Flint Family Fund 2026

We’ve invested £295,000 in 16 Leeds community organisations thanks to the latest round of the Flint Family Fund.  

This round is focused on pre-natal, post-natal and early years development. The funded projects will support both short and long-term health and wellbeing outcomes for parents and children. 

The organisations that were awarded funding are:   

• Baby Week UK 

• Brave Words CIC 

• Flourishing Families Leeds 

• Getaway Girls 

• The Old Fire Station 

• Home-Start Leeds 

• Leeds Baby Bank 

• Leeds Dads 

• Made with Music 

• Mafwa Theatre 

• Old Farnley & District Community Association 

• Season Well CIC 

• Shantona Women and Family Centre 

• St Luke’s Cares 

• Sunshine & Smiles – Leeds Down Syndrome Network 

• Women’s Health Matters 

 

The funded activities include:   

• Providing a crèche alongside a community arts programme to help children prepare for school, reduce isolation among mothers, and strengthen family wellbeing. Many of the families are from refugee and asylum-seeking backgrounds, living on low incomes or restricted by immigration status. 

• Running a play group that specifically targets adult and child mental health, physical health, communication and language development and school readiness, and an antenatal group that supports expectant and new parents build emotional wellbeing and community. 

• Supporting pregnant women and mums under 25 years old, who face various barriers and inequalities, to feel confident communicating with, and meeting the needs of, their children. 

• Providing dads and non-birthing partners with the support they need to care for, and have positive relationships with, their babies. 

 

Since the first round of the Flint Family Fund in 2020, we’ve made more than 60 grants, and the funded activities have supported nearly 13,000 people.