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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  • Women v. State Pension Inequality

    to improve the effectiveness of WASPI’s political campaign through professional consultancy support

    Amount: £35,868
    Theme: Rights and equality
    Date: 2017
    Website: www.waspi.co.uk

  • Equal Civil Partnerships

    to maintain the campaign’s momentum and work towards securing the inclusion of mixed-sex civil partnerships in the Queens Speech in May 2017

    Amount: £7,500
    Theme: Rights and equality
    Date: 2017
    Website: equalcivilpartnerships.org.uk

  • Make Votes Matter

    Labour for Proportional Representation Campaign

    to put Proportional Representation onto the Autumn Conference agenda

    Amount: £33,492
    Theme: Democracy
    Date: 2017
    Website: www.makevotesmatter.org.uk

  • Generation Rent

    Lettings Fee Consultation

    to ban letting fees to tenants, and to determine the grounds for banning landlords or letting agents from the industry

    Amount: £7,500
    Theme: Rights and equality
    Date: 2017
    Website: www.generationrent.org

  • The Small Axe

    We Can Win

    towards their ‘Big Organising’ campaign to build a residents-led movement, to ensure that ordinary people make their voices heard in the lead up to The City of London Corporation’s elections, on 23rd March 2017

    Amount: £7,000
    Theme: Democracy
    Date: 2017
    Website: wecanwin.co.uk

  • Global Justice Now / Another Europe is Possible

    Building a movement to stop a hard Brexit

    to enable Another Europe is Possible and Global Justice Now to work together to stop a ‘hard Brexit’, and ensure the most progressive outcome possible is attained on a number of key issues

    Amount: £75,000
    Theme: Democracy
    Date: 2017
    Website: www.globaljustice.org.uk

  • Democracy Volunteers

    ID to vote – Observing, Reporting and Challenging

    to observe as many of the proposed pilot areas in the May local elections, and parliamentary by-elections, to assess whether the Government’s plans to require ID for voting are necessary

    Amount: £7,200
    Theme: Democracy
    Date: 2017
    Website: democracyvolunteers.org

  • Represent Us Ltd

    A poll on parliamentary approval of Brexit exit terms

    towards a poll on parliamentary approval of Brexit exit terms

    Amount: £2,760
    Theme: Democracy
    Date: 2017
    Website: represent-us.uk

  • OpenDemocracy

    The True Cost: Making the Economic Case Against NHS Privatisation

    to make the economic case against NHS privatisation

    Amount: £7,463
    Theme: Rights and equality
    Date: 2017
    Website: www.opendemocracy.net