Henry Smith Foundation - Early Years Parenting Fund

Investing in effective early years parenting support

The Early Years Parenting Fund will support organisations that improve the development of children most at risk of poor early childhood outcomes, by investing in effective, culturally grounded parenting support.

We want to support work that makes a clear contribution to children’s physical health, social and emotional development, and cognitive development in the first five years of life.

In this round, we’re focusing on communities where outcome gaps are largest. We aim to fund organisations that are trusted by the communities they serve and that can evidence the difference their work makes.

The Early Years Parenting Fund is part of our Getting Started funding priority, which supports families to give young children a strong start in life. In this fund, ‘parents’ includes any caregiver.

Opens 3rd June, expression of interest deadline 1st July.