Grants database

Refugee Legal Support (RLS) are a group of UK and EU asylum lawyers acting in solidarity with refugees in Greece. They provide free legal support to those seeking sanctuary in Greece or reunification with their family members elsewhere in Europe. This grant will fund core costs, including the Management Team, so that RLS can implement their new strategy, help more people and link their work to systemic change.

Migrant Action is a grassroots advocacy and migrant justice organisation working with people who have migrated to the UK and are outside the asylum system. This grant will support their core work and implementation of their 5‑year strategy including: provision of holistic advice and advocacy, mentoring migrant leaders, expanding multi-agency partnerships, influencing policy and practice across the Yorkshire region through convening and collaborative campaigning.

The Independent Workers Union of Great Britain (IWGB) is a trade union led by and made up of precarious and migrant workers, with a particular focus on outsourced workers and workers in the ​“gig economy” (low-paid self-employment) sectors. This grant will support the trial of a new leadership development programme to nurture worker members (80% of whom are people who have migrated), increase their skills and capacity to represent their peers, take on advocacy work and leadership in the union.

Hackney Migrant Centre (HMC) supports asylum seekers, refugees and other vulnerable migrants to access their rights and rebuild their lives. They create a safe, supportive environment, with a weekly session giving high quality advice on immigration and housing, backed up by practical support, a hot lunch, and migrant-led social sessions to improve wellbeing. This grant will support their core work and secure their existing services for the next 12 months while also allowing the organisation to focus on applying for longer-term funding and ensuring organisational sustainability.

African Rainbow Family (ARF) is a not-for-profit organisation that supports lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersexual and queer (LGBTIQ) people of African heritage and from wider Black and Asian minority ethnic groups. This grant will fund a Campaign & Communications Officer to enable ARF to increase their capacity to raise awareness and campaign for justice, focusing particularly on ending deportation and detention of LGBTIQ people seeking asylum in the UK.

The National House Project (NHP) is a charitable incorporated organisation that provides support and expertise to local authorities around the country to set up and manage Local House Projects so that young people aged 16 – 25 leave care in a planned and supported way. This grant will fund investment in the senior leadership team to enable more strategic working with a focus on scaling. This approach addresses the systemic, cultural and structural changes that are required to meet the needs of young people leaving care, work which is steered by the Care Leavers National Movement (CLNM).

The 4Front Project is a member-led youth organisation empowering young people and communities to fight for justice, peace and freedom. They support members with experiences of violence and the criminal justice system to create change in their own lives, communities and society. Funding will provide core support for The 4Front Project to address the challenge for marginalised young people to meaningfully participate in change making.

Small Green Shoots (SGS) is a Black and female-led arts charity supporting young people, primarily from across London, to pursue careers in the creative industries. This grant will provide core support to enable SGS to deliver their growth and impact plans. It aims to increase capacity and the number of young people they can support into sustainable careers, strengthen their asset-based approach, and increase their influence with creative industry employers to create a more equitable environment for young people.

The Positive Youth Foundation aims to improve the life chances of young people facing challenging circumstances. Their offer includes targeted support services for refugees, asylum seekers and newly arrived young people; alternative education; mentoring; and group activities focused on health, wellbeing, and positive development. This grant will support PYF in partnership with local organisations to deliver a programme of cultural activities for young people in parks and open spaces in Coventry.

Shake! uplifts the voices of young people from marginalised communities to deliver artistic and creative activism that drives social change. Shake! Is led by what young people need, using anti-oppression, trauma-informed, healing, creative approaches to tackle systemic injustice and influencing the practice of white dominated institutions, especially youth organisations. Funding will increase the capacity of the team to continue to share the model, learning and practice.

North East Young Dads and Lads (NEYDL) works with young fathers and expectant dads (aged 25 and under) experiencing disadvantage in the North East. Funding will provide NEYDL’s Chief Executive more capacity to focus on income generation to support their expansion across the North East and service development over the next three years. It will also support NEYDL to develop their Regional Young Dads Council and hire a part-time Inclusion Project Worker to improve their reach, impact and influence with minoritised and marginalised young fathers.

My Life My Say (MLMS) is a youth-led, non-partisan charity on a mission to create an age of political engagement that will deliver greater social inclusion and equality allowing the space for dialogue across generations and communities. This grant will enable MLMS to expand the scope and reach of their operations, ensuring that young people from the most hard to reach communities gain access to the democratic process and drive social change.