We are delighted to announce the first 12 charities to benefit from grant funding in 2025. Thanks to players of The Health Lottery, £200,000 will now be distributed to make a tangible difference to health and wellbeing across Britain. Our first round of grants was a closed process. Delva Patman, Chief Executive of The Health Lottery Foundation said:
“These first 12 grants have been selected based on the impact they make to health and wellbeing. We are delighted to be able to cover such a broad spectrum of projects, from helping children connect with the outdoors to using AI to improve operations for 50 health and social care charities. It’s a privilege to be able to support these projects. We are grateful to The Health Lottery players, who make these donations possible.”
The projects benefiting from a Health Lottery Foundation grant are:
CAST – £20K
A charity that helps organisations use digital for social good. £20,000 has been donated to empower 50 health and social care charities to use AI confidently to develop new skills and improve efficiency. www.wearecast.org.uk
Farms for City Children – £20K
A charity that gives over 3,000 young people from England and Wales the chance to develop life skills and confidence through outdoor learning. £20,000 has been awarded to allow the organisation to fund five-day, fully catered, farm experiences. www.farmsforcitychildren.org
Feeding Britain – £20K
A charity that’s impacted the lives of over 270,000 people through its food club programme to increase the accessibility of affordable, healthy food and provide pathways out of poverty. £20,000 has been provided to help create 1,900 places at holiday clubs located in high areas of deprivation to help ensure no child goes hungry in the school holidays. www.feedingbritain.org
FoodCycle – £15K
FoodCycle is a charity working to make food poverty, loneliness and food waste a thing of the past. £15,000 has been donated to help them run weekly community meals that operate in 102 towns and cities across the country, providing nutritious cooked food and company. www.foodcycle.org.uk
Phab – £15K
Phab creates inclusive, safe and fun opportunities for disabled and non-disabled people to make friends, learn new skills and gain confidence together. £15,000 will help run the Adventures Programme for 200 people. www.phab.org.uk
Sport in Mind – £15K
This charity offers programmes, at all life stages, to support and improve mental health through free sports and physical activity sessions. £15,000 has been awarded to help run a 10-week programme in Hampshire for over 120 people. www.sportinmind.org
Student Minds – £15K
Student Minds believes no student should be held back by their mental health. They work with 115,000+ students. A £15,000 donation has been given to run three pilot projects, to train student leaders from racialised communities to give mental health peer-support. www.studentminds.org.uk
Support Dogs – £15K
Support Dogs train specialist assistance dogs to provide life changing and life-saving support to disabled people and those with debilitating health conditions. £15,000 has been awarded to fund an instructor to train and match dogs with 10 families for a year. www.supportdogs.org.uk
Tapping House – £15K
Tapping House is a hospice helping people find comfort and joy right to the end of their life. £15,000 has been given to support 24-hour specialist rest of life care to patients, including an inpatient unit, hospice at home service, outpatient Tulip Centre that offers rehabilitative palliative care and bereavement support for families. www.tappinghouse.org.uk
The Brain Charity – £15K
Precious memories, hidden dreams and the thousands of subtle differences that make us who we are, are all housed in our brains. There are 600 different brain conditions. A £15,000 grant has been awarded to The Brain Charity to support counselling for neurological conditions. www.thebraincharity.org.uk
Forest of Avon – £15K
One of England’s 15 Community Forests, bringing people and nature together. A £15,000 grant will support a woodland wellbeing project. This for people receiving cardiac rehabilitation from North Bristol NHS Trust and University Hospitals Bristol and Weston Trust. It offers emotional support, alongside exercise and practical advice. www.forestofavon.org
The Royal Countryside Fund – £20K London
A UK-wide charity standing with farming families and rural communities so that they get the support, funding, and opportunities they need. £20,000 has been awarded to improve health outcomes for farmers, by sending practitioners to the rural locations farmers already visit, to offer health checks and referrals. www.royalcountrysidefund.org.uk
We will be writing more about all of these projects and the vital work they are doing to support health and wellbeing across Britain over the next 3 months. To keep up to date please join our mailing list.