Grants database

The Foyer Federation are a youth housing membership organisation that supports a network of Foyers who provide accommodation, learning and work opportunities for and with young people who have experienced homelessness. This grant will be used to support the core costs of the charity as well enabling them to focus on growth to meet an increased need. 

Dallaglio RugbyWorks is a sport for social change charity that works with young people who are outside of mainstream education to prepare them for sustained employment. This grant supports the strategic development and growth of their Animated Youth model of asset-based youth participation, allowing the organisation to improve its support for excluded young people as they transition to adulthood, and provide a platform for influencing education, care and criminal justice policy makers and practitioners. 

Bridges Project helps young people in East and Midlothian who are socially excluded and marginalised to manage complex transitions to young adulthood. This grant will allow them to formalise and expand their youth-led strategy, influencing and campaigning activities. It will improve the quality and quantity of support available to its Young Ambassadors group to have greater control over the decisions that shape their lives through leading campaigns, participating in local consultations to influence decision-making affecting young people and being immersed in strategic planning.

Association for Young People’s Health (AYPH) works to understand and meet the particular health and wellbeing needs of 10–25 year olds. They do this through youth led training for healthcare practitioners, commissioners and policy makers. This grant provides core funding, allowing AYPH to support their existing young trainers and youth advisors, and develop new cohorts of young trainers in North East England and Birmingham. 

Article 39 fights for the rights of children and young people across England who live in institutional settings or have care experience. This grant will enable Article 39’s children and young people’s activism lead to support young people to use their direct experiences and knowledge of mental health inpatient care to press for reform of the Mental Health Act 1983. Funding will also enable Article 39 to develop a new membership scheme providing young people with training and support to share their stories with the media to influence public attitudes and government policy.

Amaze supports children and young people with special education needs and disabilities (SEND), and their parents and carers. This grant will enable Amaze to recruit a Youth Services Manager to co-produce and implement a new youth services strategy, putting young people at the forefront of decision making and leading services.

Women Asylum Seekers Together (WAST) is a member led peer support group of women in the asylum system in Greater Manchester. Together, women share their experiences, empower and support one another through the UK’s immigration system. This grant provides funding towards their core work to offer mutual support and solidarity, share skills and information, campaign for change and increase health and wellbeing. This includes the weekly drop in, WAST Nightingales Choir and other activities in response to members’ needs and interests. 

Triangular is a charity and network of volunteers and professionals who support migrant communities in Tyne and Wear. They lead a coalition of 30 refugee community organisations and five new migrant groups to build their capacity, coordinating engagement with mainstream services, and leading a coalition to effect change in terms of advocacy, local governance, and policy reform. This grant contributes funding to support their core operational costs. 

The Racial Justice Network (RJN) is a network of individuals, communities and organisations working together to end racial injustice and address legacies of colonialism through economic, holistic, environmental, cultural and spiritual repairs. This grant provides core funding to deepen and strengthen RJN’s infrastructure, build their capacity, and enable them to work strategically which will support them to expand their operations beyond West Yorkshire.

The Class Work Project is a workers’ cooperative developing theory, analysis, and practice around issues relating to class identity, oppression, migration and stigma in Britain and beyond. This grant supports development of a new and updated version of their Exploring Class workshop. The Class Work Project will conduct the research and outreach needed to develop a new, updated version of the workshop to account for the experiences of migrant working-class people, and begin its delivery both to the relevant organisations and to the public. 

The Centre for Progressive Change build campaigns for progressive national policy and legislative change, through community organising, mobilising, advocacy and communication. This grant supports their campaigning work to change legislation so that sick pay and housing policy benefits migrant and low-income communities in the UK. 

Southeast and East Asian Centre (SEEAC) is a community-led organisation by and for migrants, refugees and people seeking asylum from Southeast and East Asian countries, which provides essential community support services and delivers advocacy work. This grant provides staffing costs to enable SEEAC to strengthen their organisational infrastructure and ensure that day-to-day activities are safeguarded, compliant, and sustainable. Increased staffing will allow the Executive Director and Programme Manager to work strategically to develop and deliver sustainable programmes, campaigns, advocacy, and partnership building so that SEEAC can make more impact.