The Bally's Foundation (formerly known as The Gamesys Foundation)

Overview

The main focus of the Gamesys Foundation is to preserve and protect the wellbeing of individuals suffering from mental health issues.

We do that through providing grants and funding to organisations who care for these individuals directly, as well as those who focus on research in the mental health field.Mental health is a broad term which can encompass a vast variety of ailments, treatments, and experiences. We hope to spread our goodwill as far as possible by donating to diverse causes and international communities.

Eligibility

Although they would love to help everyone, the Gamesys Foundation is dedicated to making tangible contributions to the mental health field. For that reason, they maintain conscientious standards of eligibility that each beneficiary must meet. Their goal is for their funds to touch as many lives as possible in diverse communities around the world.

To find out if your work or organisation qualifies for funding, they invite you to check the criteria below:

• Gamesys Foundation will predominantly fund registered charities and NGOs.
• Organisations that are registered within the country where the work will take place will be prioritised above other applications.
• We will consider funding other types of organisations so long as they can be proven to have an impact on mental health issues, support, and treatment.
• Applications are open to UK-based organisation with a minimum annual income of £50,000, or a minimum annual income of €50,000 for territories outside of the UK. This figure should be based on the last set of annual accounts submitted to the relevant authority
• We will prioritise funding to countries where Gamesys PLC either trades or has offices. These countries include (but are not limited to): the United Kingdom, Malta, Gibraltar, Sweden, Ukraine, Manilla, USA, Canada, Hong Kong

More information can be found here

In order to give as many organisations as fair a chance as possible, organisations may only submit one proposal within any funding opportunity.

What they're looking for

When making funding decisions, they're looking for organisations that are:

1. Mission aligned

They seek partners who share their aspiration of alleviating mental health issues. This includes addiction, along with conditions of emotional or mental distress requiring support or treatment. Including but not exclusively mental health issues caused by social isolation, homelessness, bereavement, and suicide.

2. Understanding of who they are

The Gamesys Foundation is proud to receive the majority of funding from the Gamesys Group PLC, which derives all of its revenue from online gambling activities.

3. Risk aware

They seek partners who have robust governance and financial management in place, and who have the highest standards in safeguarding their staff and beneficiaries.

4. Learning led

They want to work with organisations who have a culture which values evidence, who are committed to continual improvement, and who share what they learn with others.

5. Storytellers

They believe that a considerable part of removing the stigma attached to mental illness lies within open communication. For that reason, they want to build partnerships with organisations which will allow them to tell compelling stories about the issues they face. Together, they can shed light on an issue which has been kept in the dark for so long.

See the most recent full guidance here

Contact them via the website here