The Henry Smith Charity is one of the largest independent grant making trusts in the UK, distributing over £30 million each year. The Charity’s main focus lies with funding organisations that bring about lasting change in people’s lives and help them to benefit from and contribute to society.
The majority of the Charity’s funding is distributed through its two main grant programmes – Improving Lives and Strengthening Communities – which form part of its wider grant making strategy launched in October 2017.
This grant programme will close to applications on 28 June 2024 (17:00). No further applications will be accepted after that time.
The Henry Smith Charity’s Improving Lives programme is part of the Charity’s Main Grants programme. It aims to support people in the UK for whom other sources of support have failed, are inappropriate, or are simply not available.
There are six funding priorities:
- Help at a critical moment.
- Positive choices.
- Accommodation/housing support.
- Employment and training.
- Financial inclusion, rights and entitlements.
- Support networks and family.
This grant programme will close to applications on 28 June 2024 (17:00). No further applications will be accepted after that time.
There is a two-stage application process. Initial applications must be made via the online application form on the Henry Smith Charity’s website. Successful stage-one applicants will be notified and will progress to stage two.
The application process takes approximately six months.
