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Recipient organisation

Description

Programme

Priority area

Award date

Amount awarded

Paul Hamlyn Foundation
A restricted grant of £10,000 towards the costs of UK representatives attending the Narrative Power Summit 2025. The Narrative Power Summit is a transformative convening for social justice communicators and movement workers.
Delegated Authority
The Human Rights Framework
11-02-2025
£10,000
Commons Law CIC
http://www.commons.legal
A restricted grant of £8,000 towards finalising and publishing The Experiences of Asylum-Seeking Young People in the UK Criminal Justice System. Commons Law CIC provides legal advice to individuals who come into contact with the justice system and cannot afford...(hover for more)
Delegated Authority
The Criminal Legal System and Penal Reform
03-02-2025
£8,000
The British Institute of Human Rights (BIHR)
http://www.bihr.org.uk
An unrestricted grant of £45,000 (This grant is renewable - year 1 of up to 5 years). The British Institute of Human Rights works to promote and uphold human rights in the UK through capacity building work for organisations that...(hover for more)
Anchor
The Human Rights Framework
28-01-2025
£45,000
The Civil Liberties Trust
https://www.libertyhumanrights.org.uk/
An unrestricted grant of £95,000 (This grant is renewable - year 1 of up to 5 years). Liberty works to advance human rights in the UK through public campaigning, litigation, advocacy, coalition building and free legal advice.
Anchor
The Human Rights Framework
28-01-2025
£95,000
Margaret Carey Foundation (UpCycle)
http://upcyclemcf.org
An unrestricted grant of £20,000. Margaret Carey Foundation deliver bike maintenance workshops with young people in Bradford and prisoners to break the cycle of crime.
Open Programme
The Criminal Legal System and Penal Reform
23-01-2025
£20,000
Plumstead Community Law Centre
http://www.pclc.org.uk
An unrestricted grant of £30,000 (This grant is renewable - year 1 of up to 3 years). Plumstead Community Law Centre offers specialist legal advice in the areas of immigration and employment, and specialist advice on welfare benefits.
Open Programme
Access to Justice
23-01-2025
£30,000
New Dawn New Day
http://www.ndnd.org.uk
An unrestricted grant of £30,000 (This grant is renewable - year 1 of up to 3 years). New Dawn New Day is a women's centre supporting women to heal from trauma and break free from the criminal justice system.
Open Programme
The Criminal Legal System and Penal Reform
23-01-2025
£30,000
Peer Power Youth
https://www.peerpower.org.uk/
An unrestricted grant of £25,000 (This grant is renewable - year 1 of up to 3 years). Peer Power Youth work to promote the voices of young people who have experienced injustice, inequality and trauma through providing holistic wraparound support...(hover for more)
Open Programme
The Criminal Legal System and Penal Reform
23-01-2025
£25,000
Refugee Resource
https://www.refugeeresource.org.uk/
An unrestricted grant of £25,000 (This grant is renewable - year 1 of up to 3 years). Refugee Resource provide refugees, asylum seekers and vulnerable migrants in Oxfordshire specialist mental health support.
Open Programme
Migrants and Refugees
23-01-2025
£25,000
Migrants' Rights Network
http://www.migrantsrights.org.uk
An unrestricted grant of £25,000 (This grant is renewable - year 1 of up to 3 years). Migrants' Rights Network build partnerships and solidarity to amplify the voices of migrant communities, working to challenge harmful policy and practice and secure rights and justice....(hover for more)
Open Programme
Migrants and Refugees
23-01-2025
£25,000
The Decelerator
http://www.decelerator.org.uk/
A restricted grant of £15,000 towards The Decelerator's charitable work (This grant is renewable - year 1 of up to 3 years). Decelerator support organisations through transitions and endings, and to normalise conversations around endings to reduce stigma.
Special Initiatives
The Human Rights Framework
23-01-2025
£15,000
United Group for Reform of IPP
A restricted grant of £15,000 towards UNGRIPP's charitable work (This grant is renewable - year 1 of up to 3 years). UNGRIPP is a grassroots campaigning and awareness raising group, led by families of people serving IPP sentences.
Special Initiatives
The Criminal Legal System and Penal Reform
23-01-2025
£15,000
Joint Council for the Welfare of Immigrants
http://www.jcwi.org.uk
An unrestricted grant of £30,000 (This grant is renewable - year 1 of up to 3 years). The Joint Council for the Welfare of Immigrants provides immigration advice and campaigns for the advocates for the rights of migrants, including policy...(hover for more)
Open Programme
Migrants and Refugees
23-01-2025
£30,000
Islington Law Centre (ILC)
http://www.islingtonlaw.org.uk
A restricted grant of £25,000 towards the Migrant and Refugee Children's Legal Unit (This grant is renewable - year 1 of up to 3 years). The Migrant and Refugee Children’s Legal Unit (MiCLU) is a specialist legal and policy hub...(hover for more)
Special Initiatives
Migrants and Refugees
23-01-2025
£25,000
North of England Refugee Service
http://www.refugee.org.uk
An unrestricted grant of £30,000 (This grant is renewable - year 1 of up to 3 years). North of England Refugee Service supports people seeking asylum and refugees through advice, housing and holistic support.
