The Henry Smith Charity, now known as the Henry Smith Foundation, has launched its new 5 year strategy, offering flexible, long-term funding to support not for profit organisations dedicated to making social change across the UK.

“Elevate Your Impact (2025-2030)” will focus on 3 core priority areas:

Getting Started (supporting families with young children)
Building Independence (helping young people move into adulthood)
Safer Futures (supporting people to rebuild their lives after abuse, displacement or prison)

New Funds

The first 3 new programmes within the new funding priorities are:

Together We Begin (under Getting Started): funding in-home, face-to-face support for families with young children. “We will fund organisations that strengthen parenting, build parental confidence, and improve early child development; helping families feel connected, supported, and better able to navigate local services and opportunities.”
Shout! (under Building Independence): helping young people be heard “when the world doesn’t listen. We will support advocacy services helping care-experienced, LGBT+, neurodivergent or learning-disabled young people speak up, make informed choices, and secure their rights.”
Domestic Abuse Fund (under Safer Futures): backing “led by and for” organisations providing specialist domestic abuse services. “We will fund deep, consistent, person-centred services designed around the needs of people from marginalised communities who’ve experienced domestic abuse.”

In addition to these 3 new programmes and their long-standing programmes (including Holiday Grants), the Foundations has also launched the new Opportunity Fund to support early-stage ideas, test new approaches, respond to emerging needs, and strengthen leadership and boost inclusion across the third and community sectors.

Currently, the Opportunity Fund is invitation-only and not open for general applications.

Webinars

Webinars will be held in July and August to provide additional information for those interested in applying to these new programmes, taking place via Microsoft Teams on:

Shout! webinar: Tuesday 22 July 2025, 1pm – 2pm: BOOKING LINK
Together We Begin webinar: Wednesday 30 July 2025, 2pm – 3pm: BOOKING LINK
Domestic Abuse Fund webinar: Tuesday 12 August 2025, 1pm – 2pm: BOOKING LINK