James Tudor Foundation
Overview
What they offer
They’re flexible – their funding is designed to contribute towards your overall service delivery, but you are also welcome to apply for a specific project, if you prefer.
Grants of up to £25,000 are available, usually awarded for one year, but they do occasionally offer funding for up to three years.
Funding programmes from December 2025
Over its first two decades, The Foundation awarded close to 1,700 grants, distributing more than £19 million across five core funding programmes: Health Education, Relief of Sickness, Palliative Care, Medical Research, and International.
In April 2025, they reviewed their programming and have decided to close their Medical Research programme, merged the Health Education and Relief of Sickness programmes into a single Physical Health programme, and in recognition of the increasing demand for mental health services, they launched a dedicated Mental Health programme.
Their Hospice Care programme is now restricted to South West England and South Wales. Additionally, their International programme will now be made at the discretion of the trustees and this programme is no longer open to applications.
What do they support
Physical Health
They support health charities across the UK that provide therapeutic interventions, health information, and direct healthcare.
Who can apply
- UK registered charities delivering their services in the UK, with an annual income of less than £20m and with at least 5 years’ audited or independently examined accounts
- Charities that provide disease-specific information and support services
- Charities that directly provide healthcare to their beneficiaries (e.g. run clinics, offer therapies, rehabilitation services and support, etc.)
- Air ambulance charities operating in South West England, Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland
What do they fund
1) Therapeutic interventions for:
- People living with acute, chronic, or degenerative physical conditions
- People living with physical disabilities
- People recovering from life-changing injuries
These charities provide evidence-based, NICE recommended therapies (e.g., physiotherapy, hydrotherapy, multidisciplinary rehabilitation programmes, etc.).
They prioritise charities that provide these services free of charge or at highly subsidised prices.
2) Specialist, single-condition charities
Typically, these are national charities that provide information about a specific condition via nurse-led helplines and via digital and print materials.
In this category, they prioritise charities that are members of the Patient Information Forum (PIF) and/or hold PIF Tick certification. Similarly, charities operating helplines are given preference if they are members of the Helplines Partnership or hold the Helplines Standard certification.
3) Charities that provide direct healthcare services to marginalised communities
4) Air ambulance charities (geographical restrictions apply, see Who can apply)
Priorities
- They support charities that address unmet needs, demonstrate sector expertise, and have a clear, well-defined strategy. They look for organisations with the skills and capacity to support their beneficiaries effectively, and that can clearly evidence the impact of their work on the communities they serve.
- For charities providing condition-specific information, they prioritise those that are members of the Patient Information Forum (PIF) and/or hold PIF Tick certification. Similarly, charities operating helplines are given preference if they are members of the Helplines Partnership or hold the Helplines Standard certification.
- They favour organisations whose services are delivered by qualified specialist professionals
Mental Health
They support charities that help children and young people recovering from Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) and parents affected by ACEs, mental illness, or addiction.
Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) are defined as “potentially traumatic events or chronic stressors that occur before the age of 18 and are uncontrollable to the child.” They include the following:
- Sexual abuse
- Physical abuse or neglect
- Emotional abuse or neglect
- Living in a household where there is domestic violence
- Living with a parent with substance abuse
- Living with a parent who has a mental illness
- Losing a parent through death, abandonment, or divorce.
- Having a parent in prison
Who can apply
They welcome applications from UK registered charities that work either regionally or nationally and:
- Have as their key focus preventing and/or reducing the impact of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) – helping children and young people, and parents and caregivers – see the definition of ACEs above.
- Use trauma-informed approaches and evidence-based interventions
- Are actively patient led in shaping, running, and improving their services
- Can demonstrate real impact through their own evaluations or independent research
- Have an annual income of less than £20m and at least 5 years’ audited or independently examined accounts
What do they fund
They support of evidence-based, trauma-informed interventions designed to overcome and prevent the trauma of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs). This programme works on several levels, supporting both children and young people affected by ACEs, as well as supporting parents to help break the cycle of trauma across generations.
Their two key areas of support are:
1) Support for children and young people
Under this focus, they wish to partner with charities that support children and young people who have suffered one or more ACE, and they do so through evidence-based, trauma-informed therapies.
They only support charities that have a specialist, single focus on one or more of the following:
- Childhood sexual abuse
- Living in a household where there is domestic violence, and/or physical and/or emotional neglect
- Living with a parent who has a mental illness and/or substance abuse
- Bereavement and complex loss, including children and young people bereaved by suicide, murder, manslaughter, substance addiction, or who have a parent in prison.
2) Support for parents
In England alone, nearly half (48%) of adults have experienced at least one ACE. Around 9% of the population have experienced four or more ACEs. While ACEs are prevalent in any socio-economic group, they are 10 times more prevalent among the 20% least privileged in our society.
They know that many adults only begin to face their own ACEs when they become parents, making this a crucial time for support.
Under this focus, they wish to partner with specialist charities that solely focus on supporting parents and complex family challenges by delivering:
- Evidence-based, whole-family, trauma-informed programmes that help parents to confront their own ACEs and help to break the intergenerational cycle of trauma and abuse.
- Evidence-based, whole-family, trauma-informed programmes for families where a parent or caregiver has a mental illness or substance addiction and is at risk of harming their children.
Priorities
This funding programme has two key aims:
1) To support charities that help children and young people who have experienced Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) to overcome their trauma and thrive.
2) To support charities that help parents address their own severe mental health issues to prevent them from harming their children.