Open Programme
Migrants and Refugees
23-01-2025
£30,000
Runnymede Trust
http://www.runnymedetrust.org/
A restricted grant of £30,000 towards work on criminal justice and policing (This grant is renewable - year 1 of up to 2 years). Runnymede is a leading racial justice think tank, producing research around race and ethnicity, and using...(hover for more)
Special Initiatives
The Criminal Legal System and Penal Reform
23-01-2025
£30,000
Palestine Justice Fund
A restricted grant of £10,000 towards the development and scoping of the legal action element of the fund. Palestinian-led strategic re-granter supporting initiatives advocating for Palestinian rights.
Special Initiatives
Access to Justice
23-01-2025
£10,000
Maslaha
http://www.maslaha.org
An unrestricted grant of £30,000 (This grant is renewable - year 1 of up to 3 years). Maslaha aims to increase awareness, promote equality and to change and challenge the conditions that create inequalities for Muslim communities.
Open Programme
The Criminal Legal System and Penal Reform
23-01-2025
£30,000
Notre Dame Refugee Centre
http://www.notredamerc.org.uk
An unrestricted grant of £20,000 (This grant is renewable - year 2 of up to 3 years). Notre Dame Refugee Centre provides immigration advice to people who are destitute and not entitled to legal aid, along with holistic support.
Open Programme
Migrants and Refugees
23-01-2025
£20,000
Focus on Labour Exploitation
https://labourexploitation.org/
An unrestricted grant of £20,000 (This grant in renewable - year 2 of up to 3 years). Focus on Labour Exploitation is a research and policy organisation dedicated to ending labour exploitation by challenging and transforming the systems and structures...(hover for more)
Open Programme
Migrants and Refugees
23-01-2025
£20,000
Hackney Migrant Centre
https://hackneymigrantcentre.org.uk/
An unrestricted grant of £30,000 (This grant is renewable - year 2 of up to 3 years). Hackney Migrant Centre provides advice and casework on immigration, welfare and housing to people seeking asylum, migrants and refugees.
Open Programme
Migrants and Refugees
23-01-2025
£30,000
Working Families
https://workingfamilies.org.uk/
An unrestricted grant of £30,000 (This grant is renewable - year 2 of up to 3 years). Working Families supports working parents and carers to access their employment rights, while also working with employers so that they can better support workers....(hover for more)
Open Programme
Access to Justice
23-01-2025
£30,000
City of Sanctuary UK
http://www.cityofsanctuary.org
An unrestricted grant of £30,000 (This grant is renewable - year 2 of up to 3 years). City of Sanctuary UK is a UK based organisation that coordinates, supports, and grows networks of welcoming groups, individuals, and other organisations.
Open Programme
Migrants and Refugees
23-01-2025
£30,000
Families Outside
https://www.familiesoutside.org.uk/
An unrestricted grant of £30,000 (This grant is renewable - year 2 of up to 3 years). Families outside work on behalf on families in Scotland affected by imprisonment.
Open Programme
The Criminal Legal System and Penal Reform
23-01-2025
£30,000
Human Rights Consortium Scotland
http://www.hrcscotland.org
An unrestricted grant of £20,000 (This grant is renewable - year 2 of up to 3 years). Human Rights Consortium Scotland looks to protect and promote human rights in Scotland - it provides resources and support to its members and...(hover for more)
Open Programme
The Human Rights Framework
23-01-2025
£20,000
The Violence Intervention Project
http://www.vip.org.uk
An unrestricted grant of £20,000 (This grant is renewable - year 2 of up to 3 years). Violence Intervention Project offer personal and therapeutic support to young people at risk of or in involved in serious youth violence.
Open Programme
The Criminal Legal System and Penal Reform
23-01-2025
£20,000
Circles South East
http://www.circlessoutheast.org.uk
An unrestricted grant of £30,000 (This grant is renewable - year 2 of up to 3 years). Circles South East work with people who have a history of sexual offending, primarily through offering Circles of Support and Accountability.
Open Programme
The Criminal Legal System and Penal Reform
23-01-2025
£30,000
Prisoners' Advice Service (PAS)
http://www.prisonersadvice.org.uk
An unrestricted grant of £25,000 (This grant is renewable - year 2 of up to 3 years). Prisoners' Advice Service offer free legal advice and support to adult prisoners throughout England and Wales regarding their legal, human and healthcare rights.
Open Programme
The Criminal Legal System and Penal Reform
23-01-2025
£25,000
Slough Refugee Support
http://WWW.SLOUGHREFUGEESUPPORT.ORG.UK
An unrestricted grant of £20,000 (year 3 of 3 years). Slough Refugee Support supports people seeking asylum in Slough by providing legal support, mentoring and casework.
Open Programme
Migrants and Refugees
23-01-2025
£20,000
Pure Insight
http://www.pure-insight.org.uk
An unrestricted grant of £25,000 (This grant is renewable - year 1 of up to 3 years). Pure Insight provides a range of holistic support services for care leavers, working in partnership with other voluntary sector organisations across North West England....(hover for more)
Open Programme
The Criminal Legal System and Penal Reform
23-01-2025
£25,000

