Lottery and Statutory Funding
The Honeypot Children’s Charity has a dedicated resource to help engage with Lottery and Statutory funders.
We are interested in working in partnership with our wider network of referring organisations to explore joint funding applications and joint public sector contract bids. See our current list of funders below.
Please contact madeleine@honeypot.org.uk for more information.
Government Funding
short breaks scheme
The Honeypot Children’s Charity is delighted to receive funding from the Welsh government through the Short Breaks Scheme for our work with young carers in Wales. We first received support through this scheme in 2023, and we are hopeful that funding will be continued for many years to come.
In 2025-26 the Short Breaks Scheme will help us deliver eight Residential Short Breaks at our Honeypot House in Powys, eight Short Day Trips, four Memory Making Days, 150 microgrants and 50 Wellbeing Wallets. This will benefit a total of 325 young carers from many local authorities across Wales.
carer’s support fund
The Honeypot Children’s Charity is delighted to receive funding from the Welsh government through the Carers Support Fund to support young carer families in Wales. We first received support through this scheme in 2022, and we are hopeful that funding will be continued for many years to come.
In 2025-26 the Carers Support Fund will provide 150 families with £100 in food vouchers, and 20 families will benefit from our Wellbeing Fund with goods or services with a value of up to £250.
The Short Breaks Scheme and the Carers Support Fund are overseen by Carers Trust Wales and funded by Welsh Government.
household support fund
In collaboration with Hampshire County Council Honeypot distributed £100 food vouchers to 50 vulnerable young carer families in 2025. The vouchers were funded through the Department for Work and Pensions’ Household Support Fund which was created to support those most in need and to help with the cost of essentials.
Lottery Funding
national lottery community fund - awards for all
Honeypot is very fortunate to have received funding from the Lottery’s Awards for All programme in 2025 for our work with young carers at our Honeypot House in England and at our Honeypot House in Wales. The funding has helped pay for frontline staff salaries who engage and support young carers during Memory Making Days or Residential Short Breaks.
Our staff wear many hats: they are entertainers, teachers, cooks, cleaners, administrator, travel chaperones and supervisors who can positively manage children’s’ behaviour with confidence. They must have relevant teaching, childcare or play-work qualifications and recent experience, as well as a qualification or training in Safeguarding Children and Young People.
SCOTTISH CHILDREN’S LOTTERY TRUST
The Lottery has granted Honeypot funding to deliver our first Social and Emotional Active Learning (SEAL) break in Scotland. We have years of experience running this programme in England and Wales, and we are excited to adapt it to local context in Scotland. For more information about our SEAL programme, click here.
The Scottish Children’s Lottery has kindly invited Honeypot to be one of their chosen charities, which means that when people choose us, at least 20% of their ticket sales will be donated to Honeypot. The lottery is open to anyone in the UK.
Local Authorities
Support from Local Authorieis
Each of our Honeypot houses can support children from many counties within our catchment area. We are fortunate to receive support from a number of local authorities through grants or contracts.
We would like to acknowledge and thank the following councils:
New Forest District Council – Community Revenue Grant
Hampshire County Council - Holiday Activities and Food Programme 2025
South Ayrshire Health & Social Care Partnership
