Part of a recent Lottery grant will support the Therapy Care Initiative Pilot, a 1-year programme that will identify up to 10 recently bereaved UK families that require therapeutic support.

Dr David Crepaz-Keay, from the Mental Health Foundation, said: "This reform must lead to better treatment, and greater focus on support that keeps people reaching crisis or being detained."

In June 2025 we were pleased to announce that The National Lottery Community Fund awarded the National Mikey Powell Memorial Family Fund £19,984 in grants to support our development.

In September 2025 the National Mikey Powell Memorial Family Fund (NMPMFF) will be proudly marking 10 years since its inception by the campaigning news group 4WardEverUK.

The objective of this Black emancipatory action research project was to explore the role of Black-led community organisations in supporting Black mental health and wellbeing in the UK.

The third National Mikey Powell Memorial Family Fund (NMPMFF) Holiday Grants round closed on 7 September 2024. This followed recent changes to simplify the application process.

Justice secretary Shabana Mahmood has set out major plans to slash the number of women going to jail and ultimately close women’s prisons amid an overcrowding crisis.

The change means the NHS in England is one of the first countries in the world to offer access to a 24/7 full package of mental health crisis support through one single phone line.

The Edge Fund has announced that its 16th funding round is to open in August 2024. They will be awarding 40 grants of £1,000 to groups/organisation's in the UK and Ireland.

The National Mikey Powell Memorial Family Fund first launched the Crisis Family Fund in March 2021 in partnership with the United Families & Friends Campaign (UFFC).

Here we want to share some of the historic and pivotal moments for the the National Mikey Powell Memorial Family Fund (NMPMFF) over the last five plus years.

Local authority leaders have raised concerns that plans for police to stop attending mental health incidents, as set out in a Partnership Agreement, are ‘being rolled out too quickly.'

The sixth National Memorial Family Fund grant round closed on 7 December 2022, and also also awarded Crisis Fund grants as well as awards from the UFFC Legacy Fund.

We are pleased to announce the sixth round of National Memorial Fund grants opens on 7 November 2022. We're also administering the UFFC Legacy Fund.

The fifth National Memorial Family Fund grant round closed on 7 May 2022. We also awarded several Crisis Fund grants as well as awards from the new UFFC Legacy Fund.

We are pleased to announce that the fifth round of Family Fund grants will open on 7 April 2022. We're also administering the UFFC Legacy Fund, for dependents of victims.

The fourth National Memorial Family Fund (NMPMFF) grant round closed on 7 December 2021. In this round the assessment team also awarded several Crisis Fund grants.

The Memorial Family Fund launched its Independent Advisory Group (IAG) in December 2021. This forms part of our long term strategy announced earlier in the year.

We are pleased to announce the 4th round of National Memorial Family Fund grants will open early in November 2021. We are also administering the new UFFC Legacy Fund.