Grants

We support projects that directly impact care and support – quality improvement and piloting of new approaches at South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust, research carried out by King's College London, and services that complement mental health care, delivered by the voluntary and community sector.

We distribute grants through a mix of direct funding and open calls. Direct funding refers to longer-term strategic funding allocated through our existing institutional partnerships and is not open to applications. Our open-call grants invite qualifying organisations and projects to apply based on a set of eligibility criteria.

Our main open calls are for applications to our thematic programmes. These large-scale programmes aim to make change by placing greater focus on specific areas over a longer period. Over the next five years, we have allocated £24 million to helping people live well with psychosis and to improve the lives of vulnerable children and young people.

You can explore all of our current and previous grant programmes below.

 

Current programmes

Building Brighter Futures

Building Brighter Futures will fund work to improve the mental health of children and young people aged 10-19 years old who are living in the most challenging circumstances and who face complex difficulties.

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Living Well with Psychosis

The Living Well with Psychosis programme supports work that focuses on people affected by psychosis, including those living with diagnoses like bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, and schizoaffective disorder. We fund research and initiatives to improve mental health services, and we support community organisations providing complementary services.

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Opening date: November 18, 2024

Closing date: January 21, 2025

Change Makers

Change Makers is a small grants scheme to enable staff of South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust to make a big impact through small new initiatives.

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Anchor

Our anchor grants achieve positive impact for beneficiaries, root us in our communities and our history. This programme of funding is not open to applications. These grants are longer-term commitments to the South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust Volunteering Centre, Recovery College, the Bethlem Gallery and Bethlem Museum of the Mind.

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Transformation

Our transformation grants are large scale, long term impact projects that aim to maximise the power of collaboration and world class expertise in mental health across South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust and the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King's College London. Over the next five years we’ve committed to spending £10m on initiatives at this scale.

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