Paul Hamlyn Foundation

Description:
A restricted grant of £10,000 towards the costs of UK representatives attending the Narrative Power Summit 2025. The Narrative Power Summit is a transformative convening for social justice communicators and movement workers.

Grant:
Strategic Human Rights

Priority area:
The Human Rights Framework

Award date: 11-02-2025

Amount awarded: £10,000

Commons Law CIC

http://www.commons.legal

Description:
A restricted grant of £8,000 towards finalising and publishing The Experiences of Asylum-Seeking Young People in the UK Criminal Justice System. Commons Law CIC provides legal advice to individuals who come into contact with the justice system and cannot afford legal advice.

Grant:
Prisoners

Priority area:
The Criminal Legal System and Penal Reform

Award date: 03-02-2025

Amount awarded: £8,000

The British Institute of Human Rights (BIHR)

http://www.bihr.org.uk

Description:
An unrestricted grant of £45,000 (This grant is renewable - year 1 of up to 5 years). The British Institute of Human Rights works to promote and uphold human rights in the UK through capacity building work for organisations that engage in human rights advocacy.

Grant:
Strategic Human Rights

Priority area:
The Human Rights Framework

Award date: 28-01-2025

Amount awarded: £45,000

The Civil Liberties Trust

https://www.libertyhumanrights.org.uk/

Description:
An unrestricted grant of £95,000 (This grant is renewable - year 1 of up to 5 years). Liberty works to advance human rights in the UK through public campaigning, litigation, advocacy, coalition building and free legal advice.

Grant:
Strategic Human Rights

Priority area:
The Human Rights Framework

Award date: 28-01-2025

Amount awarded: £95,000

Margaret Carey Foundation (UpCycle)

http://upcyclemcf.org

Description:
An unrestricted grant of £20,000. Margaret Carey Foundation deliver bike maintenance workshops with young people in Bradford and prisoners to break the cycle of crime.

Grant:
Prisoners

Priority area:
The Criminal Legal System and Penal Reform

Award date: 23-01-2025

Amount awarded: £20,000

Plumstead Community Law Centre

http://www.pclc.org.uk

Description:
An unrestricted grant of £30,000 (This grant is renewable - year 1 of up to 3 years). Plumstead Community Law Centre offers specialist legal advice in the areas of immigration and employment, and specialist advice on welfare benefits.

Grant:
Human rights

Priority area:
Access to Justice

Award date: 23-01-2025

Amount awarded: £30,000

New Dawn New Day

http://www.ndnd.org.uk

Description:
An unrestricted grant of £30,000 (This grant is renewable - year 1 of up to 3 years). New Dawn New Day is a women's centre supporting women to heal from trauma and break free from the criminal justice system.

Grant:
Prisoners

Priority area:
The Criminal Legal System and Penal Reform

Award date: 23-01-2025

Amount awarded: £30,000

Peer Power Youth

https://www.peerpower.org.uk/

Description:
An unrestricted grant of £25,000 (This grant is renewable - year 1 of up to 3 years). Peer Power Youth work to promote the voices of young people who have experienced injustice, inequality and trauma through providing holistic wraparound support, counselling and peer support.

