Application deadline: 30 April at 5:00 pm for expressions of interest
The Leatherseller’s Foundation awards grants to a wide range of UK registered charities under the following two programmes:
Main Grants between £20,000 and £25,000 for up to 4 years are available to UK registered charities with an annual income of between £200,000 and £2,000,000 that:
- Are delivering activities to meet an identified need for vulnerable people in their community.
- Are open and transparent about their work and finances.
- Are able to understand the needs of their local community.
- Are working in partnership with others.
- Can demonstrate that the voice of service users/experts by experience informs service design and delivery.
- Can demonstrate that the majority of people using the service have experienced Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) or are supporting people who have experienced ACEs, such as parents and caregivers.
- Can demonstrate the effectiveness of their approach through evaluation or external research.
- Have as their core focus, the goal to prevent and/or reduce the harm of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE) by providing services to children, young people and/or adults.
- Have at least one year’s published accounts, and
- Use a trauma-informed approach and evidence-based interventions.
Main Grants are available to UK registered charities and Charitable Incorporated Organisations charities that are working to prevent the occurrence of and/or support recovery from adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) by providing services to children and young people and/or adult survivors in recovery.
Funding is not available for: Capital expenditure, Community interest companies (CICs), Hospices, Medical research, or 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 Leatherseller’s Foundation website https://leathersellers.org/foundation/all-grants/.





