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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  • Runnymede Trust

    Voter ID readiness assessment

    £7,225 for a short research project which will seek to better understand whether local authorities are ready to meet their obligations under Voter ID requirements.

    Amount: £7,225
    Theme: Democracy
    Date: 2023
    Website: www.runnymedetrust.org

  • Women’s Equality Network Wales

    Diverse 5050: Phase 2

    £37,266 over one year to run Phase 2 of their Diverse 5050 Campaign with the aim of achieving equal seats and diverse representation in the Senedd.

    Amount: £37,266
    Theme: Democracy
    Date: 2023
    Website: wenwales.org.uk

  • Hansard Society

    Taskforce on the customs, language & rules of the House of Commons

    £45,761 over one year to undertake a review of the customs, procedural rules and use of language in the House of Commons, and then to make recommendations for reform to improve the way the House of Commons operates and make it more accessible to the watching public.

    Amount: £45,761
    Theme: Democracy
    Date: 2023
    Website: www.hansardsociety.org.uk

  • Unlock Democracy

    Voter ID Campaign

    £40,822 over four months, on behalf of the Democracy Defence Coalition, to run a campaign aimed at persuading the government to either drop its Voter ID plans or ensure they are properly resourced so that voters are not disenfranchised.

    Amount: £40,822
    Theme: Democracy
    Date: 2023
    Website: unlockdemocracy.org.uk

  • Labour for a New Democracy

    Uplift & extension

    £81,059 over eight months as an uplift & extension to their ongoing grant to achieve decisive support across the whole Labour movement for a manifesto commitment to PR

    Amount: £81,059
    Theme: Democracy
    Date: 2023
    Website: www.labourforanewdemocracy.org.uk

  • Paul Tyler & Nick Harvey

    Can Parliament Take Back Control?

    £5,000 to produce and disseminate a study of Britain’s parliamentary and democratic challenges and a mini manifesto to remedy them

    Amount: £5,000
    Theme: Democracy
    Date: 2023

  • Seeds for Change

    Grassroots pushback against authoritarianism and inequality

    £7,500 over five months to provide training to grassroots groups who are countering increasing authoritarianism, holding state power to account at a local level, and developing the democratic power of marginalised communities.

    Amount: £7,500
    Theme: Democracy
    Date: 2023
    Website: www.seedsforchange.org.uk

  • Unlock Democracy

    Everyone should have a voice

    £28,650 over 27 months to deliver a campaign that helps secure the introduction of Automatic Voter Registration (AVR)

    Amount: £28,650
    Theme: UK Democracy Fund
    Date: 2022
    Website: unlockdemocracy.org.uk

  • The Politics Project

    Democracy Classroom

    £124,741 over 19 months to grow the reach and impact of their Democracy Classroom programme, and to increase the number of young people registering and voting in the upcoming general election

    Amount: £124,741
    Theme: UK Democracy Fund
    Date: 2022
    Website: thepoliticsproject.org.uk