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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  • 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
  • Newspeak House

    Tech Community Organising for GE 2024

    £68,000 for a programme of convening and supporting the election tech community over a period of six months up to the next general election

    Amount: £68,000
    Theme: Democracy
    Date: 2023
    Website: www.nwspk.com
  • Act Now

    Building strong democratic practice in Northern Ireland

    £45,368 over two years to grow their people-powered campaigning community, deliver effective and engaging campaigns, encourage progressive communities to vote in the upcoming General Election, and ultimately, strengthen democratic practice in Northern Ireland

    Amount: £45,368
    Theme: Democracy
    Date: 2023
  • Seeds for Change

    Catalysing a counter-authoritarian movement

    £34,000 over 18 months to strengthen the growing grassroots movement against authoritarianism and extreme inequality in Britain, by providing training and organisational support to networks that are countering racialised over-policing and the hostile environment, and developing the democratic power of communities marginalised by those forces

    Amount: £34,000
    Theme: Democracy
    Date: 2023
  • UK Governance Project

    £35,000 over four months to conclude a project to bring about a material improvement in the quality of the ‘governance’ of the UK – ie the quality and integrity of our central government activities

    Amount: £35,000
    Theme: Democracy
    Date: 2023
  • Alliance for Choice

    NI Abortion – Rights for All

    £44,910 over 18 months to continue their campaign for abortion rights for all in Northern Ireland

    Amount: £44,910
    Theme: Truth to Power
    Date: 2023
  • Common Knowledge Cooperative

    Data Empowerment in the next General Election

    £56,000 over five months to provide campaign data support to five civil society organisations in their work towards a likely 2024 UK general election and to facilitate more effective organisation and mobilisation towards their campaign goals

    Amount: £56,000
    Theme: Democracy
    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