Charitable grants: We’ve funded over 6,000 cutting-edge projects in 40 years

The charitable arm of Network, Network for Social Change Charitable Trust, funds social change and social justice projects aiming to address the root causes of problems. Projects include those led by the people impacted by the issues they address (client-led), as well as groups advocating for specific policy changes. Our projects range from small, local organisations to major UK-wide policy initiatives.

In relying on each other’s expertise and spreading the risk between us, we promote and fund important and innovative projects. About 80% of our funding is charitable, granted by Network for Social Change Charitable Trust. Grants funded charitably in 2025-26 are listed below.

All projects funded by Network satisfy our criteria for being legal, non-violent and non-party political.

Non-charitable grants

Charitable Major Project grants 2025-26

These are normally grants for 3-6 years, with annual sums of £100,000 – £250,000. In 2025-26 our Major Projects were:

Labour Rights, a group of projects addressing justice for workers and protecting labour rights. Violation Tracker blows the whistle on corporate malpractice; Cat’s Cradle provides worker training and education; Work Rights Centre helps migrants and disadvantaged Britons access employment justice; New Organising Conference brings together people from different backgrounds organising for workplace justice.
Windrush Justice, in partnership with other funders and Action for Race Equality, this project seeks justice for those people whose UK citizenship is impacted by the “hostile environment”. Most of those affected are originally from Jamaica, Nigeria, Ghana and Barbados.
Community Resilience, a project aiming to increase the capacity of local communities across the UK to sustain themselves and adapt in the face of mounting disruption from climate change and other sources. For more detail, please see here.
Flying Fair, aiming to reduce the demand for flying. We are supporting a group of four organisations: the Aviation Environment Trust (AET) works for sustainable aviation policies, and aims – with local campaigners – to limit airport expansion; Possible campaigns for climate solutions to transport challenges, and has pioneered the Frequent Flyer Levy; New Economics Foundation undertakes and publishes economic analysis in support of aviation demand management.
Fossil Fuels and Insurance Reclaim Finance conducts in-depth research and analysis on the practices of financial institutions in the insurance sector, aimed at supporting them to adopt climate strategies.

Charitable ‘Pools’ grants 2025-26

Generally one-off funding from £8,000 up to £25,000. There is one round per year. Charitable Pools grants in 2025-26 were:

ACES (Association for Coastal Eco-system Services) For Youth for Climate Action, The Gambia, restoring degraded mangrove eco-systems to increase bio-diversity and strengthen the resilience of coastal communities to climate change impacts
BASIC For NATO WATCH, sustaining and further developing the NATO Watch brand in the UK as a one-stop portal for analysis and commentary on NATO-related issues
BASIC For Nuclear Information Service, to deliver briefings for parliamentarians and campaigners highlighting costs, risks and other issues within the UK nuclear weapons programme
Beyond Equality Providing training to young men towards emotional expression, improved wellbeing, gender justice, gender-based violence prevention and healthier masculinities
Centre for Investigative Journalism Core funding to support subsidised access to investigative journalism training opportunities
Clowns Without Borders Using the creative arts, laughter and play to bring joy and healing to children affected by conflict in Mozambique
Common Wealth Theatre Limited Addressing the social and political issues that directly impact young people in Bradford, so as to increase their opportunities and positively change their futures
Create [Legal name: Create (Arts) Limited] Using creative workshops for children in care, to tackle poor wellbeing, isolation and low educational attainment
Economic, Social and Cultural Rights in the UK (Just Fair) Supporting a diverse and growing coalition of organisations and activists working to promote economic, social and cultural rights (ESCR) across the UK
Escape2Make Core funding towards two part time roles aiming to improve wellbeing through creativity, for 11-18 year olds
Fairness Foundation Advocating for action by government to tackle socio-economic inequality in the UK
Friends of the Earth (England, Wales and Northern Ireland) Securing a UK Climate Plan to deliver Net Zero, and protecting carbon budgets from being impacted by aviation expansion
Greater Change Core funding to build evidence which will encourage homeless services to shift toward prevention, cost savings, and lasting stability for individuals
HOPE not Hate Charitable Trust Creating a unit within the Hopeful Towns Project, to enable local stakeholders to better predict, understand and respond to trigger events in communities
Independent Diplomat Strengthening Afghan female diplomats’ capacity to coordinate fragmented democratic opposition groups and engage internationally
Inside Out Well-being Providing vital, culturally and trauma-informed mental health support to young adults, primarily from Black and ethnic minority communities in Lambeth and Newham in London
Karuna Trust Supporting survivors of sexual violence, empowering women and girls with rights awareness, and prevention of sexual violence across four Indian states
Maternity Action Tackling health inequalities and addressing social determinants of health in maternity services
New Israel Fund For Standing Together, to provide a presence to protect Palestinians from settler attacks, in East Jerusalem and the West Bank
Orchid Project For Ifrah Foundation, promoting community activism to end Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) in Somalia
People’s Economy Nurturing collaboration between grassroots organising groups and national level campaigns working for economic system change
Play For Progress Celebrating their 10th anniversary with a year of creative events to showcase impact and amplify the voices of vulnerable young people
Rosa Addressing the gap in funding and resources currently threatening the survival across the UK of women-led organisations which are addressing male violence against women and girls
Survivors Against Terror Core funding to empower survivors to lead peacebuilding, media messaging and policy shaping, and education, to counter division and build resilient, united communities
The Centre for Justice Innovation Engaging the public in a fresh conversation about crime and justice, to create new political space for bold action
The Movements Trust Ltd For Autosafety Uganda, reducing transport pollution in Uganda by training mechanics, and tackling high emissions and hazardous oil disposal practices
The Poverty and Environment Trust Organising mass public advocacy to call on MPs to support new legislation which will enable a twentyfold increase in UK community-run renewable energy projects
The Restart Project Strengthening work advocating for Right to Repair legislation in Europe and in the UK, to promote waste prevention and improve repairability requirements for electrical products
The Rivers Trust Producing a report compiling the latest data and expert analysis on the health of UK and Irish rivers, making the evidence accessible and driving action from policymakers
THIRST Engaging with institutional decision-makers and influential brands in Europe to advocate for tea workers’ and farmers’ rights
Welsh Refugee Council Increasing awareness of asylum and refugee issues in Wales, and campaigning for Wales to stay a Nation of Sanctuary ensuring asylum and refuge

