Grants database

London Funders is the membership network for funders and investors of London’s civil society. In consultation with the Justice Together Initiative and contributing funders, London Funders will use this grant to develop and deliver a funding strategy for the long-term funding of immigration advice services in London.

IMIX works closely with organisations across the refugee and migration sector to train, support and build communications capacity. With this grant, IMIX will test and develop a new narrative frame for the public and policy debate on migrant destitution, and explore whether the process of developing this frame provides a foundation for collaborative working across policy silos via the destitution coalition. It will co-create a programme of work with people who have lived experience of destitution and the immigration system, alongside organisations with a long-standing focus on migration and destitution, mainstream poverty and homelessness.

Coram Children’s Legal Centre (CCLC) promotes and protects children’s rights worldwide and chairs the Refugee and Migrant Children’s Consortium (RMCC). With this grant, RMCC will deliver a three-year programme to improve how children, young people and families experience immigration advice in London. RMCC aims to create a more effective network of immigration advice provision, delivering coordination and efficiencies spanning demand and supply, thus both improving the experience for users and increasing the number of people who can access immigration legal advice.

Action Foundation provides opportunities for people who have migrated to overcome exclusion and poverty by providing housing and English Language support. This funding will enable Action Foundation to develop a fully integrated data management/​CRM system, and build dedicated staffing capacity and capability to optimise the use of this new IT facility. This will help them develop robust internal data management processes and maximise their reach, effectiveness, sustainability and external influence.

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. The organisation aims to amplify the voices of young women in Scotland both in and outside of the digital sphere. This grant will support YWCA Scotland in giving young women a platform to tell their story and re-imaginine the futures of professional, public, and personal spheres and advocate for these to become reality for young women.

My Life My Say (MLMS) is a youth-led, non-partisan charity that aims to create an age of political engagement that will deliver greater social inclusion and equality allowing the space for dialogue across generations and communities. With this grant, MLMS will empower young people to participate in democracy by creating spaces for dialogue across communities and generations, and by providing young and socially excluded citizens with the tools to lead change within society.

Allsorts Youth Project supports children and young people under 26 who are lesbian, gay bisexual or transgender or unsure of their sexual orientation and/​or gender identity. It aims to extend training, consultancy and partnership work with Brighton and Hove local authority, and work in East and West Sussex schools, colleges and community organisations to ensure the provision of LGBT youth inclusive and safe services. This grant supports Allsorts to expand their programme to under-served communities, further develop their existing programmes and refine their asset-based approach.

MYTime supports young carers aged 5 to 18 by providing retreats and programmes to improve educational attainment and affect a more equitable transition to adulthood. This grant will support MYTime to invest in their work with schools and employers to ensure young carers have the recognition and support they require to thrive personally, academically and professionally.

Just Like Us supports young LGBT+ people to lead change and champion equality. This grant will support the Chief Executive Officer and wider organisation as they commence a new five-year strategic plan, aiming to increase the organisation’s reach to three-quarters of UK schools by 2025.

Conscious Youth works with young people to foster active citizenship and community cohesion through creative arts, social action, youth groups, fundraising, culture-sharing and personal development workshops in schools and community spaces. This grant supports the employment of a business administrator, freeing up senior management to develop their skills and focus on strategic development.

Take works across Somerset, providing opportunities for all ages and abilities to experience, participate and work within the arts. Through this grant, Take Art will explore the potential for greater crossover between participatory and professional performance activities in pre-school settings, working in communities experiencing disadvantage and low access to the arts in Somerset, Surrey and Derby. The programme will deliver a rich creative learning programme for under-fives, artists and early years practitioners and seek to embed increased access to quality arts provision for this age group.

Based in Edinburgh, Arika is a political arts organisation concerned with supporting connections between artistic production and social change. Through this grant Arika will continue to deepen community agency and participation across their work, including in the planning and delivery of their flagship programme of contemporary arts events, Episodes, and ongoing development of access and evaluation approaches.