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Our impact
We are proud to support the impressive work of these organisations across three key areas of mental health support.
Prevention
Helping to build young people’s resilience to cope with life’s challenges.
Improved Support
Helping more young people access personalised mental health support when they need it, especially for those with depression and anxiety.
Understanding What Works
Supporting research into the prevention of mental illness amongst young people and the effectiveness of early interventions.
Prevention
Helping to build young people’s resilience to cope with life’s challenges.
OnSide Youth Zones
OnSide is a national charity determined to make sure that all young people have the opportunity to shine, the chance to discover their passion and their purpose.
The Prince’s Trust
The Prince’s Trust is a youth charity that helps young people get into jobs, education and training.
Ebony Horse Club
Ebony Horse Club uses horses to improve life skills, wellbeing and aspirations of young people from disadvantaged communities in South London.
IntoUniversity
IntoUniversity run 34 local learning centres across the UK where young people are inspired to achieve their potential.
Student Minds
Student Minds, is the UK’s student mental health charity, working across the four nations both online and in person.
OnSide
OnSide is the national charity behind a growing Network of Youth Zones – state of the art youth centres for young people.
Oxfordshire Youth
Oxfordshire Youth supports local youth organisations and young people with training, advocacy, advice, and networking.
Improved Support
Helping more young people access personalised mental health support when they need it, especially for those with depression and anxiety.
Core Arts
Core Arts is a mental health creative education centre based in Hackney, East London.
Place2Be
Place2Be is a children’s mental health charity with over 25 years’ experience working with pupils, families and staff in schools across the UK.
Young Minds
Young Minds’ mission is to make sure all young people can get the mental health support they need, when they need it.
The Listening Place
The Listening Place offers free, confidential and face-to-face listening appointments to people who feel that life is no longer worth living.
The Mix
The Mix is the UK’s leading digital charity for under 25s, reaching over 6 million young people every year.
Create
Create delivers creative arts workshops across the UK that connect, empower, inspire and upskill.
Dulwich Picture Gallery and
Tessa Jowell Health Centre
Dulwich Picture Gallery and the Tessa Jowell Health Centre are delivering an innovative participatory arts programme in a clinical environment.
Jigsaw4u
Jigsaw4u uses counsellors and therapists to support children, young people and families who are experiencing complex social and emotional difficulties in South West London.
Anna Freud Centre
The Anna Freud Centre is a world leading mental health charity for children, young people and their families.
Groundwork London
Groundwork London is an established, well-respected charity, delivering a range of services, related to social and environmental regeneration.
Young Roots
Young Roots is supporting young refugees and asylum seekers in London, offering intensive casework, therapeutic support, youth and sporting activities, and legal advice.
Body & Soul
Body & Soul offer evidence-based, holistic support to people who have suffered childhood adversity and trauma, from their base in Islington.
Dose of Nature
Dose of Nature aims to improve the mental health and wellbeing of individuals through increased engagement with the natural world.
Empire Fighting Chance
Empire Fighting Chance supports young people through their Boxing Therapy programme.
The Music Works
The Music Works uses music to support young people who are living in challenging circumstances.
Comics Youth
Comics Youth is a Merseyside and Wirral based youth-led organisation focused on delivering comics-based literacy, publishing and wellbeing projects.
Designs in Mind
Designs in Mind is an arts studio providing a creative therapeutic outlet to people with mental health difficulties in Shropshire.
OTR Bristol
OTR (Off The Record) is a hub providing relaxed spaces where young people can learn about mental health and take part in arts, sports and nature related activities.
Understanding What Works
Supporting research into the prevention of mental illness amongst young people and the effectiveness of early interventions.
We fund research to advance the understanding of depression and anxiety in children and young people, and of what works in the areas of prevention and early intervention. We would like our funding to make a real-life difference to young people with mental health conditions and so we favour projects that have a realistic pathway from research to implementation.
We believe that a larger community of talented researchers is needed to achieve our aim of advancing mental health research, so we are also supporting individuals who have the potential to do transformational work by offering them an early-mid career research fellowship that will help them build their research portfolio and leadership skills.
Our research grants and fellowships are delivered in partnership with UK universities that have a strong commitment to improving the mental health of children and young people. We are currently working with the following universities:
University of Bristol | University of Oxford | University College London | King’s College London
MQ Mental Health Research
MQ champions and funds research into mental health that will change millions of lives.
University Research Projects
Research grants delivered in partnership with UK universities.
The Prudence Trust Fellowship Scheme
Supporting youth mental health researchers.
