Grants database

Based in Manchester, 42nd Street supports young people with their mental health and wellbeing. This grant will support core staffing and artists fees as part of the continued development of The Horsfall – 42nd Street’s dedicated, young person-curated, creative space that supports young people’s mental health and wellbeing programme.

20 Stories High is a theatre company creating work for and with young people in theatre venues and community spaces. This grant will support them to implement a revised vision and mission and develop a renewed focus on wellbeing, activism and new leadership and voices. This includes delivering an ambitious and inclusive programme of work made with communities. Together they aim to embed Equality, Diversity, Inclusivity and Activism (EDIA) at the heart of their work; create more work with and for Deaf, disabled and neurodivergent artists, participants and audiences; and diversify their leadership through new associate roles.

the3million is a campaign organisation for EU citizens in the UK, formed to protect the rights of people who have made the UK their home. This grant will part fund the3million’s communications, research and legal/​policy analysis and parliamentary engagement and policy influencing functions.

South Riverside Community Development Centre (SRCDC) is a community development charity, which aims to address deprivation, facilitate civic engagement and build social cohesion in the South Riverside and nearby areas of Cardiff. This grant will enable SRCDC to recruit a community organiser and two community connectors who will co-produce an influencing model with the support of Bevan Foundation. Through this work, SRCDC will develop an action plan that aims to strengthen civil society relationships in Wales and resolve tensions by listening, offering support and fundraising for joint work.

Opus Independents creates platforms for independent information and communication, which amplify voices within the local economy, voluntary, community and campaign sectors. This grant will fund a specialist community correspondent to research and report on issues related to migration and race in Sheffield and South Yorkshire for its existing independent media platform, Now Then Magazine. Through this work, Opus also plans to support local advocacy and campaigning for migrant rights and share practice and learning with a UK network of independent media.

New Europeans UK (NEUK) supports vulnerable EU citizens and their family members to obtain and manage the immigration status that they require to continue living and working in the UK. Since 2021, NEUK has coordinated the EUSS Alliance, a coalition of more than 80 advice organisations serving EU citizens. This grant will help NEUK grow its strategic functions and address the lack of influencing capacity among EU citizen-focused civil society organisations. It will collect evidence and data generated by members of the EUSS Alliance and expand its research, policy and advocacy work to establish the need for specific support for EU citizens.

Kent Refugee Action Network (KRAN) relieves the hardship of refugees, asylum seekers and their dependents in Kent, providing advice, information, education and support. KRAN has established youth leadership at the organisational level by employing four Youth Ambassadors (YA) through its Youth Ambassadors Programme. This grant will support two more young people to become Youth Ambassadors, using their agency, influence and voice in the public domain.

Hope not Hate aims to challenge racism and help build communities that are inclusive, celebrate shared identities and are resilient to hate. To do this, their work focuses on community action and engagement, research, training and educational services. This grant will support a project that aims to build resilience to hate messaging in towns in England and Wales and a stronger civic society with trust in the rule of law. Funding will support a network of leaders and organisations within towns who will respond to local needs and pressure points and share learning to enable rapid response to provocative elements.

East European Resource Centre (EERC) is an independent charity that provides information, advice, advocacy and voice to Eastern European migrants in London and beyond, particularly those who are experiencing disadvantage and exploitationThis grant will provide core funding to support EERC to grow its impact across service delivery, information resources and policy influencing.

The Arts Development Company is a Dorset based social enterprise which engages and collaborates with marginalised young people through creative programmes to nurture and increase their life chances. This grant will fund the creation of a steering group of young people who will lead meetings and attend training and development to support the sustainability of the Act for Change Together Festival.

The Hummingbird Project works with unaccompanied young people aged 12–25, who are claiming asylum and have been placed in accommodation in Sussex. It provides specialist one-to-one support and group activities, and also collaborates with young people through its Young Leaders programme to campaign and advocate nationally for better rights and protection. This grant will allow them to introduce a new, paid, ​‘Ambassador’ role, recruited from the cohort of Young Leader graduates, as part of its vision to become more youth led. Funding will also contribute to various staff roles, providing additional capacity within the organisation to support its development and campaigning work.

The Albert Kennedy Trust (‘akt’) provides support, advice and guidance to young people aged 16–25 who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or questioning (LGBTQ+) and who are homeless or living in a hostile environment. This grant will support recruitment of a dedicated Youth Engagement Manager to expand and develop an outreach project that will centre the needs and voices of the most marginalised young people. This will include developing the youth panel to work alongside the board to ensure mainstream housing providers have the skills and know-how to support people from the LGBTQ+ community.