Grants database

European Philanthropic Initiative for Migration (EPIM) is Europe’s largest and longest standing philanthropic collaborative working on issues of migration and inclusion. They fund and nurture alliances and partnerships, curate the migration ecosystem and cultivate a shared narrative for belonging and democratic resilience. Following a period of review and learning, EPIM has streamlined their thematic priorities and interventions. This grant will support EPIM to implement their new approach and pathway to change.

Community Policy Forum seeks to promote evidence-based and community-centred approaches to policymaking surrounding the structural inequalities that face Muslim communities in the UK. This grant will fund additional staffing which will allow them to dedicate more resource to the migration arm of their work, and prioritise long-term projects over reactionary work, laying the foundations for long-lasting social change. Community Policy Forum’s Islamophobia and Human Rights within the UK Asylum System project will be part of this work. 

The British Palestinian Committee are an independent organisation with experience in a range of professional fields including policy, advocacy, human rights, law, academia, journalism, arts and culture. They work primarily in the policy advocacy arena to ensure that Palestinian experience and expertise are integral to British policy-making towards Palestine and Palestinians in the UK. This grant supports a joint project between the British Palestinian Committee and Migrants Organise, providing resources for a bilingual caseworker to support Palestinians immediately and help develop the community’s longer-term capacity to respond to Palestinians’ needs in the UK.

Young Peoples Puppet Theatre run large-scale projects for children and young people which use the arts to develop creative and life skills. This grant will support core development of the organisation to enable them to manage the increased demand for their work since the Covid-19 pandemic. 

Trinity Community Arts is an arts provider who use the power of creative engagement to support and empower marginalised communities. This grant will support delivery of an in-depth, three-year programme of arts-based learning in three Bristol primary schools, supporting learning across the curriculum, well-being and the development of teachers’ practice. Trinity Community Arts will work in close partnership with other local arts and cultural organisations and the schools’ staff.

The Black Curriculum (TBC) is a social enterprise that aims to deliver black British history teaching and learning across the UK. They run virtual and in-person programmes to schools, young people and corporations to promote the importance of Black history and develop free and licensable resources for schools. This grant supports the scaling of their Springboard Programme which teaches Black British History through Music and Poetry, tackling issues of racial inequity in the school system.

MakeBelieve Arts is a theatre and education charity, offering programmes to develop the creative, communication and literacy skills of children through arts-based workshops in schools for children, teachers and parents. This grant supports MakeBelieve Arts to adapt and develop its practice to work with SEND specialist teachers and Early Years educators, supporting children in SEND schools.

KIT Theatre uses immersive theatre and game mechanics to deliver curriculum learning in primary schools and develop children’s creative talent. This grant supports their plans to co-construct and deliver Pathways – a flexible, long-term programme of immersive theatre to support learning across the curriculum – in primary schools across Thurrock in Essex, building on local partnerships.

Ariel Trust is an educational charity developing best practice in safeguarding education through communication and resistance skills via forum theatre techniques. This grant allows Ariels Trust to expand on their work empowering children to articulate their needs through rehearsing behaviours. The programme aims to extend the practice in 12 Liverpool schools, by securing forum theatre techniques not only with pupils but with teachers, schools and parents to change the way adults communicate with children about sex and relationships education.

The WOW Foundation brings together a global network of artists, producers, and activists using creativity to advance gender equity in their communities. This grant provides funding towards the development stage of a major International Conference to take place in November 2025 on Violence Against Women and Girls, organised in partnership between WOW and Killed Women.

The Centre for the Acceleration of Social Technology (CAST) works to create an agile, resilient, digitally enabled social sector by accelerating the use of digital technology for social impact and supporting more effective use of digital technology to achieve social and charitable outcomes. This grant supports CAST to ensure charities have safe and trusted tools to use in order to realise the benefits of AI in their work; to develop their experience and confidence in use and to understand the implications of use for their own work and organisation.

The Civic Power Fund is a new charitable fund that will support community organising and build the infrastructure and leadership it needs to thrive. This grant is a strategic investment in a key partner who is supporting us to deliver our mission around migrant justice, youth organising and youth led change, and shifting power in funding.