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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  • 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
  • Not1More

    Defending UK Democratic Rights

    £10,000 over one year to lobby for a Parliamentary Inquiry, and communicate to key policymakers the unjust use of civil injunctions to criminalise protesters.

    Amount: £10,000
    Theme: Democracy
    Date: 2023
    Website: not1more.org
  • Patient Experience Library

    Revealing the hidden web of influence

    £8,500 over nine months to build a fully independent and open access online “pharma funding tracker”, showing how money is moving between drug companies and APPGs.

    Amount: £8,500
    Theme: Democracy
    Date: 2023
  • 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
  • Migrant Democracy Project

    Our Home Our Vote

    £50,380 over one year to run their campaign advocating for the expansion of the franchise to all migrant residents in at least local elections

    Amount: £50,380
    Theme: Democracy
    Date: 2023
  • Foxglove

    Big Tech & NHS Data

    £72,048 over one year to deliver a campaign demanding scrutiny of the government’s plans to create a Federated Data Platform (FDP)

    Amount: £72,048
    Theme: Democracy
    Date: 2023
  • Centenary Action Group

    Women Count

    £48,364 over one year to fund their Women Count campaign, which seeks to increase the number of women candidates standing in the election, hold the parties to account on issues of representation and engage the female electorate

    Amount: £48,364
    Theme: Democracy
    Date: 2023