Grants we have made

Grants list

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This section lists all grants we have made since 2013. The categories from 2013 to 2018 were Arts, Environment and Welfare. This changed in 2018 when Welfare was replaced with Social Action. There are also separate categories for grants to the Museums and Galleries Fund and to the UK Overseas Territories (UKOTs) Fund.

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Wildlife and Countryside Link

Contribution towards the costs of a joint project by Wildlife and Countryside Link and Natural England to improve diversity in the Conservation Sector, with match-funding provided by Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust and Esmée Fairbairn Foundation

Category
Other
Year awarded
2021
Grant size
£15,000
Duration
1 year
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Wildlife and Countryside Link

Towards core costs, galvanising the environment movement behind strong, shared policy ideas to influence UK law and policy

Category
Environment
Year awarded
2021
Grant size
£150,000
Duration
3 years
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Working Families

Towards the costs of their Head of Policy and Influencing post to work to “Build Back Better” for the UK’s working parents post-pandemic, influencing permanent labour market and employment rights reform

Category
Social Action
Year awarded
2021
Grant size
£120,000
Duration
3 years
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Yorkshire Wildlife Trust

Towards the costs of their North Sea Project and associated advocacy and research staffing capacity

Category
Environment
Year awarded
2021
Grant size
£75,000
Duration
3 years
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20 Stories High

Towards core costs associated with commissioning new work

Category
Arts
Year awarded
2020
Grant size
£50,000
Duration
1.5 years
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Adoption UK

Towards policy research, analysis and advocacy with and on behalf of adopters

Category
Social Action
Year awarded
2020
Grant size
£150,000
Duration
3 years
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Art UK

Towards increased curatorial capacity of "Art Detective", an online forum for specialists and others interested in resolving questions about the artworks held by UK public collections

Category
Museums and Galleries
Year awarded
2020
Grant size
£81,425
Duration
2 years
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AVA (Against Violence and Abuse)

Towards the costs of the Staying Mum project which aims to develop a coordinated response to women who have had their children removed as a result of domestic violence

Category
Social Action
Year awarded
2020
Grant size
£114,600
Duration
2 years
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Beaver Trust

Towards core costs in restoring beaver wetlands across Britain

Category
Environment
Year awarded
2020
Grant size
£100,000
Duration
3 years
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