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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  • The Politics Project

    Digital Hustings

    to test ‘digital hustings’ that can engage more young people in the Mayoral elections in Greater Manchester and London in May 2020

    Amount: £19,050
    Theme: UK Democracy Fund
    Date: 2020
    Website: thepoliticsproject.org.uk

  • Alliance for Choice

    Abortion Access & Destigmatisation in Northern Ireland

    to continue effective campaigning for abortion access and destigmatisation in Northern Ireland

    Amount: £51,000
    Theme: Rights and equality
    Date: 2020
    Website: www.alliance4choice.com

  • Voice4Change England

    No ID

    to campaign against the introduction of voter ID, working with the Electoral Reform Society

    Amount: £7,440
    Theme: Democracy
    Date: 2020
    Website: www.voice4change-england.co.uk

  • WebRoots Democracy

    Minority Report: Exploring the impact of police-use of FRT

    to investigate the impact of the police’s use of live facial recognition technology (FRT) on minority groups in the UK

    Amount: £7,500
    Theme: Democracy
    Date: 2019
    Website: webrootsdemocracy.org

  • Professor Peter John, King’s College London

    Register to Vote 2021

    to use randomised controlled trials to find out how to increase the electoral participation of low-voter-registration groups

    This grant has been extended due to the COVID-19 pandemic

    Amount: £55,384
    Theme: UK Democracy Fund
    Date: 2019

  • Represent Us

    VoteSmart2019

    to increase engagement with tactical voting

    Amount: £7,500
    Theme: Democracy
    Date: 2019
    Website: representus.uk

  • The Activate Collective

    to build capacity and pilot a programme to recruit, champion and fund female community activists from disabled, low income and Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) backgrounds

    Amount: £45,000
    Theme: Democracy
    Date: 2019
    Website: www.timetoactivate.org

  • Campaign Together

    Campaign Together for a Progressive Government, 2019

    to train 10,000 progressive canvassers to help progressive front runners win in 50 marginal seats at the 2019 General Election

    Amount: £7,500
    Theme: Democracy
    Date: 2019
    Website: campaigntogether.org

  • Runnymede Trust with Voice4Change England

    Voter Participation of Ethnic Minorities at 2019 General Election 

    to run a research and voter participation project for BAME communities at the snap General Election

    Amount: £14,800
    Theme: UK Democracy Fund
    Date: 2019
    Website: www.runnymedetrust.org