Able Child Africa For an innovative disability-inclusive mental health guide and ‘toolbox’ for children and youth in Rwanda
APPEAL Working for a fairer justice system; challenging wrongful convictions and suppression of evidence by police
Artis For a primary school performing arts programme in deprived areas
Belong For Amplify, a project to support women in Drake Hall Prison (Midlands) who are caught up in the criminal justice system
Clowns without Borders For their project Wiggle, working in Syria and Turkey with traumatised refugee children
Finance Innovation Lab For Transforming Finance: A manifesto for positive change and regulatory reform
Gaia Foundation For Oikologica, a Forum of Independent Lawyers, training lawyers from indigenous and marginalised groups in India
Gambling with Lives For a pilot education project to prevent gambling harm in young people
Global Girl Project Core funding for mobilising girls in the global south to become leaders in families and communities
Greater Manchester Immigration Aid Unit For Torture ID, helping newly arrived asylum seekers to provide evidence of torture, and lobby for early trauma screening
Hear Me Out Music New music programmes for a range of immigration detention facilities
Ice and Fire Theatre To develop a theatre play “The Divide – A Brief Guide to Global Inequality and its Solutions”
Independent Diplomat For their Meet the Parties project, creating an impartial platform for conflict prevention and resolution
Labour Behind the Label To challenge online fashion retailers selling out on workers’ rights in Turkey
Lansbury House Trust Fund For War Resisters International to run an Antimilitarist Campaigning Lab for young people to play key role in resisting militarism
London Waterkeeper For their campaign for “A Swimmable Thames”, publicising water pollution events

Gaia Foundation For Oikologica, a Forum of Independent Lawyers, training lawyers from indigenous and marginalised groups in India
Gambling with Lives For a pilot education project to prevent gambling harm in young people
Global Girl Project Core funding for mobilising girls in the global south to become leaders in families and communities
Greater Manchester Immigration Aid Unit For Torture ID, helping newly arrived asylum seekers to provide evidence of torture, and lobby for early trauma screening
Hear Me Out Music New music programmes for a range of immigration detention facilities
Ice and Fire Theatre To develop a theatre play “The Divide – A Brief Guide to Global Inequality and its Solutions”
Independent Diplomat For their Meet the Parties project, creating an impartial platform for conflict prevention and resolution
Labour Behind the Label To challenge online fashion retailers selling out on workers’ rights in Turkey
Lansbury House Trust Fund For War Resisters International to run an Antimilitarist Campaigning Lab for young people to play key role in resisting militarism
London Waterkeeper For their campaign for “A Swimmable Thames”, publicising water pollution events

