Household domestic violence is one of the most reported Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) by adults in the UK (Bellis et al, 2014). ACEs are events during childhood that are stressful and can negatively impact a child’s future development, including their mental and physical health, future job opportunities and earning potential.
Children who have experienced domestic violence are more likely to struggle with mental health problems, low self-worth, develop unhealthy coping mechanisms and may begin to repeat behaviours seen in their domestic setting.
The MCF is interested in funding projects that work with vulnerable and disadvantaged children and families towards the following outcomes:
- Learning coping strategies and tools to effectively handle challenges
- Increased self-esteem, resilience, confidence, and feelings of safety and wellbeing
- Families experience positive behavioural changes
- Children will have better relationships with their family and peers
- Decreased feelings of anxiety and isolation
- Improved engagement with education and other related support services
As part of our commitment to being an evidence-led funder we will consider funding the evaluation costs of projects, particularly when it is a new project and the charity will then be able to use the evaluation to support its future funding proposition.
Grant Programmes
SMALL GRANT
These grants are for smaller charities whose annual income is between £25,000 and £500,000.
Small grants are unrestricted and do not have to be used on a specific purpose, although we do ask grant recipients to report on how they used the funding.
Small grants range from £1,000 – £5,000 per year, for up to three years.
The total amount of the grant requested must not exceed 20 per cent of the total income of the charity, averaged over the past two years.
LARGE GRANT
These grants are for larger charities whose annual income is between £500,000 and £5m.
Large grants are restricted for specific projects with defined goals and budgets, and may be spent on, for example, salaries, equipment, training, monitoring and administration.
Large grants usually range from £10,000 to £60,000 in total. This can be spread over one to three years.