Grants of up to £25,000 are available for UK health charities that provide therapeutic interventions, health information and direct healthcare.
The James Tudor Foundation’s Physical Healthcare Grant programme, which has replaced its Medical Research programme, supports health charities across the UK that provide therapeutic interventions, health information, and direct healthcare.
The Physical Healthcare Grant programme covers:
Therapeutic interventions for:
- People living with acute, chronic, or degenerative physical conditions.
- People living with physical disabilities.
- People recovering from life-changing injuries
- Charities provide evidence-based, NICE recommended therapies (eg physiotherapy, hydrotherapy, multidisciplinary rehabilitation programmes, etc.).
The Foundation will prioritise charities that provide these services free of charge or at highly subsidised prices.
Specialist, single-condition charities.
Typically, these are national charities that provide information about a specific condition via nurse-led helplines and via digital and print materials.
In this category, the Foundation will prioritise charities that are members of the Patient Information Forum (PIF) and/or hold PIF Tick certification. Similarly, charities operating helplines are given preference if they are members of the Helplines Partnership or hold the Helplines Standard certification.
Charities that provide direct healthcare services to marginalised communities.
Air Ambulance charities operating in South-West England, Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland.
In particular, the Foundation is interested in funding:
- Charities that address unmet needs, demonstrate sector expertise, and have a clear, well-defined strategy. The Foundation looks for organisations with the skills and capacity to support their beneficiaries effectively, and that can clearly evidence the impact of their work on the communities they serve, and
- Organisations whose services are delivered by qualified specialist professionals.
Grants of up to £25,000 with no matched funding requirement are available, normally for a 12-month period, although this can be extended to over a 3-year period in some instances.
Please note that there is a long list of exclusions for this funding.
To apply, eligible organisations should:
- Check their eligibility using the Eligibility Checker.
- If you are eligible, submit a brief Expression of Interest via the Foundation’s online application platform (applicants will be directed to the form once they have successfully completed the Eligibility Checker).
- If a request matches the Foundation’s funding priorities, and the Foundation assesses that an applicant has at least a 75% chance of being awarded a grant, it will invite applicants to submit a Full Application.
Further information about the Physical Health Grant programme is available on the Foundation’s website.