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The Prudence Trust: Young Women in Mind 2026-2028
Created: 28/05/2026
News/Events Category: Funding and Finance
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Young Women in Mind 2026 – 2028: funding programme to strengthen and scale young women’s mental health services.
Young Women in Mind 2026-2028 is a collaborative funding programme set up by the Pilgrim Trust, the Prudence Trust and the Julia Rausing Trust to support charities providing gender‑specific therapeutic mental health support for girls and young women aged 14–25 in the UK. Together, they will invest £5 million over three years (2026–2028).
As funders, they have come together around a shared concern: young women are experiencing worsening mental health outcomes, yet too many still struggle to access timely support that reflects their lived realities and meets them in the community spaces they trust and turn to for help. The programme will support charities to grow, strengthen or adapt existing therapeutic mental health services.
By pooling funds they aim to ensure that more young women can access support that meets their needs effectively – particularly where mental health needs are already present and risk becoming entrenched without timely and effective help.
Who can apply?
- Must be a UK registered charity operating for at least three years
- Must operate in Northern Ireland, Scotland or the following regions of England: North East, North West, Yorkshire and Humber, the Midlands. Organisations working UK-wide or England-wide can apply for work across their remit.
- Must already be delivering at least one therapeutic mental health service for a minimum of three years, for example CBT, other talking therapies, or arts or creative-based therapies. In addition to therapeutic services, eligible charities should also be offering other services that support mental health, such as group sessions, youth work, family support, and/or information and advice, as part of a holistic offer. Services should primarily be delivered from a physical space (e.g. face to face rather than digital)
- Must work with girls and young women aged 14–25. Organisations do not need to work exclusively with girls and young women, or with this full age range to apply. Organisations may also be working with a wider age range, but we will not fund work with young people outside this age range.
Must fall under one of the organisation types below:
- Mental health charity with clearly stated youth and mental health mission. Children and young people are a core beneficiary group, and ideally should be the charity’s main focus. Annual income of £750,000 or more
- Women and girls' charity that is led by and for women and girls with a clearly stated mental health mission. Beneficiaries include young women and girls under 18. Annual income of £350,000 or more
Minimum annual income: £350,000
How to apply
Take the eligibility quiz on the Pilgrim Trust website (https://www.thepilgrimtrust.org.uk/young-womens-mental-health-grants/) and read the Funding Guidelines for 2026 to ensure you meet the criteria.
The deadline for stage one is Monday 22 June 2026.The deadline for stage 2 applications is Monday 24 August 2026.
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