Grants database

The Centre for Youth Impact supports all those involved in the design, delivery, funding and evaluation of provision for young people to understand and improve the impact of their work. This grant supports The Centre in maintaining online delivery and resources to ensure it is able to play a key role in collective impact work throughout the Covid-19 pandemic and beyond.

New Horizon Youth Centre supports homeless and vulnerable young people to secure independence and stable futures. This grant supports the provision of holistic support for young people experiencing homelessness in London as well as engaging decision makers to understand the scale of the issue and invest in solutions.

Global Generation is an educational charity which works with local children and young people, businesses, residents and families in Camden, Islington and Southwark to create healthy, integrated and environmentally responsible communities. This funding will contribute towards the running of the Story Garden in Camden. This community space and resource connects people of all ages to nature in the middle of the city, offering weekly activities that nurture physical and mental wellbeing.

CYP works in partnership with young people to create and sustain a positive youth culture. CYP is a unique youth project working in partnership with young people to create and sustain a positive youth culture. This grant supports work to engage and inform young people in the Caledonian Road and Barnsbury area of London and to provide a safe, youth-led space where they can learn and develop.

London Funders is the membership network for funders and investors of London’s civil society. This grant contributed to the costs of commissioning learning partners on behalf of the London Community Response to explore potential for continued and longer-term funder collaboration, highlight opportunities to build on work of civil society groups responding to crisis, and find ways to strengthen approaches to equity and inclusion across our work.

Positive Money is a not-for-profit research and campaigning organisation who lead on money and banking reform. Their vision is for a money and banking system that serves a fair, democratic, and sustainable economy. This grant supports Positive Money to mobilise their network around the issue of the Bank of England’s funding of fossil fuels ahead of COP26. They will also coordinate joint media and advocacy work with partner organisations and run a citizens assembly on a ​“wellbeing economy”.

Friends Provident Foundation is an independent charity that makes grants and uses their endowment towards a fair and sustainable economic system that serves society. They aim to connect, fund, invest and share learning to shape an economy that works for all. This grant supports a review of publicly available data on foundation governance and practice for the top 100 UK foundations in order to compile an index. The research will be conducted by Giving Evidence and is planned to be published by Civil Society Media and repeated for at least three years.

Culture Commons is an organisation that blends public relations, stakeholder management, campaign strategy and traditional lobbying on order to help amplify the voices of creative organisations who want their work to have an impact on policy at local, national and international level. This grant supports a series of regional panels with partners advocating for the creative and cultural industries workforce in Metro Mayoral areas as part of a broader programme of work to develop a pledge and advocacy strategy for local leaders.

Bossing It is a newly created space for Womxn of Colour leading in the impact sector to share ideas, opportunities and support. They provide a shared space for members to be vulnerable, to share opportunities and to help each other succeed. This grant supports Bossing It to become a self sustaining members network.

Ashoka supports leading social entrepreneurs and mobilises a wider global community to build their ​‘Everyone a Changemaker’ programme. This grant supports Ashoka’s new Young Change Leader Internship Programme. The programme aims to create a new platform for youth agency and skills development while embedding young people in efforts to cultivate an ecosystem of changemakers in Greater Manchester and beyond.

women at the well supports women whose lives are affected by, or at risk of being affected by prostitution in communities in Camden, Islington, and Haringey. Services are provided to people who have multiple and complex needs including drug and alcohol abuse, mental health difficulties, experience of homelessness and trafficking. This grant provides core support to aid the organisation in dealing with the challenges posed by Covid-19.

We Belong is a youth-led organisation, designed to support, train and advocate for young people who have migrated and now call the UK their home. This grant enables We Belong to continue providing emergency hardship support for young people who lack permanent immigration status as well as improve systems of staff support and training.