Grants database

Bossing It is a newly created space for Womxn of Colour leading in the impact sector to share ideas, opportunities and support. They provide a shared space for members to be vulnerable, to share opportunities and to help each other succeed. This grant supports Bossing It to become a self sustaining members network.

Ashoka supports leading social entrepreneurs and mobilises a wider global community to build their ​‘Everyone a Changemaker’ programme. This grant supports Ashoka’s new Young Change Leader Internship Programme. The programme aims to create a new platform for youth agency and skills development while embedding young people in efforts to cultivate an ecosystem of changemakers in Greater Manchester and beyond.

women at the well supports women whose lives are affected by, or at risk of being affected by prostitution in communities in Camden, Islington, and Haringey. Services are provided to people who have multiple and complex needs including drug and alcohol abuse, mental health difficulties, experience of homelessness and trafficking. This grant provides core support to aid the organisation in dealing with the challenges posed by Covid-19.

We Belong is a youth-led organisation, designed to support, train and advocate for young people who have migrated and now call the UK their home. This grant enables We Belong to continue providing emergency hardship support for young people who lack permanent immigration status as well as improve systems of staff support and training.

Union Chapel is an award-winning arts venue that supports and empowers communities through participative projects for social change. They host a range of creative and community programmes, offering inclusive, free spaces for creative practitioners, performing arts companies, and community groups. This grant provides core support to aid the organisation in dealing with the challenges posed by Covid-19.

The Peel is a charity that has aimed to build a connected community in Clerkenwell, London. They run activities for adults, children and young people, and mental health awareness projects. This grant provides core support to aid the organisation in dealing with the challenges posed by Covid-19.

The Parent House is a charity that supports parents in Islington. They aim to reduce poverty and social inequality for families by building parents’ confidence and skills through provision of courses, training, and wellbeing support. This grant provides core support to aid the organisation in dealing with the challenges posed by Covid-19.

The Refugee and Migrant Centre delivers a broad range of advice and support to asylum seekers, refugees, EU and other vulnerable people who have migrated in the Black Country. This grant provides core support to aid the organisation in dealing with the challenges posed by Covid-19.

The Larder uses cooking and food as a medium to help young people to improve their confidence, reconnect with learning, and move into employment. It runs a cooking school and four community cafés, where students train and serve high quality food to the local community. This grant supports core staff roles in The Larder in order to strengthen the sustainability of the organisation in the long term.

The Anne Matthews Trust (formerly known as Braich Goch) works with young people from refugee and migrant backgrounds, and supports them to develop networks, access opportunities and gain new skills and knowledge to tackle the injustices they face. This grant provides support to aid the organisation in dealing with the challenges posed by Covid-19.

Streetwise Opera runs music programmes and makes operas with people who are or have been homeless. This grant provides core support to aid the organisation in dealing with the challenges posed by Covid-19.

Shpresa Programme’s mission is to enable men, women and children from the Albanian-speaking community to live as full and active citizens through advice, support, education and training. This grant provides core support to aid the organisation in dealing with the challenges posed by Covid-19.