Aims/priorities: The fund aims to support improvement in mental health by providing grants to UK registered charities involved in the mental health and wellbeing of children and young adults.
The fund prefers to target its grant-giving to specific projects that will provide a measurable difference to the charities' users.
Who can apply? Applications will only be accepted from registered charities based in the UK. Organisations not on the respective charity register of any of the UK nations cannot be granted to.
The fund's focus is the mental health and well-being of children and young adults, and it will not grant to projects or organisations that are not core-focused on mental health-related matters.
The following criteria apply:
- The fund defines young adults as those aged under 26 years old at the start of any granted project or work stream (where a project includes over 25s an appropriate percentage of the total costs may be considered).
- The fund only makes grants to charities registered in England and Wales, Scotland or Northern Ireland (there is a strong preference for charities with an annual income of less than £2 million).
- Charities with an annual income of more than £1 million must have fixed trustee term limits beyond which sitting trustees cannot remain in post.
- The charity's trustees are independent of the organisation and each other.
- The charity has a considered approach to organisational risk policies.
- The charity can explain how it monitors its own business, project activities, and outcomes.
- Groups must provide their most recent accounts and up-to-date financial information (new charities will be expected to provide at least a first full set of accounts before the fund will consider granting to the organisation).
- The charity can explain its pension arrangements.
- The charity has an online presence.
- If a charity receives Gift Aid eligible donations of more than £100,000 annually (generating at least £25,000 in Gift Aid), it must be registered for Gift Aid.
Grant amount: The fund generally offers first grants of between £2,500 and £5,000. However, no single grant is ever more than 5% of annual income.
Application process: There is a multi-step application process:
- Groups should first attend a Pixel Fund Applicants pre-meeting to discuss a new idea and ensure they are eligible to apply. The next Applicants meeting dates are:
Wednesday 7 February 2024 13:00pm.
Friday 9 February 2024 9:00am
Thursday 15 February 2024 12:30pm.
- Eligible groups will then be sent a link to an Eligibility Requirements questionnaire.
- Following the above, groups will then be emailed a request to fill out a due diligence form
- Successful organisations will then be invited to complete an online application form.
Further Applicants meeting dates and times will be announced on a regular basis.
This process typically takes around four months from start to finish.
The Fund is paperless and will not accept anything posted to its address unless specifically requested by the trustees.
Deadline: Not specified.
Contact information: Email: admin@pixelfund.org.uk
Website: The Pixel Fund - UK Mental Health Grants for Charities