Grants database

GirlDreamer educates, elevates and empowers marginalised young women of colour to become agents of change in their local communities. This grant will support the next phase of development work at GirlDreamer, putting in motion an important shift of power, influence and representation to evolve from a lived experience grassroots organisation to one with the potential and ability to influence systemic and institutional change for young women of colour.

Every Child Protected Against Trafficking (ECPAT UK) is a leading children’s rights organisation working to protect children from trafficking and transnational exploitation. We support children everywhere to uphold their rights and to live a life free from abuse and exploitation. This grant will help them to strengthen and design their policy and advocacy work by placing youth participation at the centre, and support them to influence improvements to the rights and protection of victims of trafficking.

The Bytes Project works with vulnerable young people in Northern Ireland, using youth work and technology to help transform their lives. This grant will support Bytes to upgrade its Positive Sparks platform —an innovative digital listening platform designed to give young people a tangible voice within communities and society. They will also invest in promoting the platform to young people across Northern Ireland and supporting them to add data.

Who Cares? Scotland supports care experienced people to have their voice heard. The Five Nations, One Voice Alliance is a partnership between charities working to promote the rights, strengthen the voice and improve outcomes for care experienced children and young people at a national level across the UK and the island of Ireland. Partners include Who Cares? Scotland (Scotland), Become (England), Voices of Care Cymru (Wales), Voice of Young People in Care (Northern Ireland), and Empower People in Care (Republic of Ireland). This grant will support the Alliance to strengthen their partnership to create more opportunities for shared learning, identify opportunities to collectively influence policy and public attitudes, and to facilitate exchanges between care experienced children and young people.

The Challenging Behaviour Foundation (CBF) works to ensure people with severe learning disabilities whose behaviours challenge, and those who care for and support them, have their needs met. This grant will contribute to CBF’s work to support young people with severe learning disabilities between the ages of 14 and 25 who are transitioning from child to adult services across their information and support, strategic influencing, and sharing best practice activities.

Rising Stars Support provide holistic support to marginalised young people in London, helping them work towards living healthy lifestyles and achieving fulfilling careers in adulthood. They deliver a variety of activities focused on increasing youth voice and insight. This grant provides core support for Rising Stars Support to influence local decision making, ensuring the insights and experiences of young people are front and centre.

Clan Childlaw is a law centre for children and young people in Scotland that provides free legal representation, outreach services, training and policy work. This grant supports Clan’s leadership to focus on enhancing their service delivery model by creating specialist legal teams (care transitions, siblings’ rights, conflict with the law), diversifying their income away from grants, and investing in internal infrastructure. The organisation will also invest in embedding youth participation in their influencing and policy work and sharing their expertise across the UK to create a legal specialism of being a ​‘children’s lawyer’.

Babbasa is a Bristol based social enterprise that empowers minoritised young people by providing support, opportunities and guidance to help develop skills, confidence, employability and aspirations. Focused on education, career, personal development and entrepreneurship, Babbasa bridges the gap between school and work. This grant will support the organisation to work with partners in Bristol to address the underlying causes of unequal access to opportunities for minoritised young people as part of the OurCity2030 strategic vision.