Marmot Charitable Trust For Zero Hour, promoting the Climate & Ecology Bill, aiming to cease fossil fuel investments and restore nature
Migrants Organise Core funding for work seeking to overturn the “hostile environment” policy
Omega Research Foundation Dealing with the disproportionate use of force by UK police, particularly against BAME communities
Open Trust For Open Democracy, holding authorities to account through Environmental Information Regulations (EIRs)
Peace Brigades International UK Supporting and protecting land, environmental and indigenous defenders
Peace Direct For Strength from Adversity, connecting young climate activists in Afghanistan, Syria, Kenya and Lebanon
PORA Zimbabwe For Gokwe Rape Emergency Aftercare Service
Possible (The 10:10 Foundation) For a Judicial review aiming to bring the government’s ‘Jet Zero’ aviation strategy within its climate commitments
Prism Youth Centre For Breathing Spaces 2, helping100 vulnerable teenagers in Bradford engage with an inner city farm for rescued animals

Saheliya Glasgow social enterprise, practical support for minority women who have experienced racial inequality
Survivor Alliance UK Leadership programme for UK survivors of modern slavery
The Kittiwake Trust Multilingual Library in Gateshead, following eviction by landlord and move to new site
Tiyeni Creating a hub and training programme for Deep Bed Farming in Malawi
Transform Justice CourtWatch project to increase oversight of our courts and promote community ownership of justice
Wellsprings Together Funding a Bradford-Iona Activists Retreat, an intergenerational, multi-faith and no-faith retreat to support community activists
Wildlife & Countryside Link For the Nature 2030 project: protecting the marine environment through policy and marine protected areas
Women Working Worldwide For Beauty Without the Beast: empowering women in global supply chains to claim their rights (Kenya)

Charitable Fast Track grants 2025-26

Generally one-off funding of £5,000 – £8,000. In 2025-26 we awarded 55 charitable Fast Track grants through 4 funding rounds. Grants were:

