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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  • Citizens UK (Cymru)

    Organising voter registration capacity in educational institutions

    £22,786 over four months to build scalable models of institution-based and online voter registration

    Amount: £22,786
    Theme: UK Democracy Fund
    Date: 2022
  • 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