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 new 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 is a 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 - £30,000 over one year

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.

UK River Restoration

River Action - £30,000 over one year
River Action is a UK-based environmental charity committed to addressing the severe problem of river pollution, particularly that caused by agricultural and food industry practices, and sewage discharge by water companies. This is AIM’s first grant to River Action, it is unrestricted and was awarded in July 2023.

Beaver Trust - £90,000 over three years

AIM is supporting Beaver Trust’s UK work to reintroduce beavers to help build climate resilient landscapes in the UK and restore freshwater habitats & the species that rely on them.

Environmental Funders Network - £1,000 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

Impetus - £90,000 over 3 years
AIM has been a long-time funder of Impetus and their work to transform the lives of young people from disadvantaged backgrounds, by making sure they get the right support to succeed in school, work and life. Our latest grant supports their research and policy work.

Young Minds - £30,000 over one year

AIM has been supporting Young Minds since 2017 in its mission to ensure young people get the mental health support they need.

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.

Island Careers Partnership (ICP) - £9,000 over one year
This small Isle of Wight charity builds links between education and business to help guide young people into the world of work.

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.

Youth Access - £85,000 over three years
Youth Access is a national membership organisation for Youth Information, Advice and Counselling Services across the UK. AIM’s first grant to Youth Access is towards the cost of its Community Communications Officer.

The Children’s Society - £90,000 over three years
AIM continues to support the Children’s Society East by contributing to the role of a Young Carer Support Worker in Essex. This role provides one-to-one and group sessions, organising and supporting family activities and developing self-care resources to support hidden young carers.

Place2Be - £100,000 over three years
Place2Be is a children and young people's mental health charity working with pupils, families and staff in UK schools. AIM’s grant supports their qualifying programme, providing accredited training for people from diverse backgrounds to become in-school counsellors.

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.