Grants database

Bail for Immigration Detainees (BID) provides legal advice and representation in bail matters to people detained under immigration powers. They undertake substantive legal casework for people who are facing deportation and use this to provide an evidence base for their policy work in their campaign for the abolition of immigration detention. This grant supports BID to invest in secure technology, hardware and training to allow them to bring back volunteers who are integral to the organisation’s advice provision.

Ardent Theatre Company produce theatre, career training and mentorship programmes, providing a platform for theatre industry voices and online resources. Their aim is to make theatre a place where no one feels like an outsider, welcoming people whose voices are unheard and stories untold. This grant provides core support to aid the organisation in dealing with the challenges posed by Covid-19.

Anti Racist Cumbria is a voluntary organisation created in response to the Black Lives Matter movement. They exist to identify, challenge, tackle, and end racism in Cumbria through practical projects that deal with the root causes of systemic racism in schools, businesses, communities and wider organisations. This grant provides core support to aid the organisation in dealing with the challenges posed by Covid-19.

Yorkshire Sound Women Network (YSWN) enables the artistic and technical development of women and gender minority people through access to resources, skills-sharing, and creative opportunities. This grant supports YSWN to create more opportunities for women and gender minority people to creatively engage with sound and music technology. The focus of this work will be the continued development of grassroots community-led groups; online workshops and networking sessions; a skills development offer for its pool of freelance Associates; and increased evaluation measures.

Transform creates biennial festivals and citywide cultural takeovers from their base in Leeds city centre. This grant supports a three-year programme through which Transform will embed co-creation with young people into their organisational model and across their biennial festivals in 2021 and 2023. ​‘The Collective’ will focus on creative and personal development for 16–21-year olds, offering resources and support to commission, curate and create their own projects through cross-art form cultural experiences.

The Garage is a hub and charity for performing arts in Norwich. This grant provides core support for the Youth Inclusion Programme in Norwich and King’s Lynn, including a new approach to community work which will feed into the broader organisational development of The Garage’s approach to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, co-creation and learning and evaluation.

Attitude is Everything improves disabled people’s access to live music. This grant is part of four-year continuation funding including ongoing support for two key staff roles. This will underpin the organisation’s ability to deliver and further develop their key sector support role for the live music industry, ensuring Deaf and disabled experience is at the heart of an accessible reopening for music and other arts events.

Amal supports and develops creative endeavours that increase understanding of and belonging among Britain’s Muslim communities. This grant supports a new programme, Amal Connect, that emphasises additional local support from a coordinator and the creation of hubs, initially in Birmingham and Bradford. The new post will enable deeper collaboration and engagement between cultural organisations and Muslim communities and organisations.

The Unity Project support people affected by the ​‘no recourse to public funds’ (NRPF) policy to remove the NRPF condition from their leave to remain status. They run weekly casework sessions, provide appointments and workshops to help people make ​‘Change of Conditions’ applications and pursue lasting policy change and strategic litigation. This grant supports The Unity Project to continue tackling the inequality and discrimination behind the NRPF policy for people who migrate to the UK, working towards ending the policy.

The Refugee and Migrant Policy (RAMP) Project is an independent not-for-profit organisation. They help political leaders to think more deeply and to collaborate more widely on migration, asylum and integration issues. This grant supports RAMP to constructively engage with MPs on issues of migration and asylum to increase their ability to influence policy debate.

The Institute of Race Relations (IRR) is an anti-racist think tank that produces research and analysis to inform the struggle for racial justice in Britain, Europe and internationally. This grant supports the role of a dedicated Communications Worker in order to continue mobilising IRR’s core support base, expand reach to younger audiences, and grow IRR’s wider impact.

Runnymede Trust is the UK’s leading race equality think tank, which seeks to inform public and policy debates on race equality, migration and integration. This grant contributes to core salaries to support greater collaboration between the migration and race equality sectors. This work will drive forward advocacy, policy and campaigns on migration, integration and racial justice, improve framing and messaging for different audiences, and expand Runnymede’s partnerships.