ACEs Main Grants Programme 2025

2025/26 marks the fourth year of The Leathersellers’ strategic giving to help prevent and tackle the consequences of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs).

The ACEs Main Charity Grants Programme provides unrestricted grants of £20,000-£25,000 per annum, for up to four years, to charities and CIOs throughout the UK.

The ACEs Main Charity Grants Programme aims to support UK registered charities or charitable incorporated organisations (CIOs) but not Community Interest Companies (CIC) that:

• expect to have an organisational  income of £200,000-£2,000,000 in 2025-26
• have as their core focus, the goal to prevent and/ or reduce the impact of ACEs by providing services to children, young people and/ or adults (our definition of ACEs is outlined in ‘what we fund’ below)
• can demonstrate that the vast majority of people using the service have experienced ACEs/ are supporting people who have experienced ACEs, such as parents and caregivers
• use a trauma-informed approach and evidence-based interventions
• can demonstrate the effectiveness of their approach through evaluation or external research
• can demonstrate that the voice of service users/ experts by experience informs service design and deliv