Grants database

Off The Record is a mental health charity working in Bristol and South Gloucestershire with young people. It wants to transition from a ​‘mental health service provider’ to ​‘mental health social movement.’ It plans to establish ​‘Diffusion’, a trading arm, to support this vision. It will offer a range of products designed to equip young people and communities with the confidence, knowledge and skills to support their own mental health as active agents, rather than passive consumers.

On Road is a national charity that aims to improve media coverage of misrepresented groups and issues, improving people’s lives and the way they are treated by society. The grant would fund the salary of a new Press and Interactions Officer and enable On Road Media to pilot the role on its long-standing All About Trans project to increase impact.

LYST is a youth enterprise charity that aims to help young people from disadvantaged backgrounds to start their own businesses. Through this grant LYST plans to expand its business incubation and support programme nationally, opening two enterprise centres out of London, in locations where youth unemployment is an issue. Funding would enable the team to focus on fundraising, build relationships with potential partners, and research and formalise an appropriate structure moving forward.

MiCLU seeks to achieve social justice by changing policy and practice to ensure respect for the rights, and improve the lives, of children who have migrated to the UK. This grant will support work arising from the successful litigation bringing legal aid back into scope for migrant children, including advising on drafting of statutory instruments to implement this and developing and disseminating resources for young people and those that work with them.

City of Sanctuary is a movement to build a culture of hospitality for people seeking sanctuary in the UK. This grant supports the development of joint creative communications content for the Lift the Ban coalition and campaign to give people seeking asylum the right to work.

Joint Council for the Welfare of Immigrants (JCWI) provides legal support for people who have migrated to the UK and their families, specialising in immigration and asylum law and policy. Through this grant, JCWI will increase public and political support for immigration reform through two related activities: public affairs and parliamentary work and a membership programme to build a national movement of those with lived experience and their allies.

Asylos is a pan-European volunteer network that trains and support volunteers to research vital country of origin information to help refugees fleeing war, violence, and persecution to claim their right to asylum. This project addresses the lack of high-quality, publicly available and relevant evidence for the asylum claims of children and young people in the UK. By producing case-based and broader country of origin information reports and by training and widening access to its research by legal advisors, caseworkers, and social workers, Asylos will contribute to ensuring that children and young people in need of protection enjoy equal access to justice.

The Association of Chief Executives of Voluntary Organisation (ACEVO) a network of leaders for civil society organisations, will use this funding to meet their current commitment to their membership base and to ensure that the organisation is fit for the future.

The funding will support an independent evaluation of The Children’s Society’s five-year litigation/​influencing campaign to reinstate legal aid for separated children’s immigration cases. This will record approaches taken, capture learning, analyse what could have been done better, whilst building confidence and capability in using different influencing approaches.

ArtWorks Cymru aims to bring the Teaching Artist Pathways Model from the New Victory Theatre in New York, adapt it for the Welsh context and test a coaching offer for freelance participatory artists based around it.

Through this grant PEER will explore a youth-led model of community engagement aimed at increasing audiences from BAME groups and participation among people experiencing disadvantage. Funding will support programme delivery and robust evaluation of the programme’s impact.

UpRising supports young people from diverse backgrounds to take up leadership positions across politics, business, and the public and voluntary sectors. This grant will fund a Campaigns and Engagement Officer to develop UpRising’s alumni networks in ongoing social action once its leadership programmes end.