Grants database

The Migrant and Refugee Children’s Legal Unit (MiCLU) is a specialist child centred legal and policy hub based at Islington Law Centre, representing children and young people (CYP) in the immigration system. They seek to achieve social justice by ensuring that policy and practice respect the rights and improve the lives of children who have migrated to the UK. This grant supports MiCLU to employ a Senior Advocate at fellow charity Shpresa, and a Senior Caseworker at MiCLU, who will identify and engage CYP through legal education, advice surgeries and referrals.

Joint Council for the Welfare of Immigrants (JCWI) provides legal support for people who have migrated to the UK and their families, specialising in immigration and asylum law and policy. This grant supports JCWI to undertake a strategic review including consultation with over 100 partners to identify the gaps and needs that they can meet over the next five years. This will be accompanied by a restructuring of the organisation to better deliver the new strategy for 2022–27.

The Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) is the UK’s pre-eminent progressive think tank. Their work spans politics, economics, environment, housing, jobs and skills, public services and migration. This grant underpins and formalises IPPR’s role in the wider migration ecosystem, enabling them to launch a policy unit that will offer responsive and robust support to organisations who are working to improve migration and integration policy in the UK.

Global Dialogue enables independent funders to work together to realise ambitious goals and create lasting change. They are a platform for philanthropic partnership, assisting donors to develop shared strategies, test new approaches and deliver lasting impact by aligning grants or pooling funds. This grant supports Global Dialogue to develop a new strategy that will deliver their vision for transforming the UK migration sector and its supporters by making it more connected, informed and able to catalyse effective action.

Foxglove is an independent non-profit organisation who aim for ​‘algorithmic justice’ by holding public bodies to account, challenging abuses of power by Big Tech, and standing up for the interests of platform users and workers. They use the law to protect rights, enforce rules and defend the public interest. This grant supports Foxglove to investigate the problematic and unlawful uses of new technologies in the UK immigration system, bring campaign messages to the public and courts, and pursue legal action where appropriate.

Focus on Labour Exploitation (FLEX) is a research and policy organisation working towards ending labour exploitation. They aim to prevent labour abuses, protect the rights of those affected or at risk of exploitation, and promote best practice responses to labour exploitation through research and evidence-based advocacy. This grant supports FLEX to monitor and reduce the risks of labour exploitation arising from post-Brexit labour migration routes to the UK.

The Center for Countering Digital Hate (CCDH) is an international non-profit organisation that seeks to disrupt the architecture of online hate and misinformation. They combine analysis and disruption of digital networks and aim to produce practicable, efficient and scalable strategies to counter hate and misinformation globally. This grant enables CCDH to grow their digital presence and profile in order to build a community of supporters that reaches the public, journalists, politicians and civil society.

Asylos is a charity that works to deliver the just protection of law to vulnerable people fleeing persecution. It does this by producing impartial Country of Origin (COI) reports used by legal counsel, asylum courts, decision-making officials and policy makers in refugee host countries. This grant supports Asylos in becoming the UK Centre of Excellence in producing fair, impartial COI reports to inform asylum decisions and policy direction.

JADE Youth and Community is a registered charity in Rotherham providing services for young people experiencing disadvantage, across health, education, wellbeing and development into adulthood. This grant supports JADE to build on the success of their blended youth work and mental health offer, and spread this model across Rotherham in partnership with the Rotherham Children, Young People and Families Consortium.

Forces Children Scotland (formerly Royal Caledonian Education Trust), is a Scottish charity supporting children and young people whose parents are in, or veterans of, the Armed Forces. This grant supports ​‘Listen Up!’, a new co-produced campaign designed to raise awareness about the challenges faced by armed forces children and young people. Through this work, Forces Children Scotland hope to bring about greater public recognition of this group of young people, leading to changes in public policy and practice.

Creative Youth Network (CYN) works across four open access youth centres in Bristol, South Gloucestershire and North East Somerset. They build relationships with young people from all backgrounds to help them reach their own potential and live fulfilling lives. This grant supports CYN to develop and scale the impact of ​‘We the 33%’, their flagship youth voice programme. In this phase of the programme, CYN will aim to increase the number of young people supported, enhance evaluation and share their learning more widely.

Young Asian Voices (YAV) is a charity and youth community project based in Sunderland. They support children and young people up to the age of 25, the majority of whom identify as Black, Asian or minoritised. They create empowering opportunities through training, education, work placements, health and sports activities, youth sessions and volunteering. This grant provides core support for the YAV manager who will oversee operational activities, strategic planning and future development.