The Health Lottery Foundation
The Health Lottery Foundation is open for applications from projects that: work with young people (0-25 years old) and improve health & wellbeing.
The deadline for applications is 5pm on Friday 27 June.
Grant application process
To apply for a grant, the work you are seeking funding for, must support young people from 0-25. You start your application on their website by taking their eligibility quiz.
Once you've confirmed you are eligible (this is six yes/no questions) you will be taken to the application form. You can only apply through this form.
You will find out in September 2025 if you have been successful. They are giving out £500,000 in this round and anticipate they will award between 20 and 30 grants.
Funder Focus – Trust for London
Trust for London, as the name implies, funds organisations whose work directly benefits Londoners. The Trust was formerly known as the City Parochial Foundation when it was founded in 1891. Its capital assets originated from the philanthropy of the people of London over many years - from church parishes, to benefit the poor of London. The government provided an endowment of £10 million when it abolished the Greater London Council in 1986 and asked City Parochial Foundation to manage this new organisation, Trust for London. In 2010, the Foundation and the Trust were amalgamated into one organisation to form the new Trust for London.
The Trust distributes around £10M every year and they will fund work within two key aims: economic and social justice, and they will fund both project and unrestricted funding.
Economic justice
Trust for London believes that too many Londoners struggle to make ends meet because of the city’s unsustainable cost of living. Their work in economic justice is about ensuring that all Londoners have enough money to achieve a decent standard of living. This means focusing on priorities that increase incomes and reduce costs for people living in poverty. Their priorities under the economic justice aim are:
· Decent work
· Tackling the housing crisis (this priority is already heavily oversubscribed)
· Ending the poverty premium
· Improving social security
Social justice
Trust for London believes a fairer economy will help many Londoners escape poverty. But even then, some people will be unjustly held back by the way our society works. Their work in social justice is about creating a city where everyone can thrive, regardless of who they are. The priorities under the social justice aim are:
· Ending migrant destitution
· Racial justice
· Disability justice (closed until 2026)
The kind of advice work they'll fund within each priority area is slightly different, but generally they'll be looking to fund services that:
· Are specialist, established and with proven outcomes
· Connect casework and policy work
· Serve multiple communities
John Mikucki
Fundraising Officer
June 2025