Grants database

Southwark Law Centre provides specialist legal advice for people who cannot afford to pay for services in the areas of discrimination, employment, housing, planning, welfare rights, and immigration and asylum law. This grant supports the Centre’s Windrush Justice Clinic (WJC), which acts a single point of contact for Windrush victims. They will continue to offer free independent legal advice so that victims can successfully apply for compensation which accurately reflects their loss and suffering.

Sheffield Methodist District’s Who Is Your Neighbour? (WIYN) programme operates at neighbourhood, regional and national levels to counter the impact of divisive narratives. They facilitate dialogue about immigration, race and other relevant issues. This grant supports strategic long-term national partnerships for WIYN, incorporating training, bespoke support and tailored interventions with three national organisations and their members.

Saheliya provides trauma-informed, wrap-around support in first languages for women with experience of racial inequality. They offer specialised support for women who have been traumatised due to lived experience of gendered abuse and who are unable to access appropriate mainstream services. This grant supports Saheliya to work with Black and minoritised women with lived experience of gender-based violence to find opportunities for change, collaborate with sector partners, develop lived experience leadership and advocate to policy makers.

Polish Migrants Organise for Change (POMOC) aims to improve the lives of Polish women living in the UK. Their mission is rooted in advancing citizenship and community development. This grant supports POMOC to deepen their organising practice and expand regional and national reach through campaigning, leadership development and strategic communications work.

People & Planet is the largest student network in the UK campaigning for social and environmental justice. They mobilise students to campaign for justice from public and private institutions that act in the interests of profit over human rights and a liveable planet. This grant supports People & Planet’s network of student groups to deliver divestment campaigns in partnership with migration organisations. It will target universities’ investments and companies that profit from human rights abuses in the ​‘border industry’ of migration enforcement.

Northamptonshire Rights and Equality Council (NREC) campaigns for social justice in Northamptonshire. They support individual victims of discrimination, monitor hate incidents and raise awareness of the human rights of individuals. This grant supports NREC to underpin a programme to support people who have recently migrated to North Northamptonshire and consolidate the organisation’s migration-related services in the county.

The Migrant and Refugee Children’s Legal Unit (MiCLU) is a specialist child centred legal and policy hub based at Islington Law Centre, representing children and young people (CYP) in the immigration system. They seek to achieve social justice by ensuring that policy and practice respect the rights and improve the lives of children who have migrated to the UK. This grant supports MiCLU to employ a Senior Advocate at fellow charity Shpresa, and a Senior Caseworker at MiCLU, who will identify and engage CYP through legal education, advice surgeries and referrals.

Joint Council for the Welfare of Immigrants (JCWI) provides legal support for people who have migrated to the UK and their families, specialising in immigration and asylum law and policy. This grant supports JCWI to undertake a strategic review including consultation with over 100 partners to identify the gaps and needs that they can meet over the next five years. This will be accompanied by a restructuring of the organisation to better deliver the new strategy for 2022–27.

The Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) is the UK’s pre-eminent progressive think tank. Their work spans politics, economics, environment, housing, jobs and skills, public services and migration. This grant underpins and formalises IPPR’s role in the wider migration ecosystem, enabling them to launch a policy unit that will offer responsive and robust support to organisations who are working to improve migration and integration policy in the UK.

Global Dialogue enables independent funders to work together to realise ambitious goals and create lasting change. They are a platform for philanthropic partnership, assisting donors to develop shared strategies, test new approaches and deliver lasting impact by aligning grants or pooling funds. This grant supports Global Dialogue to develop a new strategy that will deliver their vision for transforming the UK migration sector and its supporters by making it more connected, informed and able to catalyse effective action.

Foxglove is an independent non-profit organisation who aim for ​‘algorithmic justice’ by holding public bodies to account, challenging abuses of power by Big Tech, and standing up for the interests of platform users and workers. They use the law to protect rights, enforce rules and defend the public interest. This grant supports Foxglove to investigate the problematic and unlawful uses of new technologies in the UK immigration system, bring campaign messages to the public and courts, and pursue legal action where appropriate.

Focus on Labour Exploitation (FLEX) is a research and policy organisation working towards ending labour exploitation. They aim to prevent labour abuses, protect the rights of those affected or at risk of exploitation, and promote best practice responses to labour exploitation through research and evidence-based advocacy. This grant supports FLEX to monitor and reduce the risks of labour exploitation arising from post-Brexit labour migration routes to the UK.