Grants database

Detention Action defends the rights and improves the welfare of people in detention by supporting individuals and campaigning for change. This grant supports Detention Action to present a lived experience-led, evidence-based, collaborative alternative to migration reform at a pivotal moment in governmental decision-making. Detention Action will prioritise: continued work towards a time limit on detention; holding the government to account through strategic litigation, public campaigns and constructive dialogue; developing a new model for humanitarian visas in partnership with others; effectively evaluating their Community Support Project; and pushing forward with advocacy on community-based alternatives to detention.

Centrala aims to advance the social integration and cohesion of Central and Eastern European (CEE) communities in the UK. They promote CEE art and culture and create space for intercultural dialogue and cooperation. This grant supports Centrala to deliver a holistic support programme including: advice and information; community and cultural events; and community organising and development through a Community Champions programme, leadership training and neighbourhood forums.

Fully Focused is a youth-led media organisation using the power of issue-based film to positively impact the lives of mostly Black, Asian and minoritised young people aged 16–25. This grant supports the organisation’s readiness for investment with a focus on increasing capacity and enabing organisational development and strategic planning so that Fully Focused can continue to provide long-term support for young people and use film as a platform for their voices.

RJ Working uses a Restorative Justice model to support young people to tackle injustice and respond to conflict positively, to create more compassionate, inclusive and fair communities. They provide training to support young people to lead restorative practice projects with their peers, and to school staff and other youth practitioners. This grant supports the organisation to test and grow the ways that Restorative Justice can be used as a vehicle for social change and to tackle identity-related harm. It will also support continued growth in schools across Cornwall, and development of their offer for colleges and universities.

Reaching Higher delivers a peripatetic mentoring and leadership programme which challenges young people to be leaders in their own lives. It seeks to bridge the gap for young people between home, school life and the community by embedding and growing partnerships to create a wider community which shares similar values. This grant supports the capacity of the Strategy and Business Development Manager and Monitoring and Evaluation Officer to support Reaching Higher’s growth over the next two years, increasing the number of young people reached and the depth of their impact.

in2scienceUK empowers students experiencing disadvantage to achieve their potential and progress to careers in science, technology, engineering and mathematics, through work placements and careers guidance. This grant follows on from a pilot programme expansion to the West Midlands and supports the development of a permanent Midlands Hub which will respond to high demand and result in a larger number of young people supported into training and employment.

Circles South West is an independent charity whose purpose is to reduce the risk of (re)offending by people who have sexually offended or have displayed harmful sexual behaviour (HSB). This grant supports the organisation to grow the reach of Circles of Support and Accountability, a service for young people with HSB. Circles South West aims to influence others to adopt their strengths-based approach through the coordination of a further 18 Young People’s Circles across the region and develop a trading arm to provide training and consultancy to other organisations.

1625 Independent People (1625IP) provides support for young people who are experiencing homeless, leaving care, or at risk of homelessness. Their offer includes supported accommodation, learning and employment services, and preventative programmes. This grant supports the establishment of a permanent training programme to share 1625IP’s learning around psychologically informed approaches. The programme will include the co-delivery of training and peer support and help provide a sustainable income to support 1625IP’s participation work.

Youth Work Unit (YWU) is the strategic youth work development agency for the Yorkshire and Humber region. It is the focal point for the youth work sector in the region and has a unique role in bringing together the dual functions of support and development. This grant provides core support for YWU, enabling the organisation to engage in collaboration focused on delivering infrastructure functions across the youth sector as part of the Youth Sector Infrastructure Collective.

Youth Focus North East (YFNE) is a leading regional youth charity working directly with young people and providing support to the youth sector across the North East. It has strengths in co-production, engaging young people from challenging backgrounds, leading partnership working and promoting positive views of young people. This grant supports YFNE to develop a new collective of organisations and young people in Gateshead. They will support young people to move from being ​‘service users’, to meaningful partners in effecting systemic local change. Organisations will be encouraged to move out of silos and work collaboratively, resulting in better outcomes for young people.

WorkingRite’s mission is to support young people aged 16–25 years old in Scotland towards sustained employment, apprenticeships or purposeful learning. They aim to break down the barriers that prevent young people from achieving through individual and group sessions and a mentored job placement. This grant supports WorkingRite to extend and develop their volunteer mentorship programme to support graduates as they navigate adulthood in their early twenties and beyond. This development will broaden the scope of the organisation’s mentoring methodology across grassroots and regeneration partners to support long term sustainable futures for young people.

VOYAGE (Voice of Youth and Genuine Empowerment) aims to empower marginalised Black and minoritised young people aged 14–25 years and provide them with the self-awareness and motivation to transform their lives and their communities. This grant supports the expansion of the organisation’s Young Leaders programme to create a sustainable and lasting programme of change with wider impacts beyond their immediate cohort. This includes development of a new accredited Young Leaders initiative and focus on the ​‘Young Leader journey’, which includes Senior Young Leaders, alumni and ambassadors.