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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  • My Life My Say

    MLMS Advocacy 2026

    £73,449 over one year for a programme of advocacy and mobilisation, which will pursue two interconnected objectives: securing the extension of the voting franchise to 16- and 17-year-olds, and increasing youth voter registration and turnout among 16 to 30-year-olds in the May 2026 devolved and local elections

    Amount: £73,449
    Theme: UK Democracy Fund
    Date: 2025
    Website: www.mylifemysay.org.uk

  • Bangladeshi Women’s Association of Wales

    Empowering Underrepresented Ethnic Minority Voters in Wales

    £25,972 over nine months to deliver a community-led voter engagement project in Cardiff and Newport to increase participation among minoritised and racialised communities, Commonwealth students, and other underrepresented voters, including those aged 16.

    Amount: £25,972
    Theme: UK Democracy Fund
    Date: 2025
    Website: bwaw.org.uk

  • Liberty

    An understanding of legal risks in relation to S12 cases

    for a project to understand legal risks in relation to S12 cases

    Amount: £9,763
    Theme: Political rights - Freedom of expression and protest rights
    Date: 2025
    Website: www.libertyhumanrights.org.uk

  • Not1More

    Our Right to Protest

    £9,857 to host an event in Parliament, and complete subsequent follow-up with MPs, focused on countering threats to the democratic right to protest

    Amount: £9,857
    Theme: Democracy
    Date: 2025
    Website: not1more.org

  • Migrant Democracy Project

    Our Home Our Vote 2025-2026

    £73,283 over one year to continue developing their Our Home Our Vote campaign and to persuade the Government to extend the right to vote to all residents

    Amount: £73,283
    Theme: Democracy
    Date: 2025
    Website: www.migrantdemos.org.uk

  • The Ferret

    Charting the threats to democracy, rights and participation

    £47,806 over one year to investigate how targeted disinformation campaigns threaten to undermine the democratic process in Scotland, and chart how these campaigns are focussing on issues surrounding marginalised groups who are often excluded from civil participation

    Amount: £47,806
    Theme: Democracy
    Date: 2025
    Website: theferret.scot

  • Involve

    Democracy Network (Extension)

    £27,315 to continue hosting the Democracy Network from 1 August to 31 October

    Amount: £27,315
    Theme: Democracy
    Date: 2025
    Website: democracynetwork.org.uk

  • Generation Rent

    Reforms to register more renters to vote

    £39,159 over one year to maximise the potential of the Elections Bill and other government activity to increase voter registration rates among private renters

    Amount: £39,159
    Theme: UK Democracy Fund
    Date: 2025
    Website: www.generationrent.org

  • Manifesto Club

    Defending rights to local political campaigning

    £10,000 over seven months for a campaign to defend rights to local political campaigning and free speech in public spaces

    Amount: £10,000
    Theme: Democracy
    Date: 2025
    Website: manifestoclub.com