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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  • Citizens UK

    Overarching Voter Registration, Voter ID and Voter Turnout Sign-up Campaign

    Up to £238,006 over a maximum of 18 months (depending on the date of the General Election) to deliver a sign-up campaign encouraging civil society and corporate partners to take action to support voter registration, obtaining Voter ID and to encourage voter turnout

    Amount: £238,006
    Theme: UK Democracy Fund
    Date: 2023
    Website: www.citizensuk.org

  • Purpose Union

    Increasing Student Voter Registration  

    £39,936 to run a peer-to-peer campaign to inform and encourage universities to adopt automatic opt-in for students to register to vote during enrolment (auto-enrolment) in time for the next academic year, beginning September 2023.

    Amount: £39,936
    Theme: UK Democracy Fund
    Date: 2023
    Website: www.purposeunion.com

  • Unlock Democracy

    Everyone should have a voice

    £28,650 over 27 months to deliver a campaign that helps secure the introduction of Automatic Voter Registration (AVR)

    Amount: £28,650
    Theme: UK Democracy Fund
    Date: 2022
    Website: unlockdemocracy.org.uk

  • The Politics Project

    Democracy Classroom

    £124,741 over 19 months to grow the reach and impact of their Democracy Classroom programme, and to increase the number of young people registering and voting in the upcoming general election

    Amount: £124,741
    Theme: UK Democracy Fund
    Date: 2022
    Website: thepoliticsproject.org.uk

  • Citizens UK

    ‘100% Registered’: Schools and Colleges Accreditation Scheme

    £90,000 over 18 months to enable and incentivise educational institutions in any part of the UK to use the 100% Registered system and resources to register young people to vote in the run-up to the next general election

    Amount: £90,000
    Theme: UK Democracy Fund
    Date: 2022
    Website: www.citizensuk.org

  • Polish Migrants Organise for Change

    SheVotes

    £84,000 over 21 months to ramp up their electoral organising to increase voter registration among low-propensity Polish and Eastern European migrant women voters and their families, and expand overall turnout in the geographic areas where the campaign is active.

    Amount: £84,000
    Theme: UK Democracy Fund
    Date: 2022
    Website: www.pomoc.org.uk

  • I have a voice

    Extended pilot to develop peer-led approach to elections

    £11,686 over six months to further test and refine your peer-led approach to increasing voter registration of 16-18 year olds, in a greater number of educational institutions.

    Amount: £11,686
    Theme: UK Democracy Fund
    Date: 2022
    Website: www.ihaveavoice.org.uk

  • Generation Rent

    The power of data: private renter voter registration project

    £43,100 over four months to drive awareness of, and enable effective targeting of, low-voting groups, particularly renters, by building a data hub, using publicly available data sources, to identify the geographic areas with low-voting groups.

    Amount: £43,100
    Theme: UK Democracy Fund
    Date: 2022
    Website: www.generationrent.org

  • United Response

    Every Vote Counts

    £30,000 over 21 months to deliver a non-partisan campaign to increase voter participation amongst young (16-25) autistic people who may or may not have a learning disability, and lower-income adults who have either a learning disability, autism or an acquired brain injury

    Amount: £30,000
    Theme: UK Democracy Fund
    Date: 2022
    Website: www.unitedresponse.org.uk