Young Responders knife crime workshop in Northampton
We went along to the YMCA in Northampton to see the impact of our funding in action
Supporting young people to live happy healthy lives
We distributed £751,180 across Britain in October 2025, through an open round to support young people.
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Grants awarded
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.
You can apply to access funds from The Health Lottery Foundation if you are a voluntary organisation working with young people
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:
- Youth centres or outreach services that offer activities, mentoring or counselling to those that need it.
- Specialist support for children and young disabled people.
- Places that give children someone they can talk to, when they’re struggling to cope.
- Programmes that promote wellbeing and encourage engagement between young people and nature.
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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Developing student leaders from racialised backgrounds to tackle health inequalities
Student Minds outline the impact of a pilot programme to upskill students to improve their community’s wellbeing.
Partnering with the NHS to aid recovery – Sport in Mind
Expanding provision across Hampshire in Adult, Children, Mum and Baby and Education Programmes to promote health and wellbeing.
Supporting farm residentials for children and young people
£20,000 was donated in April 2025 to Farms for City Children to help deliver immersive, five-day, fully catered farm residentials to children and young people (CYP).
St John Ambulance receives our largest grant to date
St John Ambulance has received a grant of £241,807 to expand its Young Responders programme across the East Midlands, helping more young people develop the confidence and skills to respond in a health emergency.
Visiting Bloomsbury Football Foundation
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.
