Charity Film Awards
Charity Film Awards

John Lyon's Charity
SHAFari 2025: Celebrating National Play Day and Ten Years of the School Holiday Activity Fund

John Lyon's Charity

John Lyon’s Charity gives grants to benefit children and young people up to the age of 25 (or up to 30 for young people with special educational needs and/or disabilities) who live in nine boroughs in North and West London: Barnet, Brent, Camden, Ealing, Hammersmith & Fulham, Harrow, Kensington & Chelsea, and the Cities of London and Westminster.


Since 1991, we have been committed to transforming the lives of children and young people by creating opportunities to learn, grow, and develop through education. John Lyon’s Charity has distributed over £208 million in grants to a range of organisations that seek to promote the life chances of children and young people through education, with around £15 million in grants distributed each year.

UN Sustainable Development Goals

We align with the following UN Sustainable Development Goals: