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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  • Scottish Liberal Democrats

    Five In-Seat Campaign Organisers

    to build election campaign infrastructure in order to have the capacity to deliver winning Scottish Parliament campaigns in targeted seats

    Amount: £50,000
    Theme: Political party
    Date: 2015
    Website: www.scotlibdems.org.uk

  • Association of Liberal Democrat Councillors (ALDC)

    Local Campaign Development Project

    to make the 2015-2020 parliament one with a growth in Liberal Democrat campaigning, and an increase in Lib Dem councillors, through funding a small team of Development Officers to provide support, advice, training and motivation across the country

    Amount: £480,000
    Theme: Political party
    Date: 2015
    Website: www.aldc.org

  • The Constitution Reform Group

    Towards a New Act of Union

    The Constitution Reform Group is a cross-party body of former and present politicians, government officials, academics, legal and constitutional experts working together to address threats to the constitutional stability of the UK and to promote a campaign to save the Union

    Amount: £60,000
    Theme: Democracy
    Date: 2015
    Website: www.constitutionreformgroup.co.uk

  • Association of Scottish Liberal Democrat Councillors and Campaigners

    Development Officer for Scotland

    to increase the number of Scottish Liberal Democrat councillors between December 2015 and June 2017

    Amount: £44,100
    Theme: Political party
    Date: 2015

  • Welsh Liberal Democrats

    2016 Welsh Assembly Campaign

    to campaign in four key constituencies in the run up to the 2016 Welsh Assembly Campaign

    Amount: £40,000
    Theme: Political party
    Date: 2015
    Website: www.welshlibdems.wales

  • Yorkshire & the Humber Liberal Democrats

    Local Government Campaign Officer

    to support the continued full-time employment of a Local Government Campaign Officer to work with Liberal Democrat local parties across Yorkshire and the Humber

    Amount: £75,000
    Theme: Political party
    Date: 2015

  • Alliance for Choice

    Abortion Rights & Northern Ireland Assembly elections 2016

    campaign for abortion reform in the Northern Ireland Assembly elections 2016

    Amount: £56,150
    Theme: Rights and equality
    Date: 2015
    Website: www.alliance4choice.com

  • Quilliam Foundation

    Promoting Liberalism in Counter-Extremism Legislation

    to campaign for the liberalisation of counter-extremism strategy by opposing parts of the Counter-Extremism Bill that negatively impact civil liberties and proposing progressive alternatives that are in line with liberalism and more likely to be effective

    Amount: £54,190
    Theme: Rights and equality
    Date: 2015
    Website: www.quilliaminternational.com

  • OpenDemocracy

    Climate Unspun

    to expose the problem of corporate capture of the media, strengthening the hand of those campaigning to make the press more transparent, diverse and independent

    Amount: £49,843
    Theme: Media reform
    Date: 2015
    Website: www.opendemocracy.net