ACEs Main Grants Programme

The ACEs Main Charity Grants Programme provides unrestricted grants to UK registered charities and charitable incorporated organisations (CIOs) working to prevent and tackle the consequences of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs). 2025/26 marks the fourth year of The Leathersellers' strategic giving in this area. The programme aims to support charities that have ACEs prevention and impact reduction as their core focus, providing services to children, young people, and/or adults who have experienced childhood trauma including abuse, neglect, domestic abuse, substance misuse by family members, mental illness of close family members, family members in prison, or parental separation. Successful applicants must use trauma-informed approaches and evidence-based interventions, demonstrate effectiveness through evaluation or external research, and ensure service users inform service design and delivery. The Foundation has learned that it takes multiple approaches to support people who have experienced ACEs, and has funded a range of provision including counselling, mentoring, recreational activities, accommodation and community support. They are particularly interested in organisations using creative arts, nature and sport, and actively seek applications from organisations in Northern Ireland and those supporting under-represented groups.