Grants database

Arts at the Old Fire Station is an arts centre that brings art to the public, and provides professional development for artists and support for people experiencing homelessness in an inclusive public space. This grant provides core support to the organisation as they rebuild their programme, reconnect with people who are homeless and socially isolated, and adapt and test new ways of working following the pandemic, to reach and support a more diverse range of individuals and communities.

Arts and Homelessness International works to bring positive change to people, projects and policy in homelessness through arts and creativity. They focus on connecting and strengthening projects and advocating for arts to be a part of homelessness support and policy. This grant provides core support for the roll-out and evaluation of Arts and Homelessness models to influence local authorities and cultural spaces in the UK. This work includes greater opportunities for people with lived experience of homelessness, including through a new leadership programme.

Women for Refugee Women (WfRW) is a charity that supports and empowers women who seek asylum in the UK. They enable refugee and asylum-seeking women to become leaders, ensure they can speak to the media and at public events, publish robust research on their experiences, and work with policymakers to make the case for a fairer asylum process. This grant supports WfRW to continue their main support and empowerment activities, as well as provide mentoring and training for trustee and leadership roles, develop campaigns to oppose the Nationality and Borders Bill, and strengthen the Sisters Not Strangers coalition.

Voices in Exile are a small frontline charity working with people who migrate and those with no recourse to public funds (NRPF) in Brighton, Sussex and Surrey. They offer practical and legal support ranging from generalist advice to specialist immigration casework for those who would otherwise be unable to access justice. This grant underpins Voices in Exile’s core work, enabling them to continue providing high-quality legal advice and casework to address individual and systemic injustice, increase access to rights, entitlements and services, and increase the role of those with lived experience within the organisation.

Tripod Training for Creative Social Action is a small training collective based in Edinburgh. They offer training, facilitation, systems-building and other support to grassroots collectives, and charities to strengthen movements for social, economic and climate justice. This grant supports the delivery of phase two of Tripod’s Organising for Power (O4P) programme. Thirty leaders, organisers, and campaigners will conduct their own deep analysis of their chosen issues and context, plan strategic campaigns, organise their communities, negotiate with power brokers, and build alliances to mobilise around shared issues.

The Voice of Domestic Workers (VODW) is an education and support group working for justice and rights for Britain’s 16,000 migrant domestic workers (MDWs). They seek an end to discrimination against MDWs living in the UK through campaigns, education, training, healthcare and legal advice. This grant supports VODW to deliver Future Voices, a programme to build the capacity of 12 members through mentoring and skills development in partnership with English for Action and Sounddelivery. The programme will grow the impact of VODW and create a pipeline for new leaders.

Southwark Law Centre provides specialist legal advice for people who cannot afford to pay for services in the areas of discrimination, employment, housing, planning, welfare rights, and immigration and asylum law. This grant supports the Centre’s Windrush Justice Clinic (WJC), which acts a single point of contact for Windrush victims. They will continue to offer free independent legal advice so that victims can successfully apply for compensation which accurately reflects their loss and suffering.

Sheffield Methodist District’s Who Is Your Neighbour? (WIYN) programme operates at neighbourhood, regional and national levels to counter the impact of racist far-right narratives. They facilitate dialogue about immigration, race and other relevant issues. This grant supports strategic long-term national partnerships for WIYN, incorporating training, bespoke support and tailored interventions with three national organisations and their members.

Saheliya provides trauma-informed, wrap-around support in first languages for women with experience of racial inequality. They offer specialised support for women who have been traumatised due to lived experience of gendered abuse and who are unable to access appropriate mainstream services. This grant supports Saheliya to work with Black and minoritised women with lived experience of gender-based violence to find opportunities for change, collaborate with sector partners, develop lived experience leadership and advocate to policy makers.

Polish Migrants Organise for Change (POMOC) aims to improve the lives of Polish women living in the UK. Their mission is rooted in advancing citizenship and community development. This grant supports POMOC to deepen their organising practice and expand regional and national reach through campaigning, leadership development and strategic communications work.

People & Planet is the largest student network in the UK campaigning for social and environmental justice. They mobilise students to campaign for justice from public and private institutions that act in the interests of profit over human rights and a liveable planet. This grant supports People & Planet’s network of student groups to deliver divestment campaigns in partnership with migration organisations. It will target universities’ investments and companies that profit from human rights abuses in the ​‘border industry’ of migration enforcement.

Northamptonshire Rights and Equality Council (NREC) campaigns for social justice in Northamptonshire. They support individual victims of discrimination, monitor hate incidents and raise awareness of the human rights of individuals. This grant supports NREC to underpin a programme to support people who have recently migrated to North Northamptonshire and consolidate the organisation’s migration-related services in the county.