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Domestic Abuse: Counselling Investing in long-term counselling for survivors of domestic abuse

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Investing in long-term counselling for survivors of domestic abuse

Many people who have experienced domestic abuse need access to longer-term counselling to recover from trauma, rebuild their confidence and wellbeing, and move forward with their lives. Yet specialist domestic abuse organisations often struggle to secure funding for counselling that is available for as long as people need it.

Through this fund, we want to help sustain access to specialist domestic abuse counselling. We will provide five-year grants to organisations that have a deep understanding of domestic abuse and the needs of victim-survivors, enabling them to continue providing counselling that helps people recover and rebuild their lives.

This fund is part of our Safer Futures Programme that backs organisations who are supporting people to rebuild their lives after abuse, displacement or prison.

What we’re looking to fund

We want to fund specialist domestic abuse organisations with at least three years’ experience delivering counselling to victim-survivors of domestic abuse.

  • Counselling services should be:
    • Person-centred
    • Longer-term (a minimum of 12 sessions)
    • Holistic
    • Trauma-informed

We will be ring-fencing 5 grants for organisations that are providing this support to children and/or young people.

Webinar

Sign up to our webinar 15 September, 11am – 12pm

We’ll be hosting a live webinar where you can find out more about this fund.

We’ll answer questions about what we’re looking to fund, who’s eligible, and how to apply.

A recording and transcript will be available on this page if you’re unable to attend the live event.

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Funding guidelines

  • Grant amount: £250,000 (£50,000 per year)
  • Length: five years
  • Focus: specialist domestic abuse organisations providing longer-term counselling
  • Eligible organisations: charitable organisations registered in and working in the UK, including:
    • Registered charities and Charitable Incorporated Organisations (CIOs)
    • Community Interest Companies (CICs) that are not-for-profit with an asset lock
    • Other not for profit charitable organisations delivering work strongly aligned with our strategy
  • Annual income (as shown in your most recent published accounts): must be below £2 million
  • Location: National
  • Expression of Interest (EOI) deadline: Wednesday 21 October 2026, 5pm
Download Fund Guidelines

Application process

Applications will open on 23 September 2026, 9am

How to apply

  • Take our simple online eligibility checker to find out whether your organisation is eligible to apply. Eligible organisations will be able to submit an expression of interest. Expression of Interests open from Wednesday 23 September, 2026.
  • Submit an Expression of Interest (EOI). The deadline to submit your EOI is Wednesday 21 October at 5pm.
  • We will contact you during the week of the 23 November 2026 to tell you whether you should submit a full application. If we decide not to invite you to apply, we will explain why in writing. We review hundreds of Expressions of Interest, so unfortunately, we cannot provide detailed feedback.
  • Submit a full application. If you’re invited to this stage, we’ll ask more detailed questions about your work. Deadline: Wednesday 18 December, 5pm.
  • You’ll have a phone conversation with a member of our team in January – February 2027
  • We’ll make 15 grants following the full application stage, and let you know if you’ll receive one in early 2027.

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