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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  • Southern Women’s Aid Network (SWAN)

    Let’s get our community voting!

    £13,010 over six months to fund the hiring of a network manager and the costs of developing a network aimed specifically at voter registration

    Amount: £13,010
    Theme: UK Democracy Fund
    Date: 2022
  • Bangladeshi Women’s Association Wales

    Empowering women to empower communities

    £13,980 over six months to build a network of empowered women across Wales, who can represent their communities and build a stronger, more inclusive and representative democracy across Wales, and to promote democratic participation through voter registration and voter engagement

    Amount: £13,980
    Theme: UK Democracy Fund
    Date: 2022
  • Aspire & Succeed

    Lozells Voter Registration Network

    £16,050 over six months to develop a network of engaged groups and individuals in Central Birmingham to engage the community in voter registration efforts

    Amount: £16,050
    Theme: UK Democracy Fund
    Date: 2022
  • I have a voice CIC

    Peer-led voting engagement and data collection

    to trial the effectiveness of peer-based interventions that promote voter registration and turnout in five further education institutes

    Amount: £6,550
    Theme: UK Democracy Fund
    Date: 2022
  • The Institute for Constitutional & Democratic Research and The APPG for Democracy & the Constitution

    APPG Inquiry – separation of powers

    to hold an inquiry examining the state of the separation of powers in the UK constitution

    Amount: £7,500
    Theme: Democracy
    Date: 2021
  • openDemocracy

    Defending Freedom of Information

    for a campaign to increase transparency, accountability and to protect Freedom of Information (FOI) in the UK, against a backdrop of increasing government secrecy and pushback against basic information rights

    Amount: £64,067
    Theme: Democracy
    Date: 2021
  • Manifesto Club

    Campaign on local authority enforcement powers

    for a campaign to increase scrutiny and accountability of local authorities’ use of enforcement powers

    Amount: £30,000
    Theme: Democracy
    Date: 2021
  • Association of Liberal Democrat Councillors (ALDC)

    Local Campaign Development 2022-2024

    to support the activities of the Association of Liberal Democrat Councillors over three years and specifically to continue the work of their regional development officers

    Amount: £299,617
    Theme: Political party
    Date: 2021
    Website: www.aldc.org
  • Constitution Unit, University College London

    Parliamentary capacity to defend constitutional principles

    to support the salary of their Network Coordinator to build capacity among parliamentarians in defence of constitutional democratic principles

    Amount: £65,971
    Theme: Democracy
    Date: 2021