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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  • Labour for a New Democracy

    Uplift & extension

    £81,059 over eight months as an uplift & extension to their ongoing grant to achieve decisive support across the whole Labour movement for a manifesto commitment to PR

    Amount: £81,059
    Theme: Democracy
    Date: 2023
    Website: www.labourforanewdemocracy.org.uk

  • Paul Tyler & Nick Harvey

    Can Parliament Take Back Control?

    £5,000 to produce and disseminate a study of Britain’s parliamentary and democratic challenges and a mini manifesto to remedy them

    Amount: £5,000
    Theme: Democracy
    Date: 2023

  • Seeds for Change

    Grassroots pushback against authoritarianism and inequality

    £7,500 over five months to provide training to grassroots groups who are countering increasing authoritarianism, holding state power to account at a local level, and developing the democratic power of marginalised communities.

    Amount: £7,500
    Theme: Democracy
    Date: 2023
    Website: www.seedsforchange.org.uk

  • 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

  • Covid19 Bereaved Families for Justice UK

    £44,000 over two years to ensure that the Covid 19 inquiry delivers justice to bereaved families, holds the government to account for their actions and provides recommendations that will save lives in future pandemics

    Amount: £44,000
    Theme: Truth to Power
    Date: 2022
    Website: covidfamiliesforjustice.org

  • openDemocracy

    Transparency in Public Life

    £57,000 over one year to rapidly scale up their campaign to defend and strengthen freedom of information (FOI)

    Amount: £57,000
    Theme: Democracy
    Date: 2022
    Website: www.opendemocracy.net

  • Institute for Public Policy Research

    Upgrading democracy for new times

    £75,177 over one year for research, advocacy and influencing to shape the democratic and constitutional reform agenda of progressive political parties (including but not limited to the Labour Party) ahead of the next general election

    Amount: £75,177
    Theme: Democracy
    Date: 2022
    Website: www.ippr.org