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Application Guidelines - Health and Wellbeing Grants

Special support for the mental health of children and young people
 

The Trustees have decided for the first time to ringfence a significant proportion of our Health and Wellbeing fund for this application year and the next to the theme of ‘Mental Health in Children and Young People’.  Exceptionally, we will accept applications from organisations who already hold a grant from The Evelyn Trust (including small grants awarded in 2024). We strongly advise that potential applicants discuss their initial thoughts with the Charity Director by email/phone before starting an application. The deadline is 6pm on 15th November 2024, and applications should be made on the usual online form. Awards will be made in July 2025.

Applications for Health and Wellbeing projects not related to children and young people’s mental health are still welcome, but be advised that available funds will be reduced this year and next.

The Evelyn Trust awards grants for health and wellbeing projects that fit the following criteria:

  • Projects that are in line with areas of focus for support based on studies which have  identified  areas of need in Cambridgeshire, including mental health, care for the elderly and community health projects.
  • Medical support staff and teams that aim to have a transformational impact and are innovative, including support in the home

Outcomes might include:

  • the creation of new delivery mechanisms, including online approaches to service delivery
  • a pilot or demonstration project for new approaches
  • evidence for working in new or different ways e.g. by building new partnerships or delivering a service differently
  • expansion into different geographical areas or growth of a service, especially into East Cambridgeshire or the Fens
  • prevention work that aims to reduce the need for more acute services at a later stage
  • improvements in wellbeing, mental health, physical health measures and/or reductions in GP visits or hospital admissions

Applications for grants will be considered to support the work of charities that have a mission and purpose that coincides with the objects of the Trust, including charities that support individuals.

The Trustees do not make grants for:

  • general funds, non-specific appeals, endowment funds, conduit organisations or appeals by circular
  • projects based outside Cambridgeshire, or where the Cambridgeshire component is only part of a national project (e.g. helplines)
  • individuals
  • the purchase of land
  • causes with a strong political association
  • capital projects are not currently being considered

The applicant organisation must be a charity, CIO or CIC.  Organisations other than these should contact the Charity Director before making an application.

NB Owing to unprecedented demand for our funding, and in the interests of distributing grants fairly, we have introduced new criteria for repeat applications:

– previous or current grant-holders must wait two full years from the end of their grant before submitting another application;

– unsuccessful applicants must wait two years from the submission date of their previous application. 

Application Process

Applications must follow the latest application guidelines.
Please read this first as it outlines the criteria for potential project approval.

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£10.4 million

There are 150 active 
grants of £10.4 million.

150 Projects

We are currently supporting 42 medical research projects, 101 health and wellbeing projects and 7 capital projects.

214 Completed

Of the grants which have been completed, 107 were awarded for medical research and 107 were awarded for health and wellbeing projects in the Cambridgeshire area.