Saving Lives UK
At a glance
Key takeaways
- If your work improves the physical or mental wellbeing of people living with or affected by HIV, and your organisation's turnover (including any parent organisation) is under £25,000 a year, the Grassroots Grants may suit you.
- The only grant size given is three Grassroots Grants of £1000 each, and no grant range or annual giving total is stated, so a request of around £1000 is the one to plan for.
- Applications for the Grassroots Grants open in October and close in November, and you download the application form to apply, so plan your project and budget ahead of those months.
- Organisations with a turnover of £25,000 or more, and projects not aimed at improving HIV-related wellbeing, are excluded from the Grassroots Grants and should not apply to them.
Overview
Saving Lives UK is a charity registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales (charity number 1144855).
Saving Lives UK is a charity registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales, with a stated purpose of advancing public education on the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of HIV and other sexually transmitted infections, primarily in the United Kingdom and further internationally. It makes grants to organisations, such as grassroots sport teams and international projects it considers deserving of support. Its Grassroots Grants are small, with three awarded at £1000 each.
What they fund
Priority Areas
Saving Lives works to reduce stigma around testing for HIV, hepatitis and other sexually transmitted infections, and to encourage access to testing and treatment. Its organisational grants include the Grassroots Grants project, described by the charity as offering small amounts of funding to growing charities in the sector. The charity has also described support for grassroots sport teams and international projects deserving of its support. The Grassroots Grants call sought small groups and organisations improving the physical and mental wellbeing of people living with or affected by HIV. Its wider approach combines education, testing, campaigning and community engagement with organisational support. Successful applicants were expected to document funded work through a visual diary or report.
Themes
- HIV community wellbeing
Geographic Focus
United Kingdom.
What they don't fund
- Grassroots Grants only: organisations with a turnover (including any parent organisation) of £25,000 or more per annum; projects that are not aimed at improving the physical or mental wellbeing of people living with, or affected by, HIV
How to apply
For the Grassroots Grants, applicants download the application form.
Deadlines: Each published application round has a closing date.
Application windows:
- Grassroots Grants: Applications open in October and close in November.
Application success factors
What the charity says:
- The programme welcomes a wide range of projects aimed at achieving the improvements it seeks for people living with or affected by HIV.
- Successful applicants are expected to document the work funded by their Grassroots Grant in a visual diary or report, using photos or video.
Where they fund
Where it says it funds
- United Kingdom
Similar funders
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Five years of accounts
| Financial year | Income | Expenditure | Grants paid | Accounts document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| year to 30 November 2021 | £696,016 | £559,921 | — | Accounts for year to 30 November 2021 |
| year to 30 November 2022 | £519,890 | £619,742 | — | Accounts for year to 30 November 2022 |
| year to 30 November 2023 | £340,010 | £351,958 | — | Accounts for year to 30 November 2023 |
| year to 30 November 2024 | £302,421 | £245,820 | — | Accounts for year to 30 November 2024 |
| year to 30 November 2025 | £400,652 | £306,444 | — | Accounts for year to 30 November 2025 |
— No grants figure for those years.
Figures from the charity’s filed accounts and its register entry. The document icon links to the charity’s entry on the Charity Commission register, where its filed accounts can be found.
Sources
Registers and filings
Other sources
- savinglivesuk.com
- savinglivesuk.com/about · read on 31 October 2026
- savinglivesuk.com/grassroots-grants-2021 · read on 31 October 2026
- savinglivesuk.com/get-in-touch · read on 31 October 2026
This profile draws on the funder’s own website as well as its filed accounts.
Sources last checked on 31 October 2026.
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