CYP Now - Funding Focus: Young Women in Mind

Established in 1930, the Pilgrim Trust is an independent charitable grant maker that awards around £3 million each year to charities and public bodies that focus on preserving the UK’s heritage or bringing about social change and improving the life chances of disadvantaged groups.

The programme aims to improve access to mental wellbeing support for women aged 16 to 25.

The Young Women in Mind programme, previously called the Young Women’s Mental Health programme, aims to improve access to mental wellbeing support for women aged 16 to 25, with around £1mn available each year from 2021 to 2026.

What are the aims?

Recent years have seen a sharp rise in mental ill health among women. Young women are especially vulnerable, with more than 25% experiencing mental health problems, such as anxiety, depression and self-harming – almost three times the rate of young men. Social factors and structural inequalities such as lower income, caring responsibilities, and the trauma of domestic and sexual abuse exacerbate these problems and make it difficult for them to access resources and services. Those in the 16 to 25 age group experience many life challenges, and most mental health problems reveal themselves before the age of 24.

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