Challenging the influence of the UAE on UK democracy

£10,000 over seven months for a project to counter the influence of the United Arab Emirates’ money and influence in UK politics.

Flags & Flashpoints – Campaigning against disinformation and boosting local democratic resilience and racial justice

£9,950 to conduct primary research and produce an evidence-based framework that aims to improve council responses to campaigns such as ‘Raise the Colours’ which seek to sow division, threaten and intimidate – especially migrants and communities experiencing racial inequity – and undermine democratic institutions.

Winning Representation for Labour’s Mainstream

£10,000 towards their campaign to elect candidates to the Labour Party’s National Executive Committee (NEC) and National Policy Forum (NPF) in internal elections taking place this year.

Evidence for defending UK protest rights

£25,000 over six months to fund a joint project with Fossil Free London providing evidence for campaigners on UK protest rights.

Silencers of the Truth (Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation: SLAPPs)

£50,000 for a one-year programme of investigative reporting, parliamentary engagement and regulatory scrutiny to secure meaningful progress toward robust standalone anti-SLAPP legislation and stronger enforcement mechanisms to uphold it.

Defending democracy from dirty money

£50,000 to part-fund a 12-month investigative project examining the sources and influence of money behind Reform UK.

Civil Society Coordination for Representation of the People Bill

£47,100 over eight months to sustain and extend their role as the central convener and coordinator of civil society engagement around the Representation of the People Bill and to ensure that this coordination remains effective through the Bill’s passage and into its early implementation phase.

(Democracy Club & The Politics Project)

£449,826 over 35 months to relaunch and develop the Democracy Network as shared infrastructure, enabling the democracy sector to strengthen how organisations connect, coordinate and collaborate, reducing duplication and enabling more effective collective influence.

Protect Free Speech and Privacy in Protest

£54,038 over one year towards your project to protect free speech and privacy in protest contexts in the UK.