Aims/priorities:
The five-year programme (2021-2026) addressing young women's mental health aims to support mental health services working with young women aged 16-25. The first year focused on projects in Northern Ireland or Greater Manchester. The second year had a focus on projects in Northern Ireland or the North East or North West of England. The third year includes these locations as well as Yorkshire and Humber.
Funding is available for projects in specific geographic locations to improve the mental health of young women aged 16 to 25 years by enabling access to high quality mental health provision.
The geographical focus is reviewed for each funding round.
In 2023, the focus is North East or North West of England, Yorkshire and Humber or Northern Ireland.
Who can apply:
Applications will be accepted from registered or exempt UK charities with an annual income of between £100,000 and £1 million, have been operating for at least three years and whose work or project is located in North East England, North West England, Yorkshire and Humber, or any part of Northern Ireland.
To be eligible for funding, applicants must be able to demonstrate all of the following:
- A track record of working with young women aged 16-25 years old.
- A track record of delivering mental health services including those that are trauma informed.
- Offer wrap-around support (in-house or through partnerships and referral pathways) that meets the holistic and practical needs of young women.
- Provide safe, women-only services and/or spaces that are accessible and welcoming to young women.
- Involve those with lived experience in the design of their services.
- Have staff and trustees that are representative of the communities that they work with.
- Develop and share learning with their peers.
- Have an impact that reaches beyond immediate beneficiaries of the work.
For the 2023 round, only young women and girls living in Northern Ireland or the North East or North West of England or Yorkshire and Humber will receive support. National charities may apply but the funded activity must only support those from these areas.
Priority will be given to partnership applications.
Applicants are encouraged to join the learning set in order to share best practice, explore the need for policy change and build a supportive peer-network.
The following are supported:
- Organisations delivering high quality services specifically designed to respond to the needs of young women experiencing mental health difficulties. Applications are encouraged from organisations leading the way in good practice or innovation relating to age and gender informed approaches to mental health provision. Groups that work collaboratively with partners to extend their impact and share expertise, and that champion fair and equal access to mental health services will be prioritised.
- Although funding supports young women aged 16-25 years old, projects where at least 80% of the participants of the work fall within the 16-25 age band wll be considered.
- Mental health services that support young women with existing and increasingly entrenched mental health problems will be funded.
Grant amount:
Grants of between £20,000 to £30,000 (i.e. £60,000 and £90,000 for three years) are available.
It is anticipated that between 10 and 12 grants will be awarded each year.
How to apply:
The guidance notes can be found on the Pilgrim Trust website.
There is a two-stage application process:
- The first step is to book a telephone conversation with the Trust's Grant Manager. This must be done by the deadline of 7 July 2023. Applications cannot be made without having this conversation.
- The second step is to complete the online stage two application form via the online grants system. This deadline is 7 August 2023.
Contact information:
For further information on how to obtain this fund, please contact the following:
Grant Manager
Pilgrim Trust
New Wing
Somerset House
Strand
London
WC2R 1LA
Tel: 020 7834 6510
Email: applicants@thepilgrimtrust.org.uk