Grants database

Total Insight Theatre uses the arts to provide support and opportunities for children and young people to overcome barriers to progress and reach their full potential. This grant provides core support for senior staff to diversify and sustain income for the organisation, and work with their Trustees to embed their programme further across Leicestershire, Warwickshire, West Yorkshire, London and Kent. The role of Participation Coordinator will allow young people to co-produce the organisation’s 2023–26 strategy and formalise existing youth participation in decision-making and delivery.

The Policy Centre for African Peoples (PCAP) works to enable African and people of all ethnic backgrounds experiencing disadvantage to improve their lives through education, leadership development and social engagement. Their unique 6‑step programme is inspired by African philosophy to train participants across their three areas of activity. This grant provides core support for PCAP to develop their Youth Innovation Fellowship programme, which will provide young people with a personal support package tailored to their needs.

DFN Project SEARCH supports young people with learning disabilities and autism to make positive transitions from education to employment. This grant supports the development of a newly established Youth Advisory Group, made up of ten young people with learning disabilities and autism from across the UK. The group will lead campaigns, conduct outreach with peers, and work with partners.

Children Heard and Seen (CHAS) support children and families impacted by parental imprisonment, with a focus on raising aspirations, improving emotional wellbeing and breaking the cycle of intergenerational offending. This grant supports the role of Funding and Researcher Coordinator which will support the charity’s financial sustainability, staff capacity and impact growth.

CARAS is a South London-based charity that supports separated children and young people who are seeking asylum, and adult women with either unsettled or recently secured immigration status, to integrate and live independent lives. This grant supports the role of Head of Youth Support who will co-develop a formal youth leadership framework and communications strategy, deliver a employability programme and engage with diversifying and increasing digital access to the charity’s programmes.

Belong supports victims and perpetrators of crime by working with young people and adults in custodial and community settings. This grant supports Belong as they grow and build their specialist work with young people in contact with the criminal justice system with multiple complex needs. Core support for the role of Development Manager will enable Belong to focus on supporting young people who face an intersection of challenges.

Aspiration Creation Elevation (ACE) is a social enterprise that supports young people in inner-city Bristol through arts activities, mentoring and inspirational experiences. It works with young people experiencing economic marginalisation, particularly those affected by gangs, struggling with education or employment or from racialised communities. This grant supports ACE to enhance their outreach and expand activities, and to strengthen the organisation’s core infrastructure and financial sustainability.

The Alliance for Inclusive Education (ALLFIE) is a national, disabled people-led organisation that campaigns to address disability inequality in education, and to promote inclusive learning environments without segregation. This grant supports ALLFIE to recruit ten young people to co-produce and lead a new digital engagement programme focused on making ALLFIE’s resources more accessible and engaging for young disabled people. This work will grow the organisation’s reach, create more youth voice opportunities and feed into ALLFIE’s wider influencing work.

Counterpoints Arts is a leading national organisation in the field of arts, migration and cultural change. Central to their mission is the belief that arts can inspire social change, enhancing inclusion and cultural integration of refugees and people who migrate. This grant provides support to aid the organisation in dealing with the challenges posed by Covid-19.

Copenhagen Youth Project works in partnership with young people to create and sustain a positive youth culture. This grant provides support to aid the organisation in dealing with the challenges posed by Covid-19.

Community InfoSource works with minority ethnic, migrant and refugee communities, so that they can realise their potential and integrate into Scottish society. This grant provides support to aid the organisation in dealing with the challenges posed by Covid-19.

Commons is a criminal law firm that combines first-rate advice and legal representation with a commitment to social justice. This grant provides support to aid the organisation in dealing with the challenges posed by Covid-19.