Meet the organisations supporting our work.
Meet the organisations that have supported our vision to ensure that every child – wherever they are in the world – is part of a safe and nurturing family that will allow them and future generations the best possible start in life.
We are incredibly grateful for the support we receive from our generous funders.
Current Funders
Scottish Government, administered by CORRA Foundation
Multi-Year Funding
(Since April 2016)
This grant has been awarded to support families across Scotland by training early years Practitioners in Mellow Parenting programmes and providing wrap-around support. It is also supporting the direct delivery of our groups, ensuring that families have access to relationship-based early intervention programmes when they need them most.
Young Start, delivered by The National Lottery Community Fund
Multi-Year Funding
(April 2025 - March 2028)
This project is funded to support vulnerable young people living in the Forth Valley area who are facing multiple disadvantages. Funding enables the delivery of the Mellow for Young People programme with local partners, enhancing wellbeing and building resilience, strengthening relationships, and helping young people develop the confidence, skills, and stability needed to improve life outcomes.
Previous Funders
Perinatal & Infant Mental Health Fund, administered by Inspiring Scotland
Multi-Year Funding
(October 2021 - September 2025)
This grant was awarded for the direct delivery of Mellow Bumps and Mellow Babies, supporting mums and dads in Glasgow and central Scotland in collaboration with community-based early years teams and voluntary organisations.
Paracletos
One-Off Donation
(July 2022)
This donation funded our website upgrade and enabled us to create a dedicated portal for Practitioners to access free additional resources to support the delivery of their Mellow Parenting groups for parents, carers, and young people.
Adapt & Thrive Program, part of The Scottish Government
One-Off Grants
(December 2020 and April 2021)
This grant was awarded to strengthen the organisation’s infrastructure and sustainability through IT upgrades, contributions towards core costs, and the introduction of a dedicated social media post.
Baily Thomas Charitable Trust
One-Year Award
(November 2019 - October 2020)
This grant was awarded for the delivery of Mellow Futures, a perinatal parenting programme for parents with a learning disability, in Fife, in partnership with Mindful Steps.
Glasgow Social Enterprise Network Fund
One-Off Grant
(July 2020)
This grant was awarded to equip the Mellow Parenting office with the necessary resources and safety measures to enable staff to return to the workplace safely once COVID-19 restrictions were lifted.
Community Fund
One-Off Grant
(June 2020)
This grant was awarded to support Mellow Parenting in continuing its vital work during the COVID-19 pandemic through the purchase of IT equipment, enabling staff to work safely from home. This support helped ensure that frontline Practitioners had the resources and guidance they needed to continue effectively helping parents and children during an exceptionally challenging time.
The Robertson Trust
One-Year Award
(June 2019 - May 2020)
This grant was awarded for the development and rollout of Mellow Foundation Modules, a series of workforce development trainings that use a strength-based, solution-focused, and relationship-centred approach. The trainings equip Practitioners with the confidence and practical tools they need to support the families they serve in their day-to-day practice.
Big Lottery Fund
One-Year Awards
(November 2016 - October 2017 and November 2017 - October 2018)
The funding was awarded to develop, deliver, and evaluate the Mellow Ability programme. This included co-producing the programme with parents and professionals, creating comprehensive materials and training for Practitioners, and piloting groups across three local authorities in Scotland.
The AIM Foundation Grant
One-Off Grant
(November 2016)
The grant was awarded to evaluate the effectiveness and outcomes of the Mellow Babies programme and to produce clear, accessible findings that can be shared with commissioners to inform future service planning and investment.
William Grant Foundation
One-Off Grant
(October 2015)
The grant was awarded for the development of the Child and Adult Relationship Observation system, a “Learning to Observe” (L2O) tool. L2O is an accessible resource that early years professionals can use in practice to provide strength-based video feedback to parents of babies and toddlers.
