Our Current Grants

Early Childhood

Parent Infant Foundation (PIF) - £120,000 over three years

PIF is committed to ensuring every baby has a loving and nurturing relationship, laying the foundation for their emotional and physical wellbeing. AIM has been supporting PIF since 2019, and our latest multiyear grant awarded in June 2023 was awarded on an unrestricted basis.

Home-Start UK - £105,000 over three years

Home-Start’s network of trained volunteers and expert support helps families with young children through challenging times. AIM’s grant is contributing to the delivery of their induction and development programme for senior leaders of Home-Start charities across the UK.

Alstrom Syndrome UK - £340,000 over three years

Our grant supports the core costs of their Breaking Down Barriers Project - Understanding Genetics Together. This project is bringing together network of over 60 organisations working to address health inequalities of families from diverse and marginalised communities affected by genetic conditions.

Wild Young Parents Project - £60,000 over two years

AIM’s second grant to WILD supports their efforts to build a collaborative network of organisations committed to creating intergenerational change for young parent families.

Babyzone - £120,000 over three years

BabyZone aligns with our mission to ensure all children in the UK are ready to thrive in school by addressing systemic barriers in early childhood development. Through its innovative use of underutilized youth centers as drop-in hubs, BabyZone provides accessible play-based learning, health services, and parental support—particularly for disadvantaged families. Its evidence-based approach, scalability, and focus on community co-design make it a high-impact investment. By funding BabyZone, we empower families and strengthen early-years ecosystems, helping to close the school-readiness gap. This is AIM's first grant to Babyzone and funds their work in Croydon.

Environment

River Action - £90,000 over three years
River Action tackles the urgent crisis of England’s polluted rivers through targeted campaigns, legal advocacy, and community mobilization. Their work forces systemic change—holding polluters accountable, strengthening regulations, and empowering citizens to protect waterways. We fund their bold, evidence-based approach because we see how it can deliver measurable impact. This unrestriited grant AIM’s first grant to River Action, it is unrestricted and was awarded in July 2023.

Beaver Trust - £120,000 over three years

Beaver Trust is transforming UK river ecosystems through nature-based solutions. By reintroducing beavers—a keystone species—their work enhances biodiversity, improves water quality, and reduces flood risks while engaging local communities. This is AIM's second multi-year grant to Beaver Trust.

Environmental Funders Network - £1,500 over one year
AIM supports the Network’s mission is to increase the overall level of financial support for environmental causes and to help environmental philanthropy to be as effective as it can be.

AIM is a signatory to the Funder Commitment on Climate Change.

Young People

The Country Trust - £30,000 over three years

Connecting children with farming and nature, the Country Trust's hands-on farm visits and food educations help to combat nature poverty, fostering environmental awareness and healthy food habits.

Anna Freud - £105,000 over three years
Anna Freud works to prioritise mental health and wellbeing of children and young people alongside academic attainment. AIM’s grant is towards Anna Freud’s work in schools, where they support teachers and school leaders to embed good mental health at the heart of their school communities.

Children’s and Young People’s Mental Health Coalition (CYPMHC) - £60,000 over three years

The CYPMHC brings together leading charities in the sector to campaign jointly on the mental health & wellbeing of children and young people. AIM ‘s most recent grant supports the coalition’s core costs as it grows its membership and influence.

Youthscape - £105,000 over three years
Guided by an advisory board of health care practitioners and teachers, Youthscape aims to help young people with their wellbeing. AIM recently continued its commitment to the Alumina program, a live online service for young people to seek help who are at risk of self-harm.

Nutritional Wellbeing

Nutrition grants that were awarded by AIM are now administered by the Nutritional Wellbeing Foundation, and you can find out more about these on their website.

Sustainable Wellbeing & Family Funds

Hot Or Cool – £295,000 over three years
Based in Berlin, Germany, Hot or Cool uses science to push for systemic change to address the sustainability challenge. AIM supports their Sustainable Wellbeing Programme, specifically the further development of the Happy Planet Index. This is a measure of sustainable wellbeing, ranking countries by how efficiently they deliver long, happy lives using limited environmental resources.

Family Fund Donations

Atlantic Salmon Trust - £1,000
Bumblebee Children's Charity - £2,500
Friends of St Nicholas Field (St Nicks) - £1,000
Sinfield Nature Conservation Trust - £2,500
The Felix Project - £5,000
The Rivers Trust - £1,000
TransActual CIC - £2,000

For details of AIM’s previous grants, please either see our annual reports & accounts or 360 Giving.