Grants database

The Advocacy Academy is a charity based in London which supports marginalised young people to understand and tackle the social issues that directly affect them. This grant will support the opening of the first youth organising centre in the UK. From meals and community meetings to round-the-clock youth programmes, this centre will be a unique and inclusive space where young people from across South London can come together.

Meadow Well Connected is a community hub based in North Shields, Tyneside that aims to provide a safe, welcoming place where local residents can meet new people, make new friends and learn new skills to help their community thrive. This grant will support the North East Collaboration Working Group in the design, development and delivery of a conference to promote cross sector collaboration across the North East.

Principle Consulting is a public affairs, policy, and campaigns agency that works to support charities advocating for effective policy change. Through this grant, Principle Consulting will support charities that work with young migrant communities to coordinate their work in lobbying for policy changes, such as access to finance, changes to application and university fees and other matters in relation to immigration.

IVAR is an independent charity that works closely with people and organisations striving for social change. This grant will support an exploratory study on how tech can be used to help make services relevant, accessible and efficient for small, voluntary organisations.

This grant will support the refurbishment of the Paul Hamlyn Hall over Summer 2018.

Involve is a public participation charity that aims to put people at the heart of decision-making. This grant will support Involve to establish a Citizens’ Assembly for Northern Ireland to help break the stalemate on contested policy issues and provide a model for addressing similar situations in future.

Local Trust aims to enable residents to make their communities and their areas better places in which to live. The grant will research and stakeholder consultation exploring the case for a Community Wealth Fund. The Fund will be an endowment to support communities experiencing disadvantage in England. Investment would come from new dormant assets and corporates issuing a small proportion of new share capital.

Baraka Community Association is a long standing local community group in North Kensington working with Somali and East African groups. This programme will focus on supporting children in the community affected by the Grenfell Tower fire by organising day trips, short family breaks as well as mentoring and youth activities.

Open Up Music’s mission is to make orchestras accessible to young disabled people. Through this grant, OpenUp Music will deliver the National Open Youth Orchestra, a new inclusive national ensemble. In partnership with leading arts organisations and conservatoires in London, Bristol and the West Midlands, OpenUp Music will launch regional training centres providing a programme of musical development and personal development, rehearsal and performance opportunities for disabled young people and their peers.

Through this grant, the National Youth Orchestra will deliver a participation programme which empowers young people to co-produce and promote NYO concerts in schools and at regional arts venues. Over the next four years, NYO will work to further embed peer-engagement and youth-led decision making across its programmes.

Household is a collective that develops and shares thought-provoking art projects with people in the public realm. It is committed to long-term, placed-based interventions, working with residents, stakeholders and arts partners to build engagement in contemporary art, strengthen communities and influence regeneration efforts. This grant will support Household’s long term intervention in Belfast’s historical neighbourhood of Sailortown through a contribution to core costs, programme delivery and evaluation.

The National Saturday Club gives young people aged 13–16 the opportunity to study every Saturday morning, at their local college or university, for free. This grant will support the development of three new clubs, with a focus on increased evaluation of effective approaches to club development and improved recruitment methods to reach those not currently engaged in the arts.