Grants awarded

The grants we award range in size from a few hundred to tens of thousands of pounds. Some grants tackle short-term immediate issues and may be in response to specific political developments. Occasionally multi-year grants are made.

Information about grants is published on this website once the grant has been formally agreed.

Our grants are also published to the 360Giving standard* and are available to download as an Excel spreadsheet.  See below for a full list of grants starting with the most recent.

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  • Spotlight on Corruption

    Levelling the playing field for ordinary voters

    £58,008 over one year to campaign for a comprehensive and well-enforced political finance regime.

    Amount: £58,008
    Theme: Money in politics
    Date: 2026
  • Prevent Watch

    People’s Review of Prevent III – The Chilling of Lawful Speech in Education

    £56,040 over one year to campaign around the third People’s Review of Prevent: a civil-society-led, case-grounded review of the duty’s impact on free speech in education.

    Amount: £56,040
    Theme: Political rights - Freedom of expression and protest rights
    Date: 2026
  • Pivotal Public Policy Forum

    Attitudes towards reform of the Assembly and Executive in NI

    £28,850 over seven months to identify options for reform of the devolved Assembly and Executive in Northern Ireland, which will help nurture a more resilient democratic culture and better government.

    Amount: £28,850
    Theme: Checks and balances
    Date: 2026
  • Opna (John McCallister)

    Assembly & Executive Reform – Private Member’s Bill

    £20,000 over ten months for lobbying and research in support of a Private Member’s Executive and Assembly Reform Bill, providing a legislative basis for reforms of the devolved institutions in Northern Ireland.

    Amount: £20,000
    Theme: Checks and balances
    Date: 2026
  • Full Fact

    The Representation of the People Bill

    £30,980 over six months to influence the Representation of the People Bill on measures that tackle mis- and disinformation.

    Amount: £30,980
    Theme: Disinformation
    Date: 2026
    Website: fullfact.org
  • Democracy Volunteers

    Strengthening Neutrality, Inclusion and Public Trust

    £10,000 to support the delivery of a two-day residential training programme for core volunteers and key organisational personnel.

    Amount: £10,000
    Theme: Checks and balances
    Date: 2026
  • Social Change Nest

    Wild Times Gathering

    £10,000 over four months to fund two in-person workshops that build the knowledge and capacity of some of the UK’s most underrepresented communities to defend civic space, respond to growing polarisation, and influence the political processes that shape their lives.

    Amount: £10,000
    Theme: Political rights - Freedom of expression and protest rights
    Date: 2026
  • Ella Baker School of Organising

    Training 500 lay trainers to equip communities to challenge disinformation within our communities

    £45,000 over one year to train 500 volunteer trainers on defeating narratives of division and challenging disinformation.

    Amount: £45,000
    Theme: Disinformation
    Date: 2026
  • Democracy for Sale

    Exposing big money in British politics

    £32,000 over one year to fund a major new phase of their money-in-politics reporting and to help build long-term sustainability.

    Amount: £32,000
    Theme: Money in politics
    Date: 2026