Grants database

Youth Initiatives specialises in long term, relationship based, preventative youth work in areas of high social need in Northern Ireland. This grant provides core support to aid the organisation in dealing with the challenges posed by Covid-19.

Young Scot is the national youth information and citizenship agency for young people in Scotland aged 11–26. This grant provides core support to aid the organisation in dealing with the challenges posed by Covid-19.

Touretteshero was founded in 2010 to share the humour and creativity of Tourettes and to campaign for a more inclusive society. They collaborate with disabled and non-disabled people and partner organisations across the UK, and across art forms, in order to create flagship artistic projects and programmes for children and young people. They aim to build a better understanding of how creativity can improve individual and community well-being and ignite social change. This grant provides an additional one-year extension to Touretteshero’s grant through the Breakthrough Fund and underpins the creative Solidarity programme for disabled children and their families.

The Ubele Initiative (Ubele) is an African Diaspora led intergenerational social enterprise, working to build more sustainable communities across the UK. This grant supports the role of Finance Manager which will allow Ubele to develop core systems after their rapid growth during the pandemic.

The Play House uses participatory theatre and drama to support the language and learning of children and young people. They aim to ignite children’s imagination and creativity through meaningful participation based on pedagogy and practice that has been developed over 30 years in partnership with Birmingham and Midlands schools. They deliver high quality, engaging programmes supported by comprehensive and practical resources for teachers. This grant provides core support to aid the organisation in dealing with the challenges posed by Covid-19.

The Black Curriculum (TBC) is a social enterprise that aims to deliver Black British history teaching and learning across the UK. They run virtual and in-person programmes to schools, young people and corporations to promote the importance of Black history and develop free and licensable resources for schools. Their aim is to prepare students to become fully rounded citizens, ready for an increasingly globalised world. This grant provides core support to TBC to implement their strategic plan, strengthen organisational infrastructure and respond directly to the inequalities uncovered by the pandemic.

The Active Learning Trust brings together experienced and successful practitioners who share a collective belief in the effectiveness of school improvement, the primacy of performance management and the potential of new technology to enhance learning. This grant provides core support to aid the organisation in dealing with the challenges posed by Covid-19.

Switch Up works with children and young people who are at risk of or already involved with gang and criminal activity. It uses a combination of sports, peer mentoring and coaching to help young people to transform their lives and to break the cycle of offending and reoffending. This grant provides a 12-month extension for Switch Up to stabilise and strengthen infrastructure and meet the challenges of maintaining support for local vulnerable young people post-pandemic.

Stewarding Loss is a collective of organisational designers, social innovators and coaches. They aim to test and trial ways to support organisations considering, facing or designing closure with practical and emotional guidance and signposting to support and contribute to a wider systemic shift whereby organisational ending or closure is considered as ordinarily as ​‘growth.’ This grant provides core support to aid the organisation in dealing with the challenges posed by Covid-19.

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 and share learning and experience to inform the work of others. This grant provides core support to aid the organisation in dealing with the challenges posed by Covid-19.

Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations (SCVO) is the national membership body for Scotland’s voluntary sector. This grant supports SCVO to provide an ​‘open door’ support programme for the Scottish voluntary sector, prioritising smaller organisations to enhance and build their digital skills and services.

SANSARA is a vocal collective working to unite the next generation of choral artists. Their vision is to inspire, engage and connect people through choral music-making. This grant provides core support to aid the organisation in dealing with the challenges posed by Covid-19.