Grants database

Extant is a professional performing arts company that explores visual impairment to create unique and innovative artistic experiences, placing visually impaired people at the centre of all they do. Extant Enhance is an alternative to audio description, designed by and for visually impaired people. It addresses the barriers of cost and long lead-in times for venues and provides a more holistic and connected audience experience for visually impaired theatre goers. This grant will enable the roll out of Extant Enhance to a number of mid-scale theatres nationwide to continue developing it and build a business model for ongoing financial sustainability.

Disability Arts Online are an organisation led by disabled people, set up to advance disability arts and culture. They give disabled artists a platform to blog and share thoughts and images describing artistic practice, projects and finding inspiration to be creative. This grant will contribute to Disability Arts Online’s core funding, enabling them to deliver a bold programme of accessible, creative and critical work in the digital realm and with location-based partners.

Access All Areas support Learning Difficulty and Autistic (LDA) artists to be leaders in film, TV and theatre to address structural ableism in the arts and culture sector. Specifically, they will co-lead Transforming Leadership programme and support LDA artists as consultants to further support others like them in the sector.

The Work Rights Centre is a charity dedicated to helping migrant workers exit precarious work. Founded by people who have migrated to the UK with experience of the immigration system, they provide expert employment rights casework and evidence-based advocacy which strives to affect systemic change for the long term. This grant will enable the development of a cohesive strategy for protecting migrant workers in post-Brexit Britain. The programme of work will involve research into the limitations of the current immigration-employment nexus, advocacy, and frontline support for migrant workers.

Refugee Legal Support (RLS) are a group of UK and EU asylum lawyers acting in solidarity with refugees in Greece. They provide free legal support to those seeking sanctuary in Greece or reunification with their family members elsewhere in Europe. This grant will fund core costs, including the Management Team, so that RLS can implement their new strategy, help more people and link their work to systemic change.

Migrant Action is a grassroots advocacy and migrant justice organisation working with people who have migrated to the UK and are outside the asylum system. This grant will support their core work and implementation of their 5‑year strategy including: provision of holistic advice and advocacy, mentoring migrant leaders, expanding multi-agency partnerships, influencing policy and practice across the Yorkshire region through convening and collaborative campaigning.

The Independent Workers Union of Great Britain (IWGB) is a trade union led by and made up of precarious and migrant workers, with a particular focus on outsourced workers and workers in the ​“gig economy” (low-paid self-employment) sectors. This grant will support the trial of a new leadership development programme to nurture worker members (80% of whom are people who have migrated), increase their skills and capacity to represent their peers, take on advocacy work and leadership in the union.

Hackney Migrant Centre (HMC) supports asylum seekers, refugees and other vulnerable migrants to access their rights and rebuild their lives. They create a safe, supportive environment, with a weekly session giving high quality advice on immigration and housing, backed up by practical support, a hot lunch, and migrant-led social sessions to improve wellbeing. This grant will support their core work and secure their existing services for the next 12 months while also allowing the organisation to focus on applying for longer-term funding and ensuring organisational sustainability.

African Rainbow Family (ARF) is a not-for-profit organisation that supports lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersexual and queer (LGBTIQ) people of African heritage and from wider Black and Asian minority ethnic groups. This grant will fund a Campaign & Communications Officer to enable ARF to increase their capacity to raise awareness and campaign for justice, focusing particularly on ending deportation and detention of LGBTIQ people seeking asylum in the UK.

The National House Project (NHP) is a charitable incorporated organisation that provides support and expertise to local authorities around the country to set up and manage Local House Projects so that young people aged 16 – 25 leave care in a planned and supported way. This grant will fund investment in the senior leadership team to enable more strategic working with a focus on scaling. This approach addresses the systemic, cultural and structural changes that are required to meet the needs of young people leaving care, work which is steered by the Care Leavers National Movement (CLNM).

The 4Front Project is a member-led youth organisation empowering young people and communities to fight for justice, peace and freedom. They support members with experiences of violence and the criminal justice system to create change in their own lives, communities and society. Funding will provide core support for The 4Front Project to address the challenge for marginalised young people to meaningfully participate in change making.

Small Green Shoots (SGS) is a Black and female-led arts charity supporting young people, primarily from across London, to pursue careers in the creative industries. This grant will provide core support to enable SGS to deliver their growth and impact plans. It aims to increase capacity and the number of young people they can support into sustainable careers, strengthen their asset-based approach, and increase their influence with creative industry employers to create a more equitable environment for young people.