Grants database

Renaisi are a social enterprise that support individuals, social sector organisations, businesses, funders and whole systems. Their innovative work with refugees and migrants into employment is a core part of their wider mission to challenge the root causes of exclusion in the UK. This grant contributes to research into youth sector infrastructure, delivered by Renaisi in partnership with Young People’s Foundation Trust. 

London Funders is the membership network for funders and investors of London’s civil society. This grant contributes to an exercise to map the current state of funding for equity and justice infrastructure – initially in London, then scaling to cover England and Wales – to identify the gaps and opportunities, and inform discussions with funders on the strategic development of equitable funding approaches.

Disability Arts Online are an organisation led by disabled people, set up to advance disability arts and culture. They give disabled artists a platform to blog and share thoughts and images describing artistic practice, projects and finding inspiration to be creative. This grant supports their study into the effect of regional bias on disabled visual artists. Phase 1 will look at nominated artists and nominators, and Phase 2 will explore the dynamic of regional/​local policy on artists in two selected regions.

Centre for Public Impact Europe (CPIE) acts as a learning partner for governments, public servants, and the diverse network of changemakers leading the charge to reimagine government. This grant funds a learning partnership between CPIE and The Promise Scotland to explore how a Human Learning Systems approach can help enable support for young people in Scotland to help them thrive.

Amanda Parker Associates provides thought leadership in the world of art and culture. This grant enables the creation and maintenance of effective qualitative and quantitative longitudinal data insights into inclusion in cultural sector businesses with focus on mid-and senior workforce and creative business practices.

Peer Power Youth is a national charity that leads with empathy and does vital work to support young people who have experienced trauma. This grant is provided through the Youth Strategic Investment Fund, which supports the development, sustainability and impact of youth-focused organisations with a five-year investment towards core costs, plus a further package of tailored expert support.

Gendered Intelligence is a trans-led and trans-involving charity that works to increase understandings of gender diversity and improve the lives of trans people. This grant is provided through the Youth Strategic Investment Fund, which supports the development, sustainability and impact of youth-focused organisations with a five-year investment towards core costs, plus a further package of tailored expert support.

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.