo and his wife Clare, to give children the chance to experience the benefits of time in nature. The impact of offering experiences like no other, to children living in disadvantage is huge.
