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.
Find out more about applying for a grant.
OUR LATEST funded projects
aching arms
Aching Arms has received a grant from MuchLoved Charitable Trust to fund memory bears for families affected by baby loss.
Aching Arms supports bereaved families following the loss of a baby during pregnancy, at birth or soon after. Its comfort bears offer something tangible to hold when parents’ arms are aching, and each bear is given with compassion and understanding.
The grant will help provide memory bears to families at an unimaginably difficult time, offering comfort, recognition and a gentle reminder that their baby is remembered. The project reflects MuchLoved’s commitment to remembrance and bereavement support.
Sibling support
Sibling Support has received a grant from MuchLoved Charitable Trust to support marketing for its Bereaved Sibling Young Ambassadors Forum.
The forum brings bereaved siblings together in age-appropriate groups, giving children and young people a space to meet and share their experiences and help shape the future of sibling bereavement support. The project recognises that brothers and sisters can sometimes feel overlooked in grief, particularly when a family is coping with the death of a child.
The grant will help Sibling Support reach more families and professionals, ensuring bereaved siblings feel seen, heard and supported.
The James Foundation
The James Foundation has received a grant from MuchLoved Charitable Trust to support a memorial tree at Princess Alexandra Hospital in Harlow.
The James Foundation raises awareness and improves support for parents and families affected by baby loss following miscarriage, stillbirth and neonatal death. Its vision is for every grieving parent to feel held, supported and understood, and for every baby’s life, however short, to be acknowledged, remembered and cherished.
The memorial tree will create a lasting place of remembrance within the hospital community, offering families a peaceful symbol of love, memory and connection after baby loss.
Let’s discuss death
Let’s Discuss Death CIC has received funding from MuchLoved Charitable Trust to deliver grief support training for library staff, helping them feel more confident when supporting members of the public affected by bereavement.
Libraries are trusted, accessible community spaces, often used by people seeking information, connection or quiet support at difficult times. This project recognises the important role library staff can play in signposting, listening and responding with compassion when conversations about death and grief arise.
The initiative reflects MuchLoved Charitable Trust’s commitment to improving grief literacy and enabling more open, informed conversations about bereavement across everyday community settings.
the loss foundation
The Loss Foundation has received funding from MuchLoved to produce a co-branded bereavement support guide for cancer charity staff and volunteers.
The practical PDF guide will be developed by The Loss Foundation’s clinical team and led by Founder and Director Dr Erin Hope Thompson MBE. It will equip frontline staff with clear, accessible tools to support people grieving after a cancer loss.
By combining clinical expertise, lived experience and practical guidance, the project will help build confidence among professionals and volunteers, strengthen early bereavement support, and extend high-quality grief resources across the cancer charity sector.
bath funeral directors
Bath Funeral Directors is helping local bereaved families find connection and support through a new series of “Let’s Talk” coffee mornings, funded by MuchLoved Charitable Trust.
The sessions are designed to offer a relaxed, welcoming space where people who have experienced a bereavement can come together, talk openly if they wish, and find comfort in the company of others who understand. For some, that may mean sharing memories and experiences; for others, it may simply mean having somewhere friendly to go at a difficult time.
By combining practical bereavement resources with face-to-face community care, the project shows how funeral directors can play a meaningful role in supporting families long after the service.
stories of support
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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