Grants database

Ardent Theatre Company produce theatre, provide career training, online resources and mentorship programmes, and offer a platform for theatre industry voices. Their aim is to make theatre a place where no one feels like an outsider, welcoming people whose voices are unheard and stories untold. This grant provides funds for organisational development and capacity building to enable Ardent Theatre Company to raise the profile of their work.

Lumos Transforms is a social enterprise founded in 2015 to help individuals, communities, and organisations achieve positive change. This grant funds their Resilience Toolkit Capacity-Building Program, a three-month immersion and extended certification fellowship to equip participants to counter trauma, dismantle oppressive dynamics, and cultivate sustainable, justice-rooted ways of working across communities and movements.

Liberty is the UK’s leading domestic human rights campaigning organisation. This grant will support Liberty to undertake the relevant training to develop and implement an AI policy and disseminate the learnings across its practices.

P2P Management provides training to support organisations and groups attempt to implement non-hierarchical structures. Getting rid of managers doesn’t get rid of the need for management, but there is a need to re-envision what this means. Training will help groups explore value-driven working approaches and develop practical non-hierarchical structures.

Julie’s Bicycle is a London-based charity that supports the creative community to act on climate change and environmental sustainability. They provide the creative community with the skills to act, using their creativity to influence one another, audiences and the wider movement through a rich programme of events, free resources and public speaking engagements. This grant provides funding for ​‘We Make Tomorrow’, a global campaign bringing together artists and artivists, creatives, designers, cultural knowledge and heritage keepers, united in climate action.

Watershed is a values-led cultural organisation centred around cinema and creative technology. This grant provides funding for ​‘Meeting the Moment’, a one-day event for Senior Leaders and Trustees from organisations that want to participate in speaking up or making change but feel nervous or unsure about doing so. The emphasis will be on a mix of practical tools and sharing to nourish and empower each other.

Moving Parts Arts CIO uses puppetry, outdoor arts and animation to bring people together, develop skills, and get creative in the Northeast of England, with a focus on children and young people. This grant supports Moving Parts Arts’ Puppet Quest programme – a partnership with West End Schools Trust in Newcastle. It uses puppetry, storytelling, song-writing, drama and filmmaking to develop creative, social and language skills in KS2 children, and supports school teachers to use arts-based approaches in their own teaching.

21Common is a dance collective producing performance and community collaborations nationally and internationally. This grant supports 21Common to continue and expand Disruptive Pedagogy, an in-depth, collaborative, pupil-led arts-based learning programme taking place in Glasgow primary schools. The programme uses arts-based approaches to focus on curricular learning, higher order skills (presenting, speaking, listening, collaborating, compromising, comparing, planning, managing) and personal development skills (confidence, social skills, creativity, understanding of self).

The proposed project addresses the lack of accessible healthcare for Madia-Gond tribal women, who often overlook their own health due to low awareness and limited family support. In the ten target villages, no Primary Health Center (PHC) exists, and healthcare is limited to an inadequate monthly visit by the ANM. This shortage of local healthcare services forces Madia-Gond communities to travel long distances to receive medical attention, significantly impacting timely access to necessary health interventions. The project aims to improve women’s health access through digital solutions and locally supported health services.

The project seeks to mobilise the target community for meaningful participation in local governance, develop leadership and bargaining power, exercise their basic civil rights, and advocate for local governance to address their issues.

Sarva Seva Samity Sanstha (4S) is a not-for-profit organisation that supports women experiencing disadvantage through activities that cover health, nutrition, livelihoods and finance. Through their grassroots work, 4S aims to develop a sustainable and equitable society and take up challenging issues that will improve living standards for communities experiencing disadvantage.

The proposed project seeks to address the pervasive issue of violence within the community. By providing counselling and legal aid, emphasising trauma-informed support, and empowering them through Dance Movement Therapy, the project aims to empower women, children, and marginalised groups to break abusive cycles. Through awareness, stigma reduction, and the creation of safe spaces, the initiative seeks to combat the pervasive impact of violence, fostering resilience and recovery within the community.