Grants database

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. 

The Social Equity Centre is a not-for-profit expert consultancy provider that aims to narrow the gap for under-represented voices and build a more equal society where everyone feels heard and included. This grant provides core funding, increasing their capacity to keep abreast with changes such as immigration system and local government policy. It will also support The Social Equity Centre to explore and research the need for representation in the public sector for marginalised groups, and develop practical solutions and interventions to ensure that gaps are filled.

Social Change Initiative (SCI) provide practical support, services and strategic advice to maximise the impact of donor funding for change, working to provide a bridge between the worlds of activism and philanthropy. This grant supports SCI to bring together a panel of Black activist leaders to oversee the design and implementation of their leadership programme and the selection of participants. The programme includes residential sessions, one-to-one mentoring (from Black mentors) and the opportunity of a mini-Fellowship for both self-development and issue exploration purposes. 

Right to Remain (formerly known as the National Coalition of Anti-Deportation Campaigns) is a human rights membership organisation which works with groups across the UK to promote and defend the rights of people seeking the right to remain in the UK. This grant supports the implementation of their new strategy and Theory of Change, made up of three interconnected stages: building knowledge, radical solidarity and power.

Kanlungan Filipino Consortium (Kanlungan) is a registered charity consisting of several Filipino community organisations working together for the welfare and interests of the Filipino and other migrant communities in Britain. Their work is focused on the promotion and protection of migrant rights and welfare by providing mental health and wellbeing support, skills training, immigration and employment advice, campaigns, and advocacy. This grant will support recruitment of additional staff, affording Kanlungan more opportunities to communicate and work effectively with statutory bodies, and share their insights into the East and Southeast Asian community.

Gaza Families Reunited are a campaigning group calling on the UK Government to urgently create a Gaza Family Scheme for Palestinians from Gaza to reunite with loved ones in the UK. This grant supports core costs to enable Gaza Families Reunited to continue to build public awareness, petition MPs and partner with groups and organisations to widen impact.