Prudence Trust: Supporting Children and Young People with Disordered Eating

Overview

About the programme

The Prudence Trust and Stone Family Foundation are delighted to offer a new funding opportunity in 2024 to support organisations that deliver evidence-based, specialist eating disorder services to children and young people aged 11-25, and their families.

Eating disorders can severely affect quality of life for children and their families, and have the highest mortality rate of any psychiatric condition. Those with an eating disorder often also suffer from depression or anxiety, and these conditions need to be managed simultaneously for the highest chance of recovery. They know that early intervention increases the chances of a full recovery, that parents and families need support to help their loved ones, and that continued support after a clinical intervention is important to recovery. Given the rise in disordered eating and eating disorders in recent years, they would like to fund these kinds of specialist services for young people and their families.

Who can apply

This opportunity is for organisations who support young people (aged 11-25) in the UK with disordered eating, families of a child with an eating disorder, or step down services. They will only consider applications from organisations who meet these three criteria:

• UK registered charities or CICs with an annual income of £250,000 or over.
• The charity or CIC must offer an eating disorder service in the UK for children or young people (aged 11-25), or their families, which is delivered by specially trained staff.
• The organisation must be able to demonstrate a track record of delivering high quality eating disorder services for at least 3 years (although your proposal can be for a new service).

What are they looking to fund

You can apply for support of existing services, or new services if your organisation already has a track record in eating disorder support. You must be able to demonstrate the positive impact of your support on individuals.

The service you are applying for should expect to reach at least 50 children, young people or families each year.

They are particularly interested in services that complement – rather than duplicate – either end of statutory provision, such as early intervention services or step-down support after a young person has been discharged from an NHS service, as well as training or support for parents and families of these children and young people.

What will they fund

Some examples of what their funding could cover include:

• Salaries for staff who deliver therapy sessions to children, young people and their families
• Cost of delivering support groups
• Specialist training for staff, including refresher courses, training to develop new skills or enable them to work with children and young people
• Room hire for therapy sessions or support groups
• Creation or printing of resources to complement the services you are delivering

This is currently planned as a one-off funding opportunity and applicants should not assume that funding will be renewed at the end of the grant period.

Budget and grant amounts

Their total grants budget for this opportunity is £750,000.

• Grant size: £30,000 – 100,000 per year
• Grant term: Three years

They expect to award up to 6 grants, of various sizes, from this total. You should not request a grant that is more than 20% of your annual income.

They are also interested in what can be done to strengthen the eating disorder sector as a whole and will consider funding projects that aim to have a systemic change. If you have a project along these lines, please email grants@theprudencetrust.org by 15 August to discuss your idea. Please do not apply via the online form.