Lottery and Statutory Funding

The Honeypot Children’s Charity has a dedicated resource to 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.

Shared Care Scotland – Creative Breaks Fund

The Honeypot Children’s Charity is delighted to receive funding from the Scottish Government through the Creative Breaks Fund through Shared Care Scotland. This funding will support a new collaborative project between The Honeypot Children’s Charity and South Ayrshire Health and Social Care Partnership (SAHSCP), enabling many young carers from South Ayrshire to benefit from Residential Short Breaks, Memory Making or Bumble Days.

The initiative, titled Early Identification of and Short Breaks for Wee Carers, aims to reach and support children as young as four who are providing care for a loved one but are not currently supported by commissioned carers services. Many “hidden” young carers are first identified through their schools, often only once they reach a crisis point at around age 12. By engaging with schools and families earlier, this project will help identify and support children before their caring responsibilities begin to negatively impact their wellbeing, education, and future development.

household support fund

In collaboration with Hampshire County Council Honeypot distributed £100 food vouchers to 100 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.

Holiday Activities and Food (HAF) Programme 2025

Hampshire County Council accepted Honeypot as a HAF provider for 2025. Through this fund we can provide 72 young carers from Hampshire who are eligible for Free School Meals to attend one of our residential breaks during the 2025 Easter, Summer and Christmas School Holidays. The government’s HAF programme aims to provide healthy meals, enriching activities and free childcare places to children from low-income families during school holidays, benefitting their health, wellbeing and learning. Research has shown that the school holidays can be pressure points for some families, and for some children that can lead to a holiday experience gap. 

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 and Residential Short Breaks.

Our staff wear many hats: they are entertainers, teachers, cooks, cleaners, administrators, 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.

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.

Read more information about our SEAL Programme.

New forest community LOTTERY

New Forest Community Lottery is an exciting weekly lottery that raises money for good causes in the New Forest. All good causes supported by the lottery will benefit New Forest and its residents.

The New Forest Community Lottery has kindly invited Honeypot to be a chosen charity, meaning that with every £1 ticket sold, 60p goes to Honeypot… and you get the chance to win the weekly £25,000 jackpot!

The Health Lottery FOundation

The Health Lottery Foundation was set up in January 2025 and makes sure that the money raised by Health Lottery players flows back into local communities and makes a difference where it’s most needed. It will fund projects that unite people to improve health, wellbeing and happiness.

The Health Lottery launched in October 2011, a minimum of 20% of every lottery draw ticket and online instant win games purchased goes towards good causes. Since inception, Health Lottery Players have raised over £135 million.

Local Authorities

Support from Local Authorities

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

• South Ayrshire Health & Social Care Partnership - Locality Planning Partnership Small Grants Scheme

• The 9CC Group