Grants database

British Future works to change the public conversation about immigration and build a society that is confident, welcoming and fair. This grant will support research into attitudes on key immigration and integration questions following the 2017 General Election. Findings will be disseminated through a workshop and strategic advice paper for those seeking to influence policy and decision makers. Media interventions using the new findings will shape public and media debates on post-Brexit immigration/​refugee protection/​integration policy.

Just for Kids Law is interested in learning lessons from their campaigning and communications activities in relation to a key legal case on student finance for young people whose immigration status meant they were unable to access student loans: R(Tigere) v Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills [2015] UKSC 57. The study will examine the ways in which an organisation can plan a strategic litigation campaign on a particular issue and assess the benefits and risks associated with these activities.

Migrants Organise is a platform where refugees and migrants organise for power, dignity and justice. This grant will provide additional support to migrant and refugee communities, leaders and local residents in the aftermath of Grenfell Tower fire.

This grant will support the Coram Children’s Legal Centre’s policy and core work on the regularisation of migrant children in the UK. Coram will undertake policy and capacity-building work with the aim of promoting the rights of undocumented children living in the UK, encouraging young people to seek advice and assert their rights. Coram will and provide the policy backbone and legal advice support to young people and organisations working in the arena with the aim of promoting effective legal routes to permanent status in the UK.

Brighter Futures is an established community of young migrants taking action to make the UK a better place for young people whose immigration status is irregular. Building on mutual support and strong community ties, Brighter Futures will deliver external targeted interventions and encounters that challenge discrimination and influence public debate. The project will provide the necessary infrastructure, resources and partnerships to enable the group to develop their own agenda and have the widest/​strongest possible impact.

Immigration Law Practitioners’ Association (ILPA) will host the Strategic Legal Fund for Vulnerable Young Migrants, a small grants programme that has been in operation since 2011 aiming to support voluntary sector organisations and legal agencies to take strategic legal action in areas affecting children and young people who have migrated. They will administer the applications process, make grants and monitor and evaluate their outcomes, as well as lead the strategic direction of the Fund.

The Community Support Project will continue to work with the Home Office to enable the release from indefinite detention of young ex-offender migrants, and will provide intensive one-to-one case management to support them to reintegrate into the community. This second phase of the project will share learning from the model to engage and support NGOs, institutions and policy-makers in the UK and elsewhere in Europe to develop similar ​‘alternatives’ projects, working towards reducing reliance on detention.

The new Citizenship and Integration Initiative (CII) aims to bring together funding from a number of independent foundations, to work closely with the Mayor of London to advance the shared goals of encouraging active citizenship and participation, celebrating diversity and building inclusive shared identity in London. With this grant, an independent learning and evaluation partner will support the delivery of this initiative, and share the learning with other UK cities and wider civil society.

Through this grant, JUSTICE – a law reform and human rights organisation – will establish a working group on immigration and asylum to make recommendations to government as it seeks to modernise the justice system as part of a £1bn digital reform programme. The working group will research, generate, and evaluate proposals for a complete re-think of how the immigration and asylum determination process works in the UK.

Action Foundation’s initiative, Learning English Together (LET), will equip churches and other community groups to provide English language support for migrants who face barriers to accessing formal ESOL provision. Action Foundation will develop a social franchise model, providing training, support and resources for small volunteer-run groups to enable them to help migrants and refugees to learn English through practical activities facilitating integration.

New Horizons in British Islam engages in critical discussions around Muslim identity, tradition and reform to provide a positive vision of what it means to be Muslim today. To strengthen integration so that communities can live well together, the organisation seeks to use arts and culture to cultivate different perspectives of Islam in Britain. This grant will support a part-time Art Co-ordinator to explore this idea and will fund an activities budget.

RightsInfo will test and evaluate a targeted digital media approach to public education and engagement on human rights, with a focus on migrants’ rights. Translating methods used in private sector marketing, they will test the effectiveness of a behaviour change model that is designed to shift views amongst ​‘neutral but persuadable’ groups. It will be tested in two cities that voted leave and remain in the European Union referendum.