Grants database

Kadam Jan Vikas Sanstha (KJVS) works to support and empower people experiencing social and economic disadvantage to develop sustainable livelihoods. The organisation also focuses on gender and women’s rights, children’s rights, education, public health and local self-governance. In its second phase, the programme continues to address the increase in cases of suicide for people aged 10–39 years in the Gwalior district of Madhya Pradesh, and identifies key learning and impact. KJVS continues to raise awareness, provide counselling, and direct people to relevant services, alongside their new mental health support helpline.

Jai Bharati Shiksha Kendra (JBSK) supports tribal communities to help them access suitable livelihoods through the management of natural resources. This additional final year of support builds on their work to collectivise members of tribal communities at village, cluster and block levels to foster community-based management and development of land. JBSK will further develop their agenda to focus on institutional strengthening, empowering women and livelihood enhancement.

DiYA Foundation supports communities experiencing marginalisation to access education, livelihood opportunities, rights, resources and information. This grant will continue to support DiYA to increase household incomes through an approach evolved in the first two phases, further strengthen and federate women’s collectives to take up social advocacy, and establish livelihood support systems through a group of 20 community-level experts.

Chhattisgarh Agricon Samiti works to improve quality of life in rural and tribal areas of the region. Through this grant, the organisation will address the mental health issues observed in the community. The project will undertake an assessment, and prepare intervention plans for self-care, nutrition, social justice, family, groups, individual support, healthcare, and livelihoods. It will help the community to address adverse effects of climate change through assessment, training and capacity-building.

The Centre for Action Research and Management in Developing Attitudes Knowledge and Skills in Human Resources (CARMDAKSH) is a civil society organisation that focuses on the empowerment of tribal women. This grant will help CARMDAKSH to develop a village-level support system to strengthen veterinary services, and to improve management knowledge, creating a primary and dependable source of income for local farming communities. They will also introduce an integrated approach to rearing livestock to meet both dietary and emergency financial needs during crisis and establish links with markets to improve prices.

Breakthrough Trust aims to create an equal world by changing the way people see women and girls. This grant will support the organisation to engage with a network of content creators across cinema, digital, advertising and the media to make and disseminate content with a gender focus. The network will connect content creators directly with people who have worked extensively on gender issues in the region. By putting content that promotes gender equity into the mainstream, the project aims to shape mindsets and shift norms around issues like gender-based discrimination and patriarchal stereotypes.

Bal Sakha Assam works to improve the health, education and wellbeing of children and families across rural areas and tea gardens in Assam through community-based activities. The organisation aims to build a socially conscious system of managing labour in tea gardens by working with management teams and training social advisors. This grant will support Bal Sakha Assam to introduce a programme for students pursuing courses in Tea Management Training Institutes and to develop online modules for tea garden employees.

Amhi Amchya Arogya Sathi (AAA) works to build the capacity of communities experiencing marginalisation. This initiative supports disabled people in Nagpur and Vidarbha to increase their skills and employability and access relevant resources and information. The third phase of funding will allow AAA to set up social enterprises and assemble an association of disabled people to play an active role in helping their members access services, entitlements and psychological support.

YoungMinds is a leading UK charity working to improve the emotional wellbeing and mental health of children and young people. They provide advice and guidance for young people, a parents and carers helpline, support and training for professionals, and research and policy work. This grant extends core funding alongside a package of support towards strategic and operational development and growth, in particular to consolidate and invest in infrastructure and capacity to ensure sustainability.

Just for Kids Law supports vulnerable young people with multiple complex needs from crisis to stability and into independence through a unique model of holistic representation. This grant extends core funding to support strategic and operational growth, particularly to grow impact through policy and influencing work.

Coram’s Fields and Harmsworth Memorial Playground is a children’s charity that serves as a safe place for all children to come and play. This grant will support Coram’s Fields in providing an under fives drop-in service for one year in an area with poverty and overcrowded accommodation.

Centre for Innovation in Voluntary Action (CIVA) is an innovations centre founded in 1995 to develop, pilot and fund new ideas for addressing social problems. With this grant, CIVA will research and develop the case for a grater delegation of power through the creation of a £12.5m BAME-led investment fund to change longstanding racial inequalities in the cultural sector.