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Morda Church of England Primary is located in rural Shropshire near the Welsh border and is lead partner on a Teacher Development Fund project with seven other primary schools, ​‘Transforming Primary Teaching through Dramatic-Inquiry’. The school will come together with seven other schools to enable teachers to use drama, inquiry for learning and expert framing to create imaginary contexts for cross-curricular learning. This grant provides core support to aid the organisation in dealing with the challenges posed by Covid-19.

Meadow Arts is a contemporary art charity. They deliver ambitious and accessible projects in unexpected rural places, curate large-scale exhibitions and commission new artworks and events. This grant provides core support to aid the organisation in dealing with the challenges posed by Covid-19.

Live Music Now (LMN) develops the talents of young musicians and brings high quality live music performances to people with less access. Through a network of seven branches across the UK, LMN delivers participatory music sessions to people in special schools, care homes, community centres and hospitals. This grant provides core support for LMN helping it to develop digital resources and enable delivery of summer music-making sessions for children and young people with SEND.

Launch It is a youth enterprise charity with sites in England and Scotland, that aims to help young people from disadvantaged backgrounds to start their own businesses. This grant provides core support to aid the organisation in dealing with the challenges posed by Covid-19.

Integrate UK is a youth-led charity based in Bristol that promotes gender and racial equality, integration, and community cohesion. They support young people to deliver campaigns and peer education sessions on issues such as female genital mutilation, child sexual exploitation, honour-based violence, and radicalisation. This grant provides core support to aid the organisation in dealing with the challenges posed by Covid-19.

The Independent Workers Union of Great Britain (IWGB) is a trade union that organises precarious predominantly migrant labour workforces, in outsourced and ​‘gig-economy’ or low-paid self-employment sectors. This grant supports IWGB to employ additional legal caseworkers, enabling them to meet the ongoing and increasing Covid-19 related casework needs of their members in 2021.

Football Beyond Borders is an education charity, based in South London, which uses football to support marginalised young people to raise attainment and aspiration, reduce risk of school exclusion and have their voices heard. This grant provides core support to aid the organisation in dealing with the challenges posed by Covid-19.

Engage promotes access and enjoyment in the visual arts through gallery and museum education. This grant supports Engage in providing opportunities for artists, professionals and freelancers to adapt their practice to a new working context in light of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Education and Skills Development Group (ESDEG) aims to address the needs of the local Somali community, many of whom had arrived as refugees. Since their inception, ESDEG has expanded their services to members of all faiths and ethnic groups, who are experiencing disadvantage, exclusion, poor social mobility, inequality and other barriers that are preventing the community or its members from thriving. This grant provides core support to aid the organisation in dealing with the challenges posed by Covid-19.

Daisy Inclusive UK is a disability-led charity that supports those who are vulnerable, disabled young people and their families through activities covering themes such as sports, music, education, employment, disability hate crime, social readiness and support. They aim to give the people they support a personalised pathway to help them reach their true potential and become active members of their community. This grant provides core support to aid the organisation in dealing with the challenges posed by Covid-19.

Daily Life is a cross-disciplinary arts charity based in London. Their mission is to change the way that people think about women’s art practice, reach new audiences and support artists experiencing marginalisation. This grant will support Daily Life to continue collaboration with Newcastle-based Wunderbar to develop a new peer support programme for creative practitioners experiencing marginalisation and the disproportionate effects of Covid-19.

Dance Base is Scotland’s National Centre for Dance. Located in Edinburgh, the centre caters for dancers of all ages and abilities, providing an accessible programme of activities that offers a diverse public a non-competitive, sociable and enjoyable way to keep physically fit and develop new creative skills. This grant supports Dance Base to continue its work to develop the Scottish Dance for Parkinson’s network through bespoke and embedded delivery in regional partner hubs, extended programming and future organisational planning.