YOU MAKE IT 

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following significant donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Major supporters in last 5 years

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to You Make It
£180,000	08/02/2023 36	towards three years’ continuation funding of the running costs of a project providing mentoring, workshops and skills training for young unemployed BME women in the London Boroughs of Hackney and ....more towards three years’ continuation funding of the running costs of a project providing mentoring, workshops and skills training for young unemployed BME women in the London Boroughs of Hackney and Tower Hamlets.
Tudor Trust - Grant to You Make It
£50,000	16/07/2021 24	over two years as unrestricted continuation funding for a charity running empowerment programmes for young Black and Asian women from working class backgrounds in Hackney and Tower Hamlets, East ....more over two years as unrestricted continuation funding for a charity running empowerment programmes for young Black and Asian women from working class backgrounds in Hackney and Tower Hamlets, East London
City Bridge Trust - Grant to You Make It
£22,296	19/06/2020	£22,296.00 to fund the essential and urgent costs outlined in the application, in order to carry on providing support to Londoners.
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to You Make It
£180,000	12/06/2019 36	towards three years’ continuation funding of the running costs of a project providing mentoring, workshops and skills training to young unemployed Black, Minority Ethnic women in the London ....more towards three years’ continuation funding of the running costs of a project providing mentoring, workshops and skills training to young unemployed Black, Minority Ethnic women in the London Boroughs of Hackney and Tower Hamlets
National Lottery Community Fund - You Make It
£315,956	18/04/2019 60	The project will use funding to run programme of support to empower young, unemployed and underemployed women, predominantly from a BME background, with the confidence, networks, skills, knowledge ....more The project will use funding to run programme of support to empower young, unemployed and underemployed women, predominantly from a BME background, with the confidence, networks, skills, knowledge and experience needed to break out of poverty.
DCMS - Tampon Tax Community Fund
£2,500	01/04/2019	We work across all Tampon Tax community objectives. We seek to ensure that young women thrive in the face of inequality & disadvantage by offering the skills, networks, experiences and confidence ....more We work across all Tampon Tax community objectives. We seek to ensure that young women thrive in the face of inequality & disadvantage by offering the skills, networks, experiences and confidence to become active & independent in their city. Instead of being derailed by vulnerability & past trauma, through access to wellbeing workshops as well as pastoral care and therapy, participants will place value on the mental and physical wellbeing of themselves and their loved ones. We don't view our participants as burdens or shoehorn them into any old job, we see & place them as truly important beings & encourage them to think big and experiment, we instill a confidence that makes them less scared of trying, even with the prospect of failure. We're proud that in a city as divided as London, with much gentrification and visible, growing gaps between rich and poor, black and white, that our way of working creates relationships and dialogue between people from totally different walks of life, whilst creating strong bonds between women who have similar backstories. Our programme creates a sisterhood for women who otherwise experience social isolation and social anxiety. We also engage professionals from a range of sectors to come together and work closely with women creating a greater sense of community cohesion and give access to networkable opportunities. Based on past outcomes, we confidently expect that of 25 women who start the programme: 90% will complete it; while 87% will start YMI receiving benefits, only 19% will continue to access them by the end; 82% will secure longterm employment & places in formal education, with some juggling these with their own startup; 82% will report feeling more connected to a new professional and social network; 81% will feel happier and 83% will report significant increases in their confidence.
DCMS - Tampon Tax Community Fund
£2,500	03/03/2019	We work across all Tampon Tax community objectives. We seek to ensure that young women thrive in the face of inequality & disadvantage by offering the skills, networks, experiences and confidence ....more We work across all Tampon Tax community objectives. We seek to ensure that young women thrive in the face of inequality & disadvantage by offering the skills, networks, experiences and confidence to become active & independent in their city. Instead of being derailed by vulnerability & past trauma, through access to wellbeing workshops as well as pastoral care and therapy, participants will place value on the mental and physical wellbeing of themselves and their loved ones. We don't view our participants as burdens or shoehorn them into any old job, we see & place them as truly important beings & encourage them to think big and experiment, we instill a confidence that makes them less scared of trying, even with the prospect of failure. We're proud that in a city as divided as London, with much gentrification and visible, growing gaps between rich and poor, black and white, that our way of working creates relationships and dialogue between people from totally different walks of life, whilst creating strong bonds between women who have similar backstories. Our programme creates a sisterhood for women who otherwise experience social isolation and social anxiety. We also engage professionals from a range of sectors to come together and work closely with women creating a greater sense of community cohesion and give access to networkable opportunities. Based on past outcomes, we confidently expect that of 25 women who start the programme: 90% will complete it; while 87% will start YMI receiving benefits, only 19% will continue to access them by the end; 82% will secure longterm employment & places in formal education, with some juggling these with their own startup; 82% will report feeling more connected to a new professional and social network; 81% will feel happier and 83% will report significant increases in their confidence.
Tudor Trust - Grant to You Make It
£63,000	29/08/2018 24	over two years towards salary, running and development costs for an organisation providing social support and professional mentoring for unemployed young women in East London
The Funding Network - You Make It
£2,775	19/09/2017	A holistic, self empowerment programme for young marginalised, unemployed and underemployed people from Hackney and Tower Hamlets to become active in the social, cultural and economic life of the ....more A holistic, self empowerment programme for young marginalised, unemployed and underemployed people from Hackney and Tower Hamlets to become active in the social, cultural and economic life of the city.
The Funding Network - You Make It
£8,749	15/05/2017	A holistic, self empowerment programme for young marginalised, unemployed and underemployed people from Hackney and Tower Hamlets to become active in the social, cultural and economic life of the ....more A holistic, self empowerment programme for young marginalised, unemployed and underemployed people from Hackney and Tower Hamlets to become active in the social, cultural and economic life of the city.
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to You Make It
£25,000	14/11/2016 12	Towards core costs of an organisation providing a creative learning programme for young, unemployed women.
The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to You Make It
£3,800	13/09/2016	Office equipment for a London charity
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to You Make It
£45,000	09/06/2016 36	towards three years’ running costs of a project providing mentoring, workshops and skills training to young unemployed BAME women in the London Boroughs of Hackney and Tower Hamlets
Woodward Charitable Trust - To help bridge the gap in funding the Chief Executive Officer's salary
£1,500	24/02/2016	To help bridge the gap in funding the salary of the Chief Executive Officer.
National Lottery Community Fund - Ladies Who L-EARN (LWL)
£309,807	28/08/2015 36	This is an expansion project by who will look to equip and inspire young, marginalised unemployed women (largely from BAME backgrounds) with the confidence, creativity, networks, skills, knowledge ....more This is an expansion project by who will look to equip and inspire young, marginalised unemployed women (largely from BAME backgrounds) with the confidence, creativity, networks, skills, knowledge and experiences needed to break out of poverty and into financially independent lives in the London Boroughs of Hackney and Tower Hamlets.
Woodward Charitable Trust - Developing young unemployed women to start up their own businesses
£1,000	09/02/2015	Towards developing young unemployed women with entrepreneurial potential start up their own businesses in Hackney and Tower Hamlets.
Spirit of 2012 - Ladies Who L-Earn (NLF Comm Project)
£4,000	01/07/2014	Linked to National Lottery Fund Anniversary Run in August 2014 at the Olympic Park. Final amount of grant dispersed may differ due to project underspend and within agreed tolerance.
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to You Make It
£60,000	14/05/2014	Towards core costs of an organisation that uses creative arts to enhance the employability skills of women from BME backgrounds.
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to You Make It
£30,000	29/05/2012	Towards the Ladies Who L-EARN creative learning programme for unemployed women.

