Grants database

People United is a small Kent-based organisation that explores the role of the arts in growing kindness and social change. This grant supports People United’s long term planning including artist commissions, the development of a digital strategy, and an accessible online platform for arts and prosocial behaviour.

PEER commissions, produces and presents the highest quality art for its diverse local community and audiences across London and beyond. This grant provides support to aid the organisation in dealing with the challenges posed by Covid-19.

Pedal People is a small independent Brighton charity, providing year-round outdoor activity to elders living in care homes. Their volunteer pilots cycle out with elder care home residents and strive to be dementia inclusive. This grant provides support to aid the organisation in dealing with the challenges posed by Covid-19.

Partnership for Young London is the regional youth policy unit for London. This grant provides support to aid the organisation in dealing with the challenges posed by Covid-19.

Paines Plough is the UK’s national theatre of new plays. Paines Plough are committed to developing new UK playwrights and touring high quality new shows to reach as many people across the country as possible through small and medium-scale touring. This grant supports the organisation to continue its commitment to its small scale touring network inluding the small-scale tour of new work in 2021 and 2022 and continued audience development to encourage audiences back into arts venues.

Outburst Queer Arts run an annual celebration of queer art and performance in Belfast. They showcase local and international queer work and support the development of queer arts at home and internationally. This grant provides support to aid the organisation in dealing with the challenges posed by Covid-19.

OpenUp Music aims to make orchestras accessible to young disabled people. This grant supports OpenUp Music to continue providing high quality musicial opportunities for young disabled people, creating systemic change by holding institutions accountable for their role in the widespread exclusion of young disabled people, and offering frameworks to increase access across the sector.

Off the Record provide counselling and mental health support services to young people in Bristol. This grant provides support to aid the organisation in dealing with the challenges posed by Covid-19.

Northern Ireland Youth Forum is a youth-led charity that represents the voices of young people to government and other decision makers. This grant provides support to aid the organisation in dealing with the challenges posed by Covid-19.

The National Youth Agency (NYA) is the national body for youth work aiming to lead the sector through shared learning, improved connectivity and collaboration with workforce development and quality assurance in order to deliver the best possible services to young people. This grant supports NYA to continue protecting, championing and supporting the most vulnerable young people while pivoting to focus on rebuilding the future of youth services for young people.

The National Theatre (NT) is a building-based theatre and producing house, with a national remit which includes touring, broadcasts, participatory and learning work. This grant supports NT in adapting delivery of their primary school drama and theatre-making programme ​‘Let’s Play’ in the Covid-19 context, and building further sustainability into the programme.

National Association for Voluntary and Community Action (NAVCA) are the only national membership body specifically for local sector support and development organisations (also known as local infrastructure) in England. This grant supports NAVCA to continue to offer vital support to sector and work on their future sustainability.