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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  • Make Votes Matter

    Campaign for PR: Labour, Alliance & Lobbying

    to campaign to introduce Proportional Representation to the House of Commons

    Amount: £360,000
    Theme: Democracy
    Date: 2018
    Website: www.makevotesmatter.org.uk

  • Labour for a People’s Vote

    to persuade the Labour Party to back a public vote on the Brexit deal, and to campaign for remain in that vote

    Amount: £75,000
    Theme: Democracy
    Date: 2018
    Website: labourpeoplesvote.org

  • Lord Paul Tyler

    Referendum Bill

    to provide a widely acceptable Draft Bill to provide a legislative framework for a referendum on the Brexit deal

    Amount: £3,750
    Theme: Democracy
    Date: 2018

  • Netpol Ltd

    The Right to Protest is Not Domestic Extremism

    to help individuals and organisations actively participate in political dissent without the police labelling them as “domestic extremists”

    Amount: £25,953
    Theme: Rights and equality
    Date: 2018
    Website: netpol.org

  • Equal Civil Partnerships

    to conclude their campaign to extend the right to civil partnerships to all couples regardless of sex or sexual orientation

    Amount: £25,000
    Theme: Rights and equality
    Date: 2018
    Website: equalcivilpartnerships.org.uk

  • APPG on Extraordinary Rendition

    to campaign for an effective judge-led inquiry into UK’s involvement in extraordinary rendition

    Amount: £25,950
    Theme: Democracy
    Date: 2018
    Website: www.extraordinaryrendition.org

  • Alliance for Choice

    Abortion Rights NI: Westminster, Civil Society and People Power

    effective campaigning for abortion access in Northern Ireland

    Amount: £53,000
    Theme: Rights and equality
    Date: 2018
    Website: www.alliance4choice.com

  • Leeds for Europe

    The Great Northern Stop Brexit Conference

    towards costs of the Great Northern Stop Brexit Conference

    Amount: £2,500
    Theme: Democracy
    Date: 2018
    Website: www.leedsforeurope.org

  • Open Rights Group

    A Biometrics Commissioner for Scotland

    to enable the delivery of a political campaign on the Scottish Government’s July 2018 announcement of a public consultation on enhanced oversight of biometric data for justice and community safety purposes in Scotland

    Amount: £6,975
    Theme: Rights and equality
    Date: 2018
    Website: www.openrightsgroup.org