ACES (The Association for Coastal Eco-system Services) Pioneering marine biodiversity credits in Vanga Bay; and supporting the accreditation of a world-first seagrass biodiversity project in Kenya
ACES (The Association for Coastal Eco-system Services) For Youth for Climate Action in The Gambia, to install a pump and a water tank for irrigating an agro-forestry nursery and demostration site in Sankandi Village
Action for Racial Equality (on behalf of Alliance for Police Accountability) Developing a community-led Police Accountability Charter in Birmingham, using communications and promotional campaigning
Action to Protect Rural Scotland (APRS) Supporting a moratorium on planning permission for very large scale data centres until a study of the impacts on climate targets is completed
Airwars Supporting and training British-Palestinian medics to travel to Gaza to provide medical care, and to preserve information relating to harm to civilians
Ashanti Development Delivering sanitation, health & hygiene training in Dome village, Ashanti, Ghana
BASIC For NATO Watch, decoupling European security from the United States
Black Men 4 Change CIC Launching a new monthly Black and Global Majority focused newsletter that will be hosted within Clinks’ established communications
Cambridge Carbon Footprint Equipping Cambridgeshire climate leaders with skills, confidence and connections through a conference, shared learning, an online handbook and ongoing peer support
Clydesdale Community Initiatives Providing employability support and training for people with disabilities in Lanarkshire
Crossroads Women For All African Womens Group, women asylum seekers from countries including Nigeria, Namibia, DRC, Zimbabwe, Uganda and Vietnam campaigning against rape/sexual violence, exploitation and family separation
Earth Tenders Creating Black and People of Colour (BPOC)-led initiatives in horticulture and environment
Endless Medical Advantage Providing safe shelters and food for Syrian refugees in Lebanon
Flexicare (Oxford and Abingdon) Core funding to recruit a part-time co-ordinator to support families of children with severe and complex disabilities in Oxford and Abingdon
Foodrise Protecting Scotland’s wild salmon by hosting a mock ecocide trial and developing a Rights of the Salmon Charter
forRefugees For Project Play, delivering play and advocacy for displaced children in informal Calais camps
Foundation for Integrated Transport For Transport Action Network, pressing for greater and innovative democratic engagement in devolution, to improve public engagement in environmental and social outcomes
Govanhill Baths Reimagining Govanhill’s urban landscape by planting 500 fruit and nut trees across tenement backcourts, schools, gardens and places of worship
Hear Me Out Music Core funding to support people held in immigration detention and asylum centres using the connecting and empowering medium of music
HIV i-Base For ACT-UP, preserving and activating their legacy through an open-access archive of activist strategies
HMDT Music Diverting young offenders in custody and on release towards positive pathways and employability, through music and creative arts
Independent Diplomat For Shahmama Organization for Human Rights and Development, advocating for social justice and accountability for Afghan women
Landworks Employing a part-time cook and food skills trainer to support Landworks’ model for rehabilitation and resettlement, to reduce re-offending
Latin American Bureau Delivering the Disputed Territories project, aiming to promote debate around the Rights of Nature as a promising transformative legal and ethical approach
LGBT Unity Glasgow Funding mental health support, community activities and essential services for LGBTQI refugees and asylum seekers in the Glasgow area
Liberty Choir UK Delivering a friends and family concert for prisoners at HMP Coldingley
Lorna Young Foundation Empowering women cocoa farmers in Ghana through local language radio, connecting them to the knowledge they need to strengthen the sustainability of their livelihood
Maslow’s Community Strengthening local infrastructure and social cohesion in Govan
Movements Trust For Baby Milk Action/IBFAN Africa, supporting the protection and promotion of breastfeeding, infant and young child feeding in Sub-Saharan Africa
Music Education Partnership Group Funding a part-time coordinator to research and develop the We Make Music (WMM) Companion, a Scotland-wide digital map of music education opportunities for people of all ages
New Israel Fund UK For Women Wage Peace, delivering a two-day trauma-informed retreat for peace activists
NotAlone Empowerment Centre For Migrants Organising for Rights and Empowerment, to repair damage from Hurricane Melissa in Jamaica
Nudge Community Society Ltd. For JarSquad CIC, using communal food preservation to cut waste, reduce isolation and build climate-positive, joyful, community-led alternative food systems
Open Clasp Theatre Company Highlighting the issues around parental rights in prison through a screening tour of Rupture, a film co-created with mothers in HMP Low Newton
Papua Partners Supporting micro-finance business training, and advocacy projects against Gender Based Violence, for indigenous Papuan women displaced by conflict and resource extraction
Participation and the Practice of Rights For Anaka Women’s Collective, core funding for a collective led by migrant women and young people living in Belfast
Peace Direct Fostering solidarity, peace and inclusion through storytelling, dialogue, collaboration, and shared action in contexts of conflict and adversity
People & Planet Aiming to challenge the power and influence of the fossil fuel industry in the UK, by addressing the recruitment pipelines from universities into oil and gas companies
Permaculture Association Evaluating and documenting the impacts of a permaculture approach to nutrition, among the refugee population in Uganda
Planning Democracy Delivering a structured community-led program to train and support local activists in biodiversity monitoring and enhancement
Platform Learning about community-led sustainable food and land projects around the country, to help achieve food justice in Tower Hamlets
Praxis Community Projects Delivering the Scrap the Barriers campaign so as to influence Home Office policy that currently excludes and financially punishes migrants and refugees
Quaker Congo Partnership UK Supporting women’s work, literacy and skills training at grassroots level with Action for Integrated Women’s Development (AWID)
Refugees Welcome Hounslow Support resettlement and encourage social integration in Hounslow of Afghan families who had to evacuate after the Taliban took control of Afghanistan
Rukhshana Media Giving a voice to oppressed women of Afghanistan through high quality journalism covering human rights, freedom to participate in civil society, and equal treatment of women and girls
Rwanda Action Supporting the Alivera Project, which aims to provide a framework for the inclusion of young people with disability, in their homes, in schools, in the community and in the workplace
SHED For Humans for Rights Network, gathering evidence and exploring avenues for redress for those subjected to violence at the UK/France border
The 10:10 Foundation Supporting the Sustainable Travel Leave policy designed to reduce aviation emissions and encourage a cultural shift away from aviation
The Apricot Centre CIC Providing professional therapeutic support and mental health education to farmers and their families across Devon
The BEARR Trust Supporting community-based organisations that are helping people affected by the war in Ukraine
The Martin Ryle Trust For New Lucas Plan Group, using the 50th anniversary of the Lucas Plan to remind radical movements of its continuing relevance and that it is still vital for addressing current social and political challenges
The Movements Trust Ltd For Climate Majority Project, engaging groups not typically engaged with community resilience to seed and amplify climate adaptation
The Mysterious Goodness Fund For Cegin Y Bobl, increasing community resilience by training individuals and local community leaders in a holistic approach, using food as a solution to tackle many of the issues communities face today
Torbay Communities Creating the first climate action hub for young people in Torbay
Zero Hour Using local information to highlight the deterioration of nature and the impacts of climate change while making the economic case for climate and nature action

