Grants database

The Center for Countering Digital Hate (CCDH) is an international non-profit organisation that seeks to disrupt the architecture of online hate and misinformation. They combine analysis and disruption of digital networks and aim to produce practicable, efficient and scalable strategies to counter hate and misinformation globally. This grant enables CCDH to grow their digital presence and profile in order to build a community of supporters that reaches the public, journalists, politicians and civil society.

Asylos is a charity that works to deliver the just protection of law to vulnerable people fleeing persecution. It does this by producing impartial Country of Origin (COI) reports used by legal counsel, asylum courts, decision-making officials and policy makers in refugee host countries. This grant supports Asylos in becoming the UK Centre of Excellence in producing fair, impartial COI reports to inform asylum decisions and policy direction.

JADE Youth and Community is a registered charity in Rotherham providing services for young people experiencing disadvantage, across health, education, wellbeing and development into adulthood. This grant supports JADE to build on the success of their blended youth work and mental health offer, and spread this model across Rotherham in partnership with the Rotherham Children, Young People and Families Consortium.

Forces Children Scotland (formerly Royal Caledonian Education Trust), is a Scottish charity supporting children and young people whose parents are in, or veterans of, the Armed Forces. This grant supports ​‘Listen Up!’, a new co-produced campaign designed to raise awareness about the challenges faced by armed forces children and young people. Through this work, Forces Children Scotland hope to bring about greater public recognition of this group of young people, leading to changes in public policy and practice.

Creative Youth Network (CYN) works across four open access youth centres in Bristol, South Gloucestershire and North East Somerset. They build relationships with young people from all backgrounds to help them reach their own potential and live fulfilling lives. This grant supports CYN to develop and scale the impact of ​‘We the 33%’, their flagship youth voice programme. In this phase of the programme, CYN will aim to increase the number of young people supported, enhance evaluation and share their learning more widely.

Young Asian Voices (YAV) is a charity and youth community project based in Sunderland. They support children and young people up to the age of 25, the majority of whom identify as Black, Asian or minoritised. They create empowering opportunities through training, education, work placements, health and sports activities, youth sessions and volunteering. This grant provides core support for the YAV manager who will oversee operational activities, strategic planning and future development.

The Vulcan Boxing Club uses education, boxing, health and fitness classes to empower young people aged 14–25 years old to make the best of their skills, abilities and talents whilst facing the most challenging transitions. This grant provides support to underpin the organisation’s leadership and governance, and to roll out city-wide pre-apprentice training, industry-based apprenticeships and pathways to long term employment.

The Junction Foundation supports children, young people and families in Redcar and the Tees Valley. They provide social activities, education, information, employment readiness programmes, youth work, and mental health and wellbeing support. This grant supports the recruitment of a strategic lead for the Junction’s Youth and Participation Work, who will develop the organisation’s young people strategic decision-making group. This new post will ensure greater stability of this core work, increase sustainability and better articulate the Junction’s impact.

The Baca charity provides holistic services for young asylum seekers who have been separated from their families. This grant supports Baca’s expansion of services to the East of England through two housing units in Cambridgeshire. They will provide a support package for young asylum seekers and victims of trafficking aged 16–19 arriving into the county.

The Anne Frank Trust is a nationwide youth education charity that aims for a society free from all forms of prejudice and discrimination. This grant supports the recruitment of an Assistant Director to the Trust’s leadership team who will be responsible for launching the Youth Empowerment Programme.

Pure Insight works intensively with young care leavers aged 16–28, providing both practical and emotional support. This grant supports the capacity of the senior leadership team to build greater sustainability in Pure Insight’s projects and services, and generate new sources of income through a consultancy and training offer. This work underpins priority plans to establish services in Salford and build relationships with local authority partners across Greater Manchester.

Positive View Foundation uses photography and film to affect transformational change in the lives of 16–25-year-olds who live on the poorest estates and wards in Westminster, Lambeth and the City and most recently in South East Kent. This grant supports Positive View to deliver planned strategic expansion into Dover, Folkstone and Hythe, and to strengthen existing London-based programmes. The Kent pilot will be embedded and expanded to target areas in North Kent, furthering the organisation’s reach and impact.