Grants database

Bureau Local was set up to bring community-led thinking to a struggling local news industry. This grant underpins the Bureau’s strategic plans and strengthens the information and agency backbone to civil society that a strong local news ecosystem provides.

The Ubele Initiative is an African Diaspora led intergenerational social enterprise. This grant supports the delivery of the Exhale Retreat, a two-day experience for 20 women from Black African and/​or Caribbean backgrounds working in social justice organisations, trusts and foundations. It provides a space for facilitated workshops, group work, wellbeing activities, reflection sessions, healing and grounding. Participants will create and share strategies for collective social change.

Students Organising for Sustainability UK (SOS-UK) is a student-led education charity focusing on sustainability. This grant supports the development of SOS-UK’s ​‘Teach the Future’ campaign, a youth-led campaign to repurpose the education system around the climate emergency and ecological crisis.

Field Day is a theatre company and publisher based in Dublin and Derry. This grant supports the production of Stay Alive, a sensitive exploration of the issue of survival through the poetic medium of the short film, written by Clare Dwyer Hogg. Clare’s previous work includes the short film Hard Border exploring the untruths of the Brexit debate which has been viewed online by over 2 million people.

Creative Opportunities facilitates and encourages creativity among young Londoners, supporting them to develop skills, make connections and lead change. This grant contributes to the director’s salary over one year, plus coaching; funding a Level 3 Award in Education and Training; and the creation of a bespoke training package, supported by the School of Social Entrepreneurs.

YWCA Scotland (The Young Women’s Movement) is a feminist organisation which creates spaces that enable young women to lead personal, community and institutional change. This grant provides support to aid the organisation in dealing with the challenges posed by Covid-19.

Youth Initiatives specialises in long term, relationship based, youth empowerment work in areas of high social need in Northern Ireland. This grant provides support to aid the organisation in dealing with the challenges posed by Covid-19.

Your Own Place is a social enterprise in Norfolk working with young people aged 16–25 at risk of homelessness. This grant supports Your Own Place to continue delivering its services for young people, at a time when maintaining a secure tenancy and planning for the future is more important than ever, at the same time as developing digital training packages.

The Young Vic is a world leading home for theatre artists presenting both classic works and new plays.This grant provides support to aid the organisation in dealing with the challenges posed by Covid-19.

Young Roots is a charity providing support and activities for young refugees and asylum seekers in the UK and internationally. This grant supports Young Roots to continue supporting those who are vulnerably housed and plan future fundraising for 2021 onwards.

Young People’s Puppet Theatre offers year-long creative puppetry workshops to schools. This grant provides support to aid the organisation in dealing with the challenges posed by Covid-19.