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.

Case studies

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  • Claire Hanna MP

    Democratic Voices

    £25,818 over one year to provide capacity to support her work advocating for institutional reform in Northern Ireland

    Amount: £25,818
    Theme: Democratic Voices
    Date: 2026

  • Alex Sobel MP

    Democratic Voices

    £24,072 over one year to provide capacity to support his work as a longstanding champion of democratic reform and Chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Group for Fair Elections.

    Amount: £24,072
    Theme: Democratic Voices
    Date: 2026

  • Horizon Intelligence Consulting

    Tracking misinformation transmission in UK elections: Detecting when fringe narratives reach mainstream audiences

    £10,000 for a four-month project (working with Climate Barometer) to build and pilot the first replicable methodology for tracking when mis- and disinformation migrates from partisan online networks into mainstream public discourse during UK elections.

    Amount: £10,000
    Theme: Disinformation
    Date: 2026
    Website: www.horizon-intelligence.com

  • FairSquare

    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.

    Amount: £10,000
    Theme: Money in politics
    Date: 2026
    Website: fairsq.org

  • Sonar DISC

    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.

    Amount: £9,950
    Theme: Disinformation
    Date: 2026
    Website: sonardisc.com

  • Mainstream

    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.

    Amount: £10,000
    Theme: Connected organisations
    Date: 2026
    Website: www.mainstreamlabour.org

  • Social Change Lab

    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.

    Amount: £25,000
    Theme: Freedom of expression and protest rights
    Date: 2026
    Website: www.socialchangelab.org

  • Bureau of Investigative Journalism

    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.

    Amount: £50,000
    Theme: Freedom of expression and protest rights
    Date: 2026
    Website: www.thebureauinvestigates.com

  • DeSmog UK

    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.

    Amount: £50,000
    Theme: Money in politics
    Date: 2026
    Website: www.desmog.com/uk