Grants database

In Charley’s Memory is a grassroots community-based company. They offer face to face, one to one mental health counselling for young people aged 11 to 25 in Somerset and run drop-in clinics offering support and guidance for mental health. This grant provides support to aid the organisation in dealing with the challenges posed by Covid-19.

Hackney Chinese Community Services are a community-led organisation established to help meet the specific needs and support the Chinese community in Hackney. They support the East and South East Asian community throughout Hackney, London and the UK and provide services including Hackney Chinese School, Elderly Luncheon Club, advocacy, mental health outreach, a youth club, and cultural activities. This grant provides support to aid the organisation in dealing with the challenges posed by Covid-19.

GASP Motor Project is a charity based in Surrey which delivers hands-on learning and alternative education programmes in mechanics and engineering for young people who are not in education, employment or training. This grant provides support to aid the organisation in dealing with the challenges posed by Covid-19.

Future Yard is a new community-led music venue and artist hub in Birkenhead. This grant provides support to aid the organisation in dealing with the challenges posed by Covid-19.

Front Lounge is a Dundee-based charity working to empower disadvantaged young people to realise their potential through peer-designed, peer-led programmes and activities. Their work focuses on issues faced by care experienced young people, young parents, those with mental health challenges, and those experiencing marginalisation. This grant provides support to aid the organisation in dealing with the challenges posed by Covid-19.

Envision brings together local businesses, schools, charities and volunteers to provide a practical learning experience which enables young people to develop the skills they need to succeed in work and life. In return, young people invest their time in developing projects which give back to the community. This grant supports the newly appointed Head of Programmes and Impact, who will be responsible for driving continuous improvement in the organisation’s data and quality. This will allow the CEO to focus on developing Envision’s reach and influence.

Diverse Voices is a leading provider of creative approaches to education. They empower young people through performing arts; helping build creativity, improve life skills and explore important issues. This grant supports the testing and launch of a new digital platform and increases staff capacity for fundraising and engaging schools from September onwards for digital, blended and face-to-face work.

10 Windsor Walk is a not-for-profit, community interest company established by local mental healthcare specialists to provide consistent, collaborative psychological help and training. They aim to make it easier for local people to access and continue using therapeutic services for as long as they want to. This grant provides support to aid the organisation in dealing with the challenges posed by Covid-19.

360Giving publishes data from the grant-making sector in a searchable format. Their vision is for UK grant-making to become more evidence-based, impactful and strategic. They support UK grant-makers to publish information on who, where and what they fund in an open, standardised format to build a better picture of the funding landscape and boost its impact. This grant provides support to aid the organisation in dealing with the challenges posed by Covid-19.

Sandra Lam is an independent curator and writer currently based in London. Her curatorial research investigates how curating can contribute to an understanding of contemporary discourses, focusing on activism, migration and the environment. This grant supports the development and delivery of Radio Neighbourhood, a series of experimental performance events in communities and homes. The project will provide a platform to support artists from East or Southeast Asia who are currently under-represented in the UK. Performances will take place in open public spaces with audiences able to watch through windows or balconies with the sound and music broadcasted over Internet radio.

The Long Game is an autism advocacy charitable incorporated organisation. Their work focuses on reducing the autism employability gap and developing community cohesion. This grant support The Long Game to deliver their project ​‘Thrive’ which seeks to address the employment gap faced by autistic HE students and recent graduates. Research will be conducted to understand what areas of support are needed and how these resources could be created for a mass audience.

It’s OK is a campaign and charity set up by Ni Maysaroh (May) Gabriel to tackle the stigma around teenage depression through educational resources and campaigning. This grant supports It’s OK to work with young people from groups that are underrepresented in the mental health sector and overrepresented in mental illness statistics. It’s OK will address the gap of support for young people with moderate to severe mental illness with inclusion, intersectionality and representation at the core of their work.