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 Beacon

    Developing and Promoting ‘Citizens Agenda’ Coverage of the 2024 UK General Election

    £9,840 over ten months to provide training around people-powered election coverage to publication partners working in independent community-based media outlets all around Scotland

    Amount: £9,840
    Theme: Democracy
    Date: 2024
    Website: www.scottishbeacon.com

  • Consolidate

    Consolidate political interests database

    £10,000 to enhance transparency in UK politics by creating a comprehensive database and interactive dashboard to provide detailed insights into the financial interests of MPs and Lords

    Amount: £10,000
    Theme: Democracy
    Date: 2024
    Website: www.consolidate.org.uk

  • Operation Black Vote

    Voter Registration, Information, and Mobilisation campaign

    £75, 000 over one year to establish six local voter registration campaigns and conduct national and international Voter Registration, Information, and Mobilisation (VRIM) campaigns for the 2024 UK General, Mayoral, regional, and Police Crime Commissioner elections in South Wales, targeting African, Caribbean, and Asian heritage communities

     

    Amount: £75,000
    Theme: Democracy
    Date: 2024
    Website: www.obv.org.uk

  • Black Equity Organisation

    #BlackVotesCount 

    £75,000 to lead on the development of a Black manifesto and increase Black and minority voter registrations

    Amount: £75,000
    Theme: Democracy
    Date: 2023
    Website: blackequityorg.com

  • Constitution Unit, University College London

    Detailed plans for constitutional policy implementation

    £72,249 over ten months to prepare and promote detailed implementation plans for constitutional reform by the next government, ahead of the pending General Election

    Amount: £72,249
    Theme: Democracy
    Date: 2023
    Website: www.ucl.ac.uk/constitution-unit

  • Manifesto Club

    Campaign to defend freedom in public spaces

    £40,000 over one year to build a public network to oppose unaccountable and overbearing controls in public spaces

    Amount: £40,000
    Theme: Democracy
    Date: 2023
    Website: www.manifestoclub.com

  • Connected By Data

    Seizing the Moment Together: Securing Democratic Controls over AI

    £50,000 over one year to grow and mobilise an effective civil society campaigning network in the UK to jointly campaign to protect citizens’ and communities’ rights over the data that underpins and fuels AI in the run up to the next General Election

    Amount: £50,000
    Theme: Democracy
    Date: 2023
    Website: connectedbydata.org

  • Center for Countering Digital Hate

    Strengthening the UK’s Information Resilience in 2024

    £60,000 to conduct a 12-month programme to help UK civil society counter online abuse, disinformation and trolling, and to engage Ofcom to strengthen regulation for social media ahead of a 2024 UK election

    Amount: £60,000
    Theme: Capacity building
    Date: 2023
    Website: www.counterhate.co.uk

  • Politics in Action

    Votes at 16 in Northern Ireland

    £33,142 over one year to develop and promote a Votes at 16 Campaign in Northern Ireland by raising the issue of votes for 16- and 17-year-olds onto the political, media and civil society agenda

    Amount: £33,142
    Theme: UK Democracy Fund
    Date: 2023
    Website: www.politicsinaction.org