Grants database

Andro and Eve (A&E) work with trans and gender diverse people in South Yorkshire. There is a lack of positive stories from and about non-binary people in northern England, and these stories are crucial for shifting perspectives and advocating for trans and non-binary rights. This grant supports ​‘We Contain Multitudes’ a programme to advance the rights and representation of trans and non-binary people through a tailored programme of creative arts workshops facilitated by Andro & Eve and gender diverse artists. A&E will share learning and disseminate knowledge through workshops, an illustrated zine and a small sharing event with creative activities.

Resistance Labs/​The Yard aims to address violence and inequality by building understanding, reducing the reliance on punitive measures, and promoting community-led transformative justice alternatives. Funding will support the exploration of new pathways to tackle community violence through three streams: working with the media to challenge misleading narratives, fostering young peoples’ political imagination for systemic change, and supporting community-driven experiments to explore alternative solutions.

The Collective Punishment Campaign (CPC) aims to raise awareness of and address the impact of parental imprisonment on families, particularly children, in the UK. By bringing together people with lived experience, they create spaces to share stories, build community, and organise collective campaigns for change. This funding will support community engagement events, including listening sessions, as well as essential operational costs.

Ad’iyah supports Muslims and their communities with pregnancy endings (miscarriage, abortion and stillbirth) by running monthly support circles, knowledge sharing spaces, and reproductive trauma circles, as well as providing free doula support and running trainings for abortion providers. Research shows that Black and Brown people who receive doula support from Black and Brown doulas are more likely to experience better perinatal outcomes. This grant supports the Ad’iyah Collective to design and deliver a decolonial doula training programme to uplift more community doulas through a blend of online and in-person sessions, teaching compassionate, culturally responsive care that truly supports marginalised people.

ADHD Babes is a community group led by and for Black women and non-binary people with ADHD in the UK. The group was born out of community action due to the lack of support and resources in adult ADHD services, and the lack of representation for the most marginalised groups. This grant will allow ADHD Babes to create space, time and resources as a collective to imagine what equity, safety and care looks like. The group will also work to agree their specific definitions of ADHD, equity and collective care. They will explore this through focus groups and workshops, creating an ongoing platform to share these definitions, ideas and journey with the wider public.