Grants database
305 results
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More and Better: Albanian children and young people – breaking the chainsMiCLU (The Migrant and Refugee Children’s Legal Unit) at Islington Law Centre
MiCLU seeks to achieve social justice by changing policy and practice to ensure respect for the rights, and improve the lives, of children who have migrated to the UK. Through this grant, MiCLU will work to improve legal representation for Albanian children and young people who are seeking asylum, and to support young people to develop resources to raise awareness of their needs, in partnership with Shpresa.
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More and Better: IPPR integration programmeInstitute for Public Policy Research (IPPR)
Through this grant, IPPR will use research to set out the case for a programme of investment in integration, and to assess how government immigration policies impact on integration outcomes, working alongside key regional and city bodies.
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Explore and Test: Support for EEA young people around the effect of BrexitThe Mix
Migration Fund £60,000 East Midlands, East of England, London, Multi-region, North East, North West, Northern Ireland, Scotland, South East, South West, Wales, West Midlands, Yorkshire & Humber, UK 2019The Mix is the UK’s leading digital charity providing holistic multi-channel support for young people’s well-being using digital and mobile channels. This grant will help The Mix to develop a youth-led approach to support young European Economic Area citizens in the UK through the process of applying for pre-settled or settled status between 2019 and 2021.
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Explore and Test: The Migration Dividend Fund – a new policy proposal
Global Future
Global Future is a think tank and movement that seeks to build bridges between cultures. This grant will support the organisation to scope the development of a Migration Dividend Fund and to investigate ways to support areas which have experienced high levels of immigration.
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More and Better: Work arising from successfully restoring legal aid for migrant children
MiCLU (The Migrant and Refugee Children’s Legal Unit) at Islington Law Centre
Migration Fund £20,000 East Midlands, East of England, London, Multi-region, North East, North West, South East, South West, Wales, West Midlands, Yorkshire & Humber, UK 2019MiCLU seeks to achieve social justice by changing policy and practice to ensure respect for the rights, and improve the lives, of children who have migrated to the UK. This grant will support work arising from the successful litigation bringing legal aid back into scope for migrant children, including advising on drafting of statutory instruments to implement this and developing and disseminating resources for young people and those that work with them.
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More and Better: Developing shared creative communications for the Lift the Ban coalition
City of Sanctuary
City of Sanctuary is a movement to build a culture of hospitality for people seeking sanctuary in the UK. This grant supports the development of joint creative communications content for the Lift the Ban coalition and campaign to give people seeking asylum the right to work.
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More and Better: Building support for immigration reform through public affairs and membership
Joint Council for the Welfare of Immigrants (JCWI)
Joint Council for the Welfare of Immigrants (JCWI) provides legal support for people who have migrated to the UK and their families, specialising in immigration and asylum law and policy. Through this grant, JCWI will increase public and political support for immigration reform through two related activities: public affairs and parliamentary work and a membership programme to build a national movement of those with lived experience and their allies.
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More and Better: Providing evidence for asylum claims from young people
Asylos
Asylos is a pan-European volunteer network that trains and support volunteers to research vital country of origin information to help refugees fleeing war, violence, and persecution to claim their right to asylum. This project addresses the lack of high-quality, publicly available and relevant evidence for the asylum claims of children and young people in the UK. By producing case-based and broader country of origin information reports and by training and widening access to its research by legal advisors, caseworkers, and social workers, Asylos will contribute to ensuring that children and young people in need of protection enjoy equal access to justice.
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More and Better: These Walls Must Fall: Building local activism against immigration detention
Right to Remain
Right to Remain is a national organisation working to promote and defend the rights of people seeking to remain in the UK. Through this grant, Right to Remain will work to grow and sustain localised hubs of campaigning against immigration detention in the North West, the South and West Yorkshire.
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More and Better: Preventing young EEA migrant worker exploitation during and after Brexit
Focus on Labour Exploitation (FLEX)
Focus on Labour Exploitation (FLEX) works to end human trafficking for labour exploitation. Following the Brexit vote, young workers from European Economic Area countries are at increased risk of exploitation in the UK. This funding will support FLEX to gather and use evidence of labour exploitation to inform advocacy and strategic communications work to protect existing and future rights.
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Explore and Test: Best Practice in Educating Separated Young People in Scotland (16–20)
Scottish Refugee Council
Scottish Refugee Council provides advice and support, and campaigns for the rights of refugees and people seeking asylum in Scotland. This project will research the educational and well-being needs of separated young people (aged 16–18) in Scotland. It will also consider how to improve and share Glasgow Clyde College’s innovative “16+English for Speakers of Other Languages” programme model with other education providers.
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Explore and Test: Developing Social Rights in the North East
Just Fair
Just Fair advocates for and monitors the protection of economic and social rights in the UK. Through this grant, the Just Fair consortium will create a North East hub to help people to come together to campaign on common social rights and build a social rights community in the region. The project will explore the potential for similar projects elsewhere in the UK.