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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  • Generation Rent

    Driving up voter registration among private renters

    Up to £151,872 to run local and national campaigns to drive up voter registration ahead of the next General Election among private renters, particularly groups that they have identified as being less likely to be registered, such as those living in shared houses and flats

    Amount: £151,872
    Theme: UK Democracy Fund
    Date: 2023
    Website: www.generationrent.org

  • Shout Out UK

    #BallotBound

    £153,600 for a large-scale Voter ID awareness and Voter Registration campaign with a primary target of registering young people aged 18-25

    Amount: £153,600
    Theme: UK Democracy Fund
    Date: 2023
    Website: www.shoutoutuk.org

  • My Life My Say

    My Future, My Vote

    £139,610 to launch a national campaign to register and mobilise young voters for the upcoming General Election

    Amount: £139,610
    Theme: UK Democracy Fund
    Date: 2023
    Website: www.mylifemysay.org.uk

  • Newspeak House

    Tech Community Organising for GE 2024

    £68,000 for a programme of convening and supporting the election tech community over a period of six months up to the next general election

    Amount: £68,000
    Theme: Democracy
    Date: 2023
    Website: www.nwspk.com

  • Act Now

    Building strong democratic practice in Northern Ireland

    £45,368 over two years to grow their people-powered campaigning community, deliver effective and engaging campaigns, encourage progressive communities to vote in the upcoming General Election, and ultimately, strengthen democratic practice in Northern Ireland

    Amount: £45,368
    Theme: Democracy
    Date: 2023
    Website: www.actnowni.org

  • Seeds for Change

    Catalysing a counter-authoritarian movement

    £34,000 over 18 months to strengthen the growing grassroots movement against authoritarianism and extreme inequality in Britain, by providing training and organisational support to networks that are countering racialised over-policing and the hostile environment, and developing the democratic power of communities marginalised by those forces

    Amount: £34,000
    Theme: Democracy
    Date: 2023
    Website: seedsforchange.org.uk

  • UK Governance Project

    £35,000 over four months to conclude a project to bring about a material improvement in the quality of the ‘governance’ of the UK – ie the quality and integrity of our central government activities

    Amount: £35,000
    Theme: Democracy
    Date: 2023
    Website: www.ukgovernanceproject.co.uk

  • Alliance for Choice

    NI Abortion – Rights for All

    £44,910 over 18 months to continue their campaign for abortion rights for all in Northern Ireland

    Amount: £44,910
    Theme: Truth to Power
    Date: 2023
    Website: www.alliance4choice.com

  • Common Knowledge Cooperative

    Data Empowerment in the next General Election

    £56,000 over five months to provide campaign data support to five civil society organisations in their work towards a likely 2024 UK general election and to facilitate more effective organisation and mobilisation towards their campaign goals

    Amount: £56,000
    Theme: Democracy
    Date: 2023
    Website: commonknowledge.coop