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• Charity registered in England & Wales on 15/09/2014, number: 1158572

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SHED WORKSPACE 1
8 Lee Street
LONDON
E8 4DY

Objectives

(1) For the public benefit, to advance the professional and personal development of East London’s young unemployed and underemployed women – in particular those from non-privileged backgrounds – so that they may enter into and retain meaningful employment. This is done, in particular, but not exclusively, by delivering holistic three to six month programmes either in person or online, which provide participants with:(a) information though interactive workshops, which are focused on developing skills to increase the participant’s employability and wellbeing;(b) advice about learning and earning opportunities through a mentoring programme; and(c) access to work experience and other “hands-on” experience in order to develop job-readiness.(2) For the public benefit, in order to promote racial equality, to design and deliver a programme of interactive anti-racism workshops called You Change It (“YCI”). YCI will principally be delivered (both in person and online) to the employees of other charities, companies and organisations, as well as to individuals, from all backgrounds. Funds raised by YCI will, in part, go back into financially supporting the work described in (1) above. The YCI workshops (the exact number and contents of which may be changed from time to time (therefore this list is not exclusive)) are:(a) story telling by those with lived experiences of being victims of racism (“The Stories Write Themselves”); (b) the history and science of racism and its impact on those living in the UK today(“From Then to Now”); (c) an understanding of what having privilege means and what not having it means (“Check Your Privilege”); (d) developing the confidence to challenge racism at work (“What Would You Say If…?”); (e) support to develop actions which lead to racial equity at work (“Activate Your Allyship”).