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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  • Forward Action

    Digital organising to drive student voter registrations

    £10,000 over 20 weeks for a pilot to test digital organising to register 1,500 eligible but unregistered students, to motivate them to register to vote ahead of the next General Election and ultimately, to mobilise them to vote on election day

    Amount: £10,000
    Theme: UK Democracy Fund
    Date: 2024
  • Politics in Action

    Votes at 16 in Northern Ireland

    £33,142 over one year to develop and promote a Votes at 16 Campaign in Northern Ireland by raising the issue of votes for 16- and 17-year-olds onto the political, media and civil society agenda

    Amount: £33,142
    Theme: UK Democracy Fund
    Date: 2023
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Skate Cabal

    Rolling for Change Campaign

    £9,822 over six months to engage and empower individuals who are currently underrepresented in the political process by building on the historic alignment between roller-skating and the black community; to educate and engage the black community through shared interests, boosting voter registration

    Amount: £9,822
    Theme: UK Democracy Fund
    Date: 2023
  • Carib Eats

    Carib Eats Democracy Café

    £18,290 over six months to provide a culturally competent democratic service that builds trust, a sense of belonging and voice to those aged over 55 and from predominantly Caribbean backgrounds in the community via the establishment of a democracy cafe for the elders, leading to voter registrations

    Amount: £18,290
    Theme: UK Democracy Fund
    Date: 2023
  • Battersea Arts Centre (The Agency)

    The Agency voter registration project

    £17,000 over six months to test an approach to register more black voters and empower young people from predominantly marginalised and lower socioeconomic communities to lead the conversations

    Amount: £17,000
    Theme: UK Democracy Fund
    Date: 2023
    Website: bac.org.uk
  • Muslim Council of Britain

    Muslims Vote

    £100,000 over one year to increase consciousness and understanding of the UK’s political system and democratic process within British Muslim communities, and in turn, increase voter registration and turn out at the general election

    Amount: £100,000
    Theme: UK Democracy Fund
    Date: 2023
    Website: mcb.org.uk