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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  • Unlock Democracy (with Compass)

    Winning over Labour to big democratic change

    to form a strategic partnership with Compass to drive a democratic reform agenda in and around the Labour Party

    Amount: £80,000
    Theme: Democracy
    Date: 2021
    Website: unlockdemocracy.org.uk

  • Bingham Centre for the Rule of Law

    Depolarising the Constitutional Debate post-pandemic

    to carry out a collaborative and focused campaign to build the constitution back better by proactively facilitating the rediscovery of shared constitutional values in the UK

    Amount: £53,336
    Theme: Democracy
    Date: 2021
    Website: binghamcentre.biicl.org

  • Network for Police Monitoring

    Protecting the Right to Protest

    to campaign to protect the right to protest

    Amount: £47,466
    Theme: Democracy
    Date: 2021
    Website: netpol.org

  • Reprieve (Secretariat for the APPG for Trafficked Britons in Syria)

    Campaign to Secure the Safe Repatriation of Trafficked Britons in Syria

    to deliver a one-year high-impact campaign with the goal of securing the repatriation of all British nationals currently detained in North East Syria

    Amount: £36,192
    Theme: Truth to Power
    Date: 2021
    Website: reprieve.org.uk

  • Just Treatment

    The Health of Democracy and the Democracy of Health

    to scale up a campaign demanding democratic accountability in the NHS and wider health sector

    Amount: £7,000
    Theme: Truth to Power
    Date: 2021
    Website: www.justtreatment.org

  • the3million – Young Europeans Network

    London Voices – the journey to full participation

    £7,500 (towards a total of £32,196 with the remainder coming from Trust for London) over seven months for a comprehensive research project into the mechanisms that can facilitate equal, inclusive, representative civic and democratic participation that can ensure Londoners trust and take part in social action and decisions impacting them, their families, their communities and their city.

    Amount: £7,500
    Theme: UK Democracy Fund
    Date: 2021
    Website: www.the3million.org.uk/young-europeans

  • Involve

    Democracy Network 

    to establish and coordinate a Network for Democracy across the UK

    Amount: £350,000
    Theme: Democracy
    Date: 2021
    Website: www.involve.org.uk

  • Newspeak House

    Support funding

    to ensure the continued viability of Newspeak House as a focal point for democracy sector convening

    Amount: £25,000
    Theme: Capacity building
    Date: 2021
    Website: www.nwspk.com

  • The Citizens

    Pilot: Eliza Project

    to run and test a media hub pilot to provide support for expert media commentary on government cronyism

    Amount: £30,000
    Theme: Democracy
    Date: 2021
    Website: www.the-citizens.com