Grants database

Not/​nowhere is an artist workers’ co-operative that supports film practices with equipment hire, workshops, screenings and solidarity economics. This grant will enable increased workforce capacity, supporting the provision of enhanced training and development, and the creation of an online community platform and archive. It will also ensure the completion of their publicly accessible eco-processing lab.

Theatre Peckham is a Black-led performing arts academy providing education and access to the theatre and film industry for children and young people experiencing disadvantage who live in Southwark. This grant will support a restructure of the organisation with the aim of enhancing and improving engagement, and strengthening relationships, as well as contributing to their succession planning to enhance their ability to meet community needs and create lasting impact.

Philea nurtures a diverse and inclusive ecosystem of foundations, philanthropic organisations and networks working for the common good. This grant provides funding for the Arts and Culture Funders Forum (ACFF). ACFF provides a forward-thinking environment for arts and culture funders to unite and reinforce the sector. It offers engagement opportunities and every 5 years it produces the only mapping of philanthropic funding for arts and culture at the European scale.

Belong supports victims and perpetrators of crime and work with children, young people, and adults in custodial and community settings. This grant will fund their Head of Programmes role which will work in partnership with the CEO to lead the expansion of Belong’s asset-based interventions with young people in the Criminal Justice System, including their conflict coaching programmes, and their policy and influencing work.

Body & Soul supports children, young people, and families whose lives have been affected by childhood adversity and trauma. It uses a ​‘whole person’ model of care rooted in a strengths-based approach that nurtures connection, healing and growth. This grant supports their project, Decolonising DBT, which adapts gold-standard suicide prevention therapy to meet the cultural needs of young people from racialised communities. Led by those with lived experience, the project addresses racial trauma and systemic injustice, creating inclusive, evidence-based materials and training to improve outcomes and equity in mental health care.

The Institute for Voluntary Action Research is an independent charity that works closely with people and organisations striving for social change. This grant contributes to their 2025/26 programme of Evaluation Roundtable (ERT) activities, including: research, Community of Practice sessions, training, learning publications, and full convenings in London and Edinburgh.

United Voices of the World (UVW) is a grassroots trade union for low-paid, migrant and precarious workers. This grant supports UVW to implement an organising programme to proactively extend its community to additional under-organised groups of Portuguese and Spanish speaking migrants in low-paid jobs and support them, via active trade union participation, to challenge labour exploitation.

Rural Media champions systemic change by amplifying the voices of underserved rural young people through their youth listening and influencing work. This grant supports the expansion of the POV Producers collective, for young people to co-create content and participate in Youth Forums that directly influence decision-makers. It will empower the most underrepresented young people with creative, digital, and advocacy skills, embedding youth perspective and driving change towards more inclusive rural communities.

Refugee Action help refugees and people seeking asylum to build safe, happy and productive lives in the UK and live with dignity and justice, and free of poverty. This grant supports their Frontline Immigration Advice Project.

Rainbow Migration supports LGBTQI+ people through the asylum and immigration system and influences policy and practice. They provide emotional and practical support and specialist legal advice to help LGBTQI+ people secure leave to remain and undertake campaigning and policy work to improve the asylum and immigration system. This grant provides funding for Rainbow Migration’s core services and future organisational priorities.

The London Renters Union (LRU) brings renters together and helps them build their collective power in order to transform the housing system by building a mass social movement union which engages and is led by those directly affected by the housing crisis. This grant supports their work with migrant and diaspora renters, ensuring they are better able to advocate and access their rights.

Avocados Advocacy is a Community Interest Company set up and run by care-experienced people in Devon for children in care, care leavers and care-experienced people. They aim to empower people and act as a separate pillar of support outside of the usual structures. This grant supports the recruitment of a full-time Rights Advisor to enable Avocados Advocacy to expand its capacity and sustain its vital work. This role will provide 1:1 rights advice, lead group work, and support community outreach across Devon.