WHY young people’s
mental health?

The crisis in young people’s mental health is alarming.

The rate of probable mental health disorders among young people in the UK has more than doubled in 5 years.

Many young people struggle to engage with traditional mental health treatments.

We support the evolution of alternative treatments that use holistic, community-based, social approaches.

Our goal is to restore hope and purpose to disconnected young people and put them back on a path to a healthy and productive future

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WHAT ARE SOCIAL PRECRIPTIONS?

There is no silver bullet to mental health.

Talking therapies and medication are traditional first lines of treatment but don’t work for everyone.

Holistic, social approaches combine activities such as the arts, sport or nature with pyschological and emotional support.

These approaches give young people the confidence and space to explore their emotions while their mind is on other things.

These approaches are often known as social prescriptions.

The NHS has put social prescribing at the heart of its long term plan.

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What we fund

We invest in charities that deliver innovative mental health care to young people by combining the arts, sport or nature with psychological and emotional support.

Our aim is to provide sustainable funding to a select portfolio of charities.

The purpose of our funding is to encourage and enable our charities to do more.

We want to create a community of best practice amongst our portfolio of charities and encourage them to collaborate with each other.

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CHARITY PARTNERS

We made our first grants to 9 organisations at the beginning of 2023.

Our charity partners support thousands of young people from diverse backgrounds with a wide range of mental health issues.

We prioritise charities that:

use the arts, sport or nature to deliver holistic mental health support to young people;
can evidence their impact;
have the ambition and capability to expand their reach;

are prepared to share best practice with other charities in the Chimo portfolio.

Our next grant giving round will be in early 2024.

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WHO WE ARE

Our trustees bring together different experiences from careers in investing, healthcare, business, politics and the charitable sector into a shared vision to grow the depth and breadth of support available to young people experiencing mental health challenges in the UK.

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CONTACT US

info@chimotrust.org

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Support US

If, like us, you are struck by the crisis in young people’s mental health and want to support our work, please make a donation.

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