Tiny Lives Trust
At a glance
Key takeaways
- Your work fits if it supports premature or sick newborn babies, their families or neonatal staff in the North East, North Cumbria or Newcastle upon Tyne, which are the areas the funder names as its focus.
- The annual report shows £263,566 paid in its most recent reported year, but it does not state grant sizes, so keep any request modest and tied to a specific need on the unit.
- The only published route is for Neonatal Unit staff to email for an application form, so an organisation without a link to the unit should consider how it could approach the funder through that route.
- Nothing published says how competitive applications are or when requests are considered, so ask early about timing before you put effort into a bid.
- If your project falls outside its stated themes (family support, staff support, medical equipment, neonatal research and ward facilities), it is unlikely to fit.
Overview
Tiny Lives Trust is a charity registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales (charity number 1150178).
Tiny Lives Trust supports and champions premature and sick newborn babies and their families at the Newcastle Neonatal Service and across the North East and North Cumbria. It supports over 800 babies and their families from the RVI alone each year and aims to raise £580,000 a year to maintain this support. It funds or part-funds specialist staff posts on the RVI Neonatal Unit, and also pays for many behind-the-scenes items and vital research projects to improve future neonatal care.
What they fund
Priority Areas
Tiny Lives Trust supports premature and sick newborn babies and their families at the Newcastle Neonatal Service and across the North East and North Cumbria. Its work provides practical and emotional support throughout the neonatal journey, both on the unit and after discharge, with care centred on family needs. It works with NHS and local-authority partners to fund or part-fund specialist staff posts, and also supports neonatal unit staff with training, travel, materials and research. Its funding contributes to medical equipment, ward improvements, parent and sibling resources, and services that help families during admission and beyond. As the dedicated charity for Ward 35, it funds requests the unit would otherwise be unable to afford, helping staff provide care to babies and families.
Themes
- Neonatal family support
- Neonatal staff support
- Medical equipment
- Neonatal research
- Ward facilities
Geographic Focus
Priority: The North East: Northumberland, Tyne and Wear, County Durham and 5 more counties in United Kingdom; North Cumbria; Newcastle upon Tyne.
How to apply
Neonatal Unit staff can email Hannah to access a grant application form.
Where they fund
Where it says it funds
Similar funders
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Grants
The largest grants to organisations in this funder’s latest annual report:
- Newcastle City Council · To fund a social worker for the Ward£66,362year to 31 March 2025
- NHS Foundation Trust · To fund a physiotherapist for the Ward£65,481year to 31 March 2025
- NHS Foundation Trust · To fund a psychological support for the Ward£56,624year to 31 March 2025
- NHS Foundation Trust · To fund training for the Ward£2,315year to 31 March 2025
Grant examples taken from the funder’s filed accounts. Not included above: 3 with no named recipient.
Five years of accounts
| Financial year | Income | Expenditure | Grants paid | Accounts document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| year to 31 March 2021 | £398,804 | £478,408 | — | Accounts for year to 31 March 2021 |
| year to 31 March 2022 | £506,026 | £466,989 | £179,050 | Accounts for year to 31 March 2022 |
| year to 31 March 2023 | £624,273 | £561,589 | £178,262 | Accounts for year to 31 March 2023 |
| year to 31 March 2024 | £660,454 | £707,369 | £210,053 | Accounts for year to 31 March 2024 |
| year to 31 March 2025 | £853,052 | £795,477 | £263,566 | Accounts for year to 31 March 2025 |
Income vs grants paid
IncomeGrants paid
Total value each financial year
Grants paid stayed within income across the 4 years shown.
- Grants paid, year to 31 March 2022; year to 31 March 2023; year to 31 March 2024: grants to institutions, as reported on the charity register (Part B).
- Grants paid, year to 31 March 2025: grants paid out in the year.
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
- tinylives.org.uk
- tinylives.org.uk/what-we-do · read on 30 October 2026
- tinylives.org.uk/what-we-do/what-we-fund-on-the-ward · read on 30 October 2026
- tinylives.org.uk/what-we-do/what-we-fund-unit-staff-support · read on 30 October 2026
- tinylives.org.uk/who-we-are · read on 30 October 2026
- tinylives.org.uk/support · read on 30 October 2026
- Annual report (year to 31 March 2025)
This profile draws on the funder’s own website as well as its filed accounts.
Sources last checked on 30 October 2026.
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