Grants database

Hajar Press is an independent anti-racist publishing house. This grant provides core funding to enable them to achieve their aim to open a space for writers of colour to create experimental work, and to build political community through subscriptions, events and partnerships.

Future Foundations UK is a community of People of Colour working in philanthropy in the UK. This grant will support FFUK to grow and develop their membership offer through delivering wellbeing and networking activities, reviewing their strategy and goals in close collaboration with members, and further develop the network, including longer-term fundraising.

S.M.I.L.E‑ing Boys project is a research-led arts and wellbeing organisation working with Black and Global Majority boys in London. The project was created as a direct response to the rise in youth violence, working directly with schools using photography, poetry, creative writing and film to empower participants to explore themes around race, identity, masculinity and mental health. This grant supports the organisation to sustainably scale up their offer to meet the increased demand for the programme in 20 more boroughs of London. They will also work to co-design the S.M.I.L.E‑ing girls programme in readiness for a pilot in 2024.

Grimm & Co are a literacy charity that champions the writer in every child. They build confidence, self-esteem and skills in both workshops for schools and in out of school and holiday clubs. This grant will support Grimm & Co to work with 17 primary schools in Rotherham and Sheffield, further developing and embedding their high-quality drama-based storytelling and creative writing practice. Grimm & Co will work responsively and collaboratively with schools to meet needs and priorities and develop teachers’ Literacy teaching practice and curriculum approaches.

Electric Medway’s goal is to foster a sense of community in Chatham and the wider Medway area, giving locals access to digital technology, art and a vehicle to share stories. This grant enables Electric Medway CIC to test the use of digital art and immersive storytelling to support pupil engagement in art, history and geography in non-selective schools in Medway, Kent.

Creative Briefs work with young people with special educational needs to build and develop creative skills. This grant will support their work with Year 5 pupils in three Hull primary schools. Working collaboratively with teachers, they plan to develop their inclusive arts and design-based approach to engage and support the learning of dyslexic children in a whole-class setting.

Bow Arts creates opportunities to work, learn and enjoy affordable, lifelong access to the visual arts. This grant will support the Bow Arts Learning team to continue to build their core learning programme, bringing accessible arts learning to London schools and professionalising the work that a representative range of Artist Practitioners do in school settings, delivering in-school projects and teacher development programmes.

BLINK are a group of four neurodiverse artists who produce accessible multi-sensory participatory projects in diverse education and community settings. They also offer employment and training opportunities that support the needs of individual artists to reach their potential. This grant would enable BLINK to grow their neurodiverse- and disabled-led education programmes in SEND schools in England, working with school staff to develop pedagogy, and training artist practitioners, amongst whom are learning disabled artists.

UD is a music organisation bringing communities together around Black music and Black music culture. This grant provides core funding for UD’s ambition to create a new National Youth Music Organisation for Black music, anchored in the London Borough of Newham with national profile and reach.

Primary is an artist-led visual arts organisation providing affordable work space and studios for artists, community engagement projects and a public programme of exhibitions and events. This grant provides core funding to help Primary maximise their potential, collaboration and build on opportunities for Primary studio’s creative community through their newly redeveloped site.

New Earth Theatre presents and develops work with British East and South East Asian (BESEA) artists. They produce new touring plays and readings, nurture BESEA talent and bring artists to museums and schools. This grant will enable New Earth Theatre to build BESEA Creative Communities in four regions through their programmes of practitioner development and regional venue partnerships.

Manchester Art Gallery is an inclusive cultural space for the people of Manchester and the wider world, opening minds to the essential role of creativity in the making of a healthy society and contributing to social change. This grant will allow the team at Manchester Art Gallery to continue with their ambitious transformation of Platt Hall from a subsidiary building of their main gallery site into community resource for local neighbourhoods, exploring participatory decision making, interrogating collections policy and practice and broadening the Gallery’s understanding of its civic role.