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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  • Unlock Democracy

    Securing Automatic Voter Registration in the Elections Bill

    £32,227 over 16 months to support their ongoing campaign for Automatic Voter Registration

    Amount: £32,227
    Theme: UK Democracy Fund
    Date: 2025
  • My Life My Say

    National Voter Registration Day 2025

    £5,951 for work in April 2025 to amplify their National Voter Registration Day (NVRD) 2025 campaign bringing together partners from across the youth, democracy and sports sectors, and creating a large-scale digital campaign

    Amount: £5,951
    Theme: UK Democracy Fund
    Date: 2025
  • Politics Project

    Democracy Classroom – 2025

    £44,160 over one year to coordinate work to support young people to effectively engage with democracy through the Democracy Classroom Network, with a focus on Votes at 16, automatic voter registration, elections and the curriculum review

    Amount: £44,160
    Theme: UK Democracy Fund
    Date: 2024
  • Politics in Action

    Votes at 16 Northern Ireland

    £36,000 over one year to keep the momentum building and help ensure that 16- and 17-year-olds have the vote in time for the 2027 Assembly and Local Government elections in Northern Ireland

    Amount: £36,000
    Theme: UK Democracy Fund
    Date: 2024
  • My Life My Say

    Votes at 16 Campaign

    £75,840 over one year for a largely parliamentary-facing campaign for Votes at 16

    Amount: £75,840
    Theme: UK Democracy Fund
    Date: 2024
  • Migrant Democracy Project

    Our Home Our Vote

    £59,721 over one year to advance the Our Home Our Vote campaign for residence-based voting rights

    Amount: £59,721
    Theme: UK Democracy Fund
    Date: 2024
  • Politics in Action

    Votes at 16 Launch Conference

    £10,000 for an event to officially launch their campaign for Votes at 16 in Northern Ireland

    Amount: £10,000
    Theme: UK Democracy Fund
    Date: 2024
  • Gingerbread

    Single parent voters: promoting a path to the polls

    £5,080 over two months to encourage voter registration and turnout amongst single parents

    Amount: £5,080
    Theme: UK Democracy Fund
    Date: 2024
  • Battersea Arts Centre

    The Agency voter registration project

    £10,000 over two months to expand their pilot and approach to register more Black and Asian voters and empower young people from predominantly marginalised and lower socioeconomic communities to lead the conversations

    Amount: £10,000
    Theme: UK Democracy Fund
    Date: 2024
    Website: bac.org.uk