ACES (Association of Coastal Ecosytems Services) For Tropical Research & Conservation Centre Nigeria, for 700 biomass cooking stoves in mangrove conservation area
Afghanistan & Central Asian Association Supporting displaced refugees with crisis and integration issues, now including support for refugees from Ukraine
African Refugee Community Staff support in Barnett for services for asylum seekers from mainly French-speaking African countries
Alternatives to Violence (AVP) Jordan Workshops for refugees and host communities in Jordan
Art Against Knives Core funding to boost capacity and deliver services to vulnerable young people
Aviation Environment Trust Challenging ‘Jet Zero’ – the Department of Transport’s policy framework which continues to promote aviation expansion
Black Girls Hike Environmental summer camp for 70 black women at Green & Away education centre in Worcestershire
Burma Human Rights Network Documenting human rights violations and accountability in Myanmar
Centre for Innovation in Voluntary Action For the intrapreneurs.club for Apprentice Pathway Programme, helping young, diverse and low income people to secure careers in IT
Chaffinch Stack the Library for Kibera’s Kids – helping Nairobi’s vulnerable children access vital resources
Coventry University Gun Crime Violence among Palestinians in Israel: Strategies to reduce violence
Criminal Justice Alliance Leadership programme for lived experience voices: advocacy, training and expertise in the criminal justice system
Cyclox For Oxfordshire Livable Streets, for a cycle and pedestrian plan, re-prioritising space from cars to cycling, walking and other public uses

Devon Centocow Link First-Aid training for pre-school staff in Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa
Eastside Community Trust For Eastville Park Lido CIC to bring back a lido in ethnically diverse East Bristol
Falklands Stewardship Trust Groundswell Outreach venture “GO Falkland”, to promote regenerative farming in Scotland
Fences & Frontiers Expanding museum and countryside visits for asylum seekers in Glasgow, Birmingham and Cardiff
Foundation for Integrated Transport For Transport Action Network’s legal fighting fund to bring UK national roads policy within the UK’s carbon budget
Institute for Development Studies New Lucas Plan, exploring opportunities for a worker/citizen-led transition to a green economy
Joliba Trust Income-generating project for rural Malian women, producing cooking oil and soap from Balanites tree kernels
Labour Behind the Label Researching LGBTQ+ garment workers stories in UK and global supply chains

Medical Justice Interpreters for detained torture survivors for immigration medical assessments
Meri Yaadain CIC Dementia support for South Asian communities in Bradford and beyond
Next Century Foundation For Justice Congo Group for awareness-raising about how mining for smartphone minerals in DRC is terrorising local communities
Platform Recipe for a Revolution project in Tower Hamlets, minority-led food justice research & movement building
Prism City Farm Bradford Breathing Spaces project using holistic eco-therapy to help young people in mental distress
Public Interest Research Centre Decolonising Narratives: Transforming civil society communications, for organisations within its network
Red Balloon Educational Trust Replacement of outdated laptops for teenagers who have been bullied, traumatised and excluded from school
Somewhere Else Bridging gaps in provision for refugees and asylum seekers in Stockton-on-Tees
StandOut Programmes Expansion of employability programme at HMP Wormwood Scrubs
Sussex Green Living Regrow & Repair Roadshow in Sussex to promote lifestyle changes that reduce pressure on the planet

Tanzania Development Trust Borewells and rope pumps for 5 locations in rural Tanzania
The BEARR Trust UKRAINE: Winter Aid appeal – grassroots grants
The Congo Tree Youth development work in the Democratic Republic of Congo, inspiring and supporting young leaders
The Eden Trust Youth Environmental Service aiming for every young person in the UK to have the opportunity of a year’s environmental service
The Girlington Centre Refugee Support Group in Bradford, for practical and legal support for refugees
The Movements Trust For Wild Card, grassroots campaigning for the UK’s biggest landowners to rewild and open up their estates to all
The Real Farming Trust Bringing the UK farmland trusts together: for closer collaboration and more effective movement building
Therapeutic Art Zambia Using art to increase dignity and care for people with poor mental health in Zambia
Time for Art Creative art sessions for asylum seekers in hotels in Oxfordshire
Upper Space CIC For Adfree Cities Research into how billboard ads deepen existing social inequalities
War on Want Keeping the Hope Alive: fighting for ecological justice in Chile’s Constitutional Process
Wild Fish Conservation Judicial Review of the UK Government’s inadequate plan to reduce dumping of raw sewage into rivers
Young Sea Changers Scotland Empowering young people in Scotland to take action for the seas