MuchLoved Grants
MuchLoved Charitable Trust provides small, flexible grants to community-based grief support providers. Find out more about our grants scheme and the projects that the charity funds.
We are open to partnerships, collaborative projects and grant requests from those who are working to help bereaved people locally and nationally. These grants can be provided for the purpose of sustaining essential services, piloting new ideas or for expanding reach or capacity to better serve the community. Here are some of the projects we have recently supported.
Friends Together Bereavement Support Network
Friends Together was established in 2007 as a group for bereaved people who meet for coffee mornings, lunch or activities. The group has since grown into a place where bereaved people across Kent have a chance to connect, share and heal in the company of others who truly understand.
Guided by specialists and rooted in peer support, Friends Together combats the loneliness and isolation so often experienced after a bereavement. The group was established and is also supported by Abbey Funerals. Every bereaved family in their care is made aware of the support available to them from Friends Together, ensuring that no one has to navigate grief alone.
Don’t Tell the Children – a book by John Adams with Clare Shaw
Don’t Tell the Children is a compassionate and practical guide for families navigating the difficult topics of death, dying and bereavement. Co-authored by John Adams and Clare Shaw, it offers real life stories and thoughtful strategies for talking about death with children as well as adults. The book helps families feel less alone and more equipped to face difficult conversations and loss together.
The book is part of a wider movement to bring bereavement education into everyday conversations and into schools to improve the support outcomes of bereaved children and young people.
‘Don’t Tell the Children’ presents advice and guidance for families following a bereavement, as well as tackling the taboo around discussing death and grief. We are proud to have supported this important resource, copies of which can be purchased from well-supplied bookstores. We have a small number of copies available which may be requested from our support team on support@muchloved.com
Death: A Changing Industry podcast
Death: A Changing Industry is a heartfelt podcast that opens up transformative conversations around grief, death, and the love that lives on. Each episode welcomes extraordinary as well as ordinary people to share their stories of loss, grief, and resilience. From deeply personal experiences to insights from those who are in contact with death, dying, and bereavement every day, the podcast inspires and comforts with stories of bereavement and saying goodbye, making it a source of educational content which we are proud to support.
Applying for a grant
Grief touches every community, but it’s often the grassroots projects run by passionate changemakers that offer meaningful care, education and support. Whether you’re providing peer support, exploring creative expression, developing educational materials or simply creating a safe space to grieve, your work matters to us. We believe in the impact you can have. That’s why we have developed a grant funding stream to help initiatives like yours grow, sustain and reach those who need it.
If your grassroots bereavement project is working with bereaved individuals or communities, we invite you to apply.
To be eligible for a grant, the organisation or initiative must be UK-based with an income of less than £200k, and hold a named organisational bank account. Grants can be used to support vital running costs to sustain services during funding shortages or for the development and testing of new ideas or initiatives. MuchLoved grants are normally between £500 and £2,000, although we will consider other amounts.
To arrange an informal discussion about your project, please contact Catherine Betley, Head of Charity, on catherine.betley[at]muchloved[dot]com or for an application form, email support@muchloved.com
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