Grant:
Prisoners

Priority area:
The Criminal Legal System and Penal Reform

Award date: 23-01-2025

Amount awarded: £25,000

Refugee Resource

https://www.refugeeresource.org.uk/

Description:
An unrestricted grant of £25,000 (This grant is renewable - year 1 of up to 3 years). Refugee Resource provide refugees, asylum seekers and vulnerable migrants in Oxfordshire specialist mental health support.

Grant:
Refugees

Priority area:
Migrants and Refugees

Award date: 23-01-2025

Amount awarded: £25,000

Migrants' Rights Network

http://www.migrantsrights.org.uk

Description:
An unrestricted grant of £25,000 (This grant is renewable - year 1 of up to 3 years). Migrants' Rights Network build partnerships and solidarity to amplify the voices of migrant communities, working to challenge harmful policy and practice and secure rights and justice.

Grant:
Refugees

Priority area:
Migrants and Refugees

Award date: 23-01-2025

Amount awarded: £25,000

The Decelerator

http://www.decelerator.org.uk/

Description:
A restricted grant of £15,000 towards The Decelerator's charitable work (This grant is renewable - year 1 of up to 3 years). Decelerator support organisations through transitions and endings, and to normalise conversations around endings to reduce stigma.

Grant:
Strategic Human Rights

Priority area:
The Human Rights Framework

Award date: 23-01-2025

Amount awarded: £15,000

United Group for Reform of IPP

Description:
A restricted grant of £15,000 towards UNGRIPP's charitable work (This grant is renewable - year 1 of up to 3 years). UNGRIPP is a grassroots campaigning and awareness raising group, led by families of people serving IPP sentences.

Grant:
Prisoners

Priority area:
The Criminal Legal System and Penal Reform

Award date: 23-01-2025

Amount awarded: £15,000

Joint Council for the Welfare of Immigrants

http://www.jcwi.org.uk

Description:
An unrestricted grant of £30,000 (This grant is renewable - year 1 of up to 3 years). The Joint Council for the Welfare of Immigrants provides immigration advice and campaigns for the advocates for the rights of migrants, including policy influencing work and support for other groups in the migrant justice sector.

Grant:
Refugees

Priority area:
Migrants and Refugees

Award date: 23-01-2025

Amount awarded: £30,000

Islington Law Centre (ILC)

http://www.islingtonlaw.org.uk

Description:
A restricted grant of £25,000 towards the Migrant and Refugee Children's Legal Unit (This grant is renewable - year 1 of up to 3 years). The Migrant and Refugee Children’s Legal Unit (MiCLU) is a specialist legal and policy hub based at Islington Law Centre providing support to migrant children and young people.

Grant:
Refugees

Priority area:
Migrants and Refugees

Award date: 23-01-2025

Amount awarded: £25,000

North of England Refugee Service

http://www.refugee.org.uk

Description:
An unrestricted grant of £30,000 (This grant is renewable - year 1 of up to 3 years). North of England Refugee Service supports people seeking asylum and refugees through advice, housing and holistic support.

Grant:
Refugees

Priority area:
Migrants and Refugees

Award date: 23-01-2025

Amount awarded: £30,000

Runnymede Trust

http://www.runnymedetrust.org/

Description:
A restricted grant of £30,000 towards work on criminal justice and policing (This grant is renewable - year 1 of up to 2 years). Runnymede is a leading racial justice think tank, producing research around race and ethnicity, and using this as a basis for advocacy to eradicate all forms of racism.

Grant:
Prisoners

Priority area:
The Criminal Legal System and Penal Reform

Award date: 23-01-2025

Amount awarded: £30,000

Palestine Justice Fund

Description:
A restricted grant of £10,000 towards the development and scoping of the legal action element of the fund. Palestinian-led strategic re-granter supporting initiatives advocating for Palestinian rights.

Grant:
Human rights

Priority area:
Access to Justice

Award date: 23-01-2025

Amount awarded: £10,000

Maslaha

http://www.maslaha.org

Description:
An unrestricted grant of £30,000 (This grant is renewable - year 1 of up to 3 years). Maslaha aims to increase awareness, promote equality and to change and challenge the conditions that create inequalities for Muslim communities.

Grant:
Prisoners

Priority area:
The Criminal Legal System and Penal Reform

Award date: 23-01-2025

Amount awarded: £30,000

Notre Dame Refugee Centre

http://www.notredamerc.org.uk

Description:
An unrestricted grant of £20,000 (This grant is renewable - year 2 of up to 3 years). Notre Dame Refugee Centre provides immigration advice to people who are destitute and not entitled to legal aid, along with holistic support.

