Promoting Human Dignity

A B Charitable Trust promotes human dignity and defends the human rights of marginalised and excluded people.

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Our priority areas:

Migrants and Refugees

Helping migrants, refugees and people seeking asylum to be welcomed, treated lawfully and fairly, and enabled to maximise their potential living and working in the UK.

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The Justice System and Penal Reform

Creating an equitable justice system, with a greatly reduced prison population, which considers individual needs and potential, and places a focus on prevention and rehabilitation.

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Human rights and Access to Justice

Upholding the human rights framework, and ensuring everyone in the UK has access to high quality legal advice, so they can realise their rights as they are entitled to do.

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Our funding streams

We don’t support individuals directly – instead, we pursue our purpose by funding partner organisations. We have three grant-making programmes.

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Open Programme

(by application)

This programme aims to support and strengthen small to medium sized charities, and the wider ‘eco-system’, in our priority areas.

Special Initiatives

(by invitation)

Working with others, this programme aims to identify and address gaps and opportunities in our priority areas.

Anchor Programme

(by invitation)

This programme aims to support specialist infrastructure organisations that are indispensable to their sector.

Grants awarded 2022/23

Migrants and Refugees

£0

Open programme

£1,265,000

Grants awarded

65

Eligible applications

134

Total applications

209

Special initiatives

£720,130

Anchor programme

£305,000

The Justice System and Penal Reform

£0

Open programme

£766,000

Grants awarded

39

Eligible applications

71

Total applications

96

Special initiatives

£311,900

Anchor programme

£183,000

Human rights and Access to Justice

£0

Open programme

£721,500

Grants awarded

37

Eligible applications

40

Total applications

87

Special initiatives

£911,000

Anchor programme

£188,000

Migrants and Refugees

£0

Open programme

£1,265,000

Grants awarded

65

Eligible applications

134

Total applications

209

Special initiatives

£720,130

Anchor programme

£305,000

The Justice System and Penal Reform

£0

Open programme

£766,000

Grants awarded

39

Eligible applications

71

Total applications

96

Special initiatives

£311,900

Anchor programme

£183,000

Human rights and Access to Justice

£0

Open programme

£721,500

Grants awarded

37

Eligible applications

40

Total applications

87

Special initiatives

£911,000

Anchor programme

£188,000

    For details of the grants awarded to each charity, see our grants awarded page

    Grants awarded

    Funding total for 2022/23

    £5,700,000

    What we plan to give in 2023/24

    £6,500,000

    Find out more about our priority areas below, or check your eligibility in our Apply section

    Migrants and Refugees
    The Justice System and Penal Reform
    Human rights and Access to Justice
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