Grants database

The Institute for Voluntary Action Research is an independent charity that works closely with people and organisations striving for social change. This grant supports the development of an action research process to understand the community’s needs in relation to supporting open and trusting practices and what ​‘trust-based learning’ looks like in practice; community of practice sessions; annual convening; webinars; and research into trust-based reporting.

Here for Good is a strategic legal charity that aims to plug the gaps in advice provision where there is no legal aid available, such as the EU Settlement Scheme and the Ukraine visa schemes. This grant will support Here for Good to undertake legal research to respond to the Ministry of Justice review of civil legal aid.

The Centre for Cultural Value is a national research centre based at the University of Leeds. They work alongside cultural practitioners and organisations, academics, funders and policymakers to make relevant research more accessible, support the cultural sector to develop skills in research and evaluation, convene discussions around questions of cultural value, shape policy development and offer funding for research partnerships. This grant will support The Centre for Cultural Value to evaluate its impact, identify areas for development and design a new business model for the next five years. 

United Learning Trust are a group of public and private schools which aim to provide excellent education to children and young people across the country. This grant will support a series of conferences for Sixth Form students on climate change, an initiative started by Sir Tim Brighouse. 

My Life My Say (MLMS) is a youth-led, non-partisan movement on a mission to change the culture of democracy and get every single young person voting. This grant supports Next Gen – the UK’s leading youth summit. Funding will enable MLMS to facilitate young people’s active participation in the conference, fostering a platform for the next generation to play an instrumental role in shaping the future of Britain.

Funders for Race Equality Alliance is a group of funding organisations, networks and individuals working together to achieve race equality in the UK. This grant will provide support and resource for Equally Ours, acting as the Secretariat of the Alliance.

The Advocacy Academy is an activist youth movement of young leaders fighting for justice and equality. They serve as the political home for grassroots youth organising and are the catalyst for collective action. The Advocacy Academy are moving premises to establish ​‘The Liberation Centre’, which is a cornerstone for their strategic ambitions to host, train and enable youth organising practice. This grant will assist The Advocacy Academy to navigate the complex financial agreements and fees at a critical point in the execution of this development.

Reaching Higher delivers a peripatetic mentoring and leadership programme which challenges young people to be leaders in their own lives. It seeks to bridge the gap for young people between home, school life and the community by embedding and growing its partnerships to create a wider community which shares similar values. This investment will focus on strengthening Reaching Higher’s Senior Leadership Team in order to develop their strategic partnerships. They will also continue to embed trauma-informed practice, grow their marketing and communications infrastructure to reflect and support their growth, and develop a formal academic research partnership with the University of Greenwich. This partnership will include upskilling Reaching Higher’s internal monitoring and evaluation capacity.

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 provides funding for additional staffing to enable them to increase their service delivery. It will also enable Conscious Youth to develop music as an area of specialism. 

Young Manchester is a youth-led membership organisation providing vibrant and inclusive local opportunities for young people to shape the future of their city. This grant provides core funding to allow them to sustain and grow their impact and remove reliance on project-specific funding. The Young Manchester team will prioritise activities that lead to systemic change for children and young people.

Power the Fight tackles violence affecting young people. They work to create long-term solutions for sustainable change and act as a link between the community and policy makers. Power the Fight’s Therapeutic Intervention for Peace (TIP) Project is an evidence-based, co-developed, culturally sensitive, and trauma-informed model aimed at reducing interpersonal youth violence through preventative multi-level interventions. Funding will support Power the Fight to fund TIP in three Charter School Education Trust schools to enable it to refine and scale the programme and develop an e‑learning platform to extend the reach and depth of its training delivery.

EveryYouth helps 16 to 25-year-olds experiencing homelessness enter meaningful employment, access mental health support and secure a home of their own. EveryYouth drives a UK-wide movement of leading regional charities who have joined forces to tackle youth homelessness. This grant provides funding for a Senior Network Coordinator who will work to expand the network across the UK, aiming to provide a more equitable level of support to young people in every community.