Grant:
Refugees

Priority area:
Migrants and Refugees

Award date: 23-01-2025

Amount awarded: £20,000

Focus on Labour Exploitation

https://labourexploitation.org/

Description:
An unrestricted grant of £20,000 (This grant in renewable - year 2 of up to 3 years). Focus on Labour Exploitation is a research and policy organisation dedicated to ending labour exploitation by challenging and transforming the systems and structures that create vulnerability for workers.

Grant:
Refugees

Priority area:
Migrants and Refugees

Award date: 23-01-2025

Amount awarded: £20,000

Hackney Migrant Centre

https://hackneymigrantcentre.org.uk/

Description:
An unrestricted grant of £30,000 (This grant is renewable - year 2 of up to 3 years). Hackney Migrant Centre provides advice and casework on immigration, welfare and housing to people seeking asylum, migrants and refugees.

Grant:
Refugees

Priority area:
Migrants and Refugees

Award date: 23-01-2025

Amount awarded: £30,000

Working Families

https://workingfamilies.org.uk/

Description:
An unrestricted grant of £30,000 (This grant is renewable - year 2 of up to 3 years). Working Families supports working parents and carers to access their employment rights, while also working with employers so that they can better support workers.

Grant:
Human rights

Priority area:
Access to Justice

Award date: 23-01-2025

Amount awarded: £30,000

City of Sanctuary UK

http://www.cityofsanctuary.org

Description:
An unrestricted grant of £30,000 (This grant is renewable - year 2 of up to 3 years). City of Sanctuary UK is a UK based organisation that coordinates, supports, and grows networks of welcoming groups, individuals, and other organisations.

Grant:
Refugees

Priority area:
Migrants and Refugees

Award date: 23-01-2025

Amount awarded: £30,000

Families Outside

https://www.familiesoutside.org.uk/

Description:
An unrestricted grant of £30,000 (This grant is renewable - year 2 of up to 3 years). Families outside work on behalf on families in Scotland affected by imprisonment.

Grant:
Prisoners

Priority area:
The Criminal Legal System and Penal Reform

Award date: 23-01-2025

Amount awarded: £30,000

Human Rights Consortium Scotland

http://www.hrcscotland.org

Description:
An unrestricted grant of £20,000 (This grant is renewable - year 2 of up to 3 years). Human Rights Consortium Scotland looks to protect and promote human rights in Scotland - it provides resources and support to its members and provides a collective voice on human rights issues.

Grant:
Strategic Human Rights

Priority area:
The Human Rights Framework

Award date: 23-01-2025

Amount awarded: £20,000

The Violence Intervention Project

http://www.vip.org.uk

Description:
An unrestricted grant of £20,000 (This grant is renewable - year 2 of up to 3 years). Violence Intervention Project offer personal and therapeutic support to young people at risk of or in involved in serious youth violence.

Grant:
Prisoners

Priority area:
The Criminal Legal System and Penal Reform

Award date: 23-01-2025

Amount awarded: £20,000

Circles South East

http://www.circlessoutheast.org.uk

Description:
An unrestricted grant of £30,000 (This grant is renewable - year 2 of up to 3 years). Circles South East work with people who have a history of sexual offending, primarily through offering Circles of Support and Accountability.

Grant:
Prisoners

Priority area:
The Criminal Legal System and Penal Reform

Award date: 23-01-2025

Amount awarded: £30,000

Prisoners' Advice Service (PAS)

http://www.prisonersadvice.org.uk

Description:
An unrestricted grant of £25,000 (This grant is renewable - year 2 of up to 3 years). Prisoners' Advice Service offer free legal advice and support to adult prisoners throughout England and Wales regarding their legal, human and healthcare rights.

Grant:
Prisoners

Priority area:
The Criminal Legal System and Penal Reform

Award date: 23-01-2025

Amount awarded: £25,000

Slough Refugee Support

http://WWW.SLOUGHREFUGEESUPPORT.ORG.UK

Description:
An unrestricted grant of £20,000 (year 3 of 3 years). Slough Refugee Support supports people seeking asylum in Slough by providing legal support, mentoring and casework.

Grant:
Refugees

Priority area:
Migrants and Refugees

Award date: 23-01-2025

Amount awarded: £20,000

Pure Insight

http://www.pure-insight.org.uk

Description:
An unrestricted grant of £25,000 (This grant is renewable - year 1 of up to 3 years). Pure Insight provides a range of holistic support services for care leavers, working in partnership with other voluntary sector organisations across North West England.

Grant:
Prisoners

Priority area:
The Criminal Legal System and Penal Reform

Award date: 23-01-2025

Amount awarded: £25,000

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