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Support for Victims and Survivors of Child Sexual Abuse Fund 2027 - 2029

Home Office funding from April 2027 to March 2029 for voluntary and community sector organisations supporting victims and survivors of child sexual abuse in England and Wales, and those who care for or support them. Most money is expected to go to specialist frontline provision. It funds what cannot easily be commissioned locally, and delivery can be local, regional or national where it adds clear value to the national picture. No single application may request more than 20% of each year's funding. Registering on the Home Office's Jaggaer portal and requesting access must be done by 14 December 2026.

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You could get
£1 – £1,280,000
Deadline
37 days left
18 December
Effort
Heavy
budgets, references, often several stages

Who can apply

  • Voluntary and community sector organisations working in England and Wales that can support victims and survivors of child sexual abuse and/or those caring for or supporting them
  • The applicant must be registered in England, Wales or Scotland and be a community group set up for charitable, benevolent or philanthropic purposes with a governing body of at least 3 members, a charity with a UK charity number, a CIC, a social enterprise, a faith-based organisation, or another non-governmental, not-for-profit organisation with an appropriate governing structure
  • Consortium applications are allowed with one accountable lead; each organisation may be part of only one application
  • You must be able to deliver for the full grant period, show experience supporting victims and survivors, and hold current safeguarding certification (within the last 2 years) with governance, financial, information and risk controls
  • Local authorities, individuals, profit-distributing private companies and universities or academic institutions cannot apply
  • Statutory bodies may be delivery partners but cannot receive funding

What it funds

A portfolio of specialist activity to improve access, experience and outcomes for victims and survivors, which may include:

  • Specialist counselling, psychotherapy and other trauma-informed therapeutic support
  • Stabilisation, psychoeducation and pre-therapy support
  • Advocacy and practical assistance, including help to navigate health, housing, welfare, education, safeguarding and criminal-justice systems
  • Peer, group and community-based support
  • Support for those who do not report to the police, do not take part in proceedings, or need support after they end
  • Support for adults disclosing non-recent child sexual abuse
  • Support for non-abusing parents, carers, siblings, partners and chosen supporters
  • Support at points of transition, such as between children's and adult services
  • Targeted and adapted provision for underserved groups
  • Practical measures that enable access, such as travel, childcare, interpretation and safe digital access
  • Support responding to technology-enabled abuse
  • Relationship and sexual-wellbeing support, and support responding to harmful sexual behaviour, within the Fund's boundaries
  • Work strengthening continuity, referral pathways and coordination between services
  • Proportionate workforce development, supervision, evaluation, partnership activity and learning

These examples are illustrative, not exhaustive. Priorities include access to specialist support, national gaps in provision, evidence-based trauma-informed recovery, emerging harms, the wider support system, evidence, and survivor voice.

What it will not fund

  • Replacing statutory responsibilities
  • Duplicating existing locally commissioned services where there is no clear national rationale
  • Activity that is exclusively local in scope without demonstrable national impact or added value
  • Projects that do not align with the objectives of the Fund

How to apply

  1. Register on the Home Office Jaggaer portal (https://homeoffice.app.jaggaer.com/web/login.html), giving your organisation's full legal name, DUNS number and profile; approval should take within 24 hours
  2. Do not use the Apply button on the Find a Grant advert. Email SVSCSAFUND2027@homeoffice.gov.uk to be given access to the competition, by 12:00 on 14 December 2026
  3. Complete the application form in the application pack: compliance, eligibility, due-diligence and declaration questions, four scored questions, and a detailed budget and financial information
  4. Submit by 4:00pm on 18 December 2026; late applications will not be considered

Without a DUNS number, email the same address. Failing any compliance question means your other answers are not scored. Each scored question needs a moderated score of at least 40. The clarification question deadline was 6 November 2026. The Home Office may fund lower-ranked bids to balance its portfolio, and may offer partial awards.

Have ready

  • Application form from the application pack
  • Detailed budget and financial information
  • DUNS number, for registering on the portal

Any other supporting information is specified in the competition documents, which are only available once you have access on Jaggaer.

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