Child development

Where else can we get funding?

If your project does not meet the criteria for our programmes, you may find the following list of organisations can offer you advice and/or assistance.  This is not a complete directory and is in no way a recommendation from the Foundation:

Organisations supporting Child Development/Medical

• Action Medical Research
  Action Medical Research is dedicated to funding research to help reduce the high rate of premature birth and improve treatment for sick babies. 
• Autistica
  Provides support for Autism Spectrum Conditions only.
• Baily Thomas
  Learning disability particularly severe learning disabilities and ASCs, not Dyslexia.
• Epilepsy Research UK
  The only national charity solely dedicated to epilepsy research (Epilepsy only).
• Henry Smith Foundation
  The Henry Smith Charity is a large grant making charity which makes grants totalling approximately £25 million each year.  These go to 1,000 organisations and charities throughout the UK for initiatives and projects that address social inequality and economic disadvantage.
• Sir Halley Stewart Trust
  Provides funds in areas including religious, social and educational, and medical.
• Sparks
  Funds life-saving research into conditions affecting babies, children and mums-to-be.
• The Dowager Countess Eleanor Peel Trust
  Has a primary aim of supporting UK-registered charities involved in the fields of medicine, including medical research.
• The Leverhulme Trust
  Makes awards for the support of research and education. The Trust emphasises individuals and encompasses all subject areas.
• Wellcome Trust
  This international charity supports the brightest minds in biomedical research and the medical humanities, in the UK and internationally.