Grants database

Equinox are a migrant-led coalition working to shift power, policies and resources away from punitive and discriminatory policies harming marginalised communities and toward societies of care. This grant supports their work to develop a counter vision for a different migration system that prioritises safety and care.

JustRight Scotland is a charitable group of human rights lawyers based in Scotland working towards a new model of collaborative social justice. They work in partnership with like-minded organisations who share a vision of a fairer and more equal Scotland and use the law to defend and extend people’s rights. This grant provides core funding to support JustRight Scotland’s strategic aims.

Homeless Network Scotland is the national membership body for individuals and organisations committed to a Scotland without homelessness. This grant funds their activity supporting Fair Way Scotland, which is taking positive steps to end destitution among people with No Recourse to Public Funds (NRPF) in Scotland.

The Climate Justice Coalition is a coalition of groups committed to building solidarity and power for climate justice in Britain and across the globe. This grant supports the development of a broad-based cross-movement network and core organising group that connects local, national and international contexts. They will draw on the energy and expertise in this network to scale up collaboration across the movements and create effective structures to meet their strategic aims.

City of Sanctuary UK is a growing network of groups, villages, towns, cities and regions across the UK, engaged in activities intended to welcome people seeking sanctuary. They also contribute towards wider movement building through partnership work, advocacy and campaigning initiatives. This grant provides core funding for City of Sanctuary UK.

Trust for London fund hundreds of organisations fighting for economic and social justice across the city. This grant supports their Citizenship and Integration Initiative, which is working to develop a new programme on No Recourse to Public Funds, which will build understanding of the London-specific impact, establish strategic collaboration across local and regional government, funders and civil society, create practical solutions and advocate for change to national government and to other regional authorities.

The Brunswick Centre, in Huddersfield, provides a blended community-based service across Kirklees and Calderdale and delivers its LGBTQ+ yOUTh service alongside support to people living with HIV, and HIV prevention services. This grant enables The Brunswick Centre to appoint a Lead Youth Worker to run a system, influence and change project over three years to deepen and expand on its voice and influence work. The charity will coproduce and deliver a LGBTQ+ mystery shopper programme to improve service access and uptake, an allyship programme to all young people in educational settings and a LGBTQ+ YP ambassadors programme to support commissioners and strategic leaders to ensure systems and services are more inclusive and accessible.

Grapevine is a Coventry-based charity that provides a preventative service for people with learning disabilities and autism, allowing them to gain more voice, choice and control over their lives. CYA is the autonomous youth-led social movement at the heart of Grapevine’s transitions work. This grant will support investment in Community Organiser roles to support CYA, enabling successful programme delivery, alongside support and training to strengthen Grapevine’s capacity to steward youth-led social action.

Anti Racist Cumbria (ARC) exists to identify, challenge, tackle and end racism in Cumbria via projects which deal with the root causes of systemic racism in schools, businesses, communities and wider organisations. This grant provides staffing costs and core funding for dedicated youth projects for Black and Brown young people.

The Albert Kennedy Trust (‘akt’) is a national charity providing support, advice and guidance to young people aged 16–25 who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or questioning (LGBTQ+) and who are homeless or living in a hostile environment. This grant supports the development and implementation of the akt Youth Voice Programme, expanding their work amplifying young people’s voices to create systems change, improve akt services and give young people the skills and confidence to thrive.

The Work Room works with independent dance artists and choreographers to develop their practice and projects. This grant will support them in building organisational capacity, increasing the influence The Work Room can have through their work towards a more equitable dance sector in Scotland.

Turf Projects is a grassroots, artist-run, free, contemporary art space in Croydon which hosts two artist collectives, MOSS (a collective of local learning disabled artists) and Art Press (a collective of Croydon artists aged 13–18). This grant will support Turf Projects in building capacity and better resourcing their organisation and collaborators.