13/06/2024 |
£800,000£4,168,000 |
JUSTICE COLLABORATIONS |
Contribution to a funder collaboration that aims to transform access to justice in the UK immigration system. As well as offering funding, it supports grant partners to build the power and influence of people with lived and learned experience of the immigration system and embed anti-racism strategies. |
11/06/2024 |
£10,000£24,220,619 |
LLOYDS BANK FOUNDATION FOR ENGLAND & WALES |
Co-funding a research project looking at the distinct characteristics and value of By and For organisations. The research aims to increase understanding about the role equity and user-led organisations play in supporting people to overcome complex issues and barriers. |
23/05/2024 |
£125,000£889,534 |
ACTION FOR RACE EQUALITY |
Increase and strengthen the Windrush Justice ecosystem by building policy capacity at the grassroots level, and support engagement with policymakers. |
23/05/2024 |
£116,784£640,499 |
ASYLUM AID |
A grant to Asylum Aid to fund one fellow trainee placement as part of cohort 11. |
23/05/2024 |
£170,000£615,779 |
ASYLUM SUPPORT APPEALS PROJECT (ASAP) |
A grant to ASAP to empower people seeking asylum across the UK to defend their legal right to housing and financial support by: building organisations' skills in asylum support law through free training, an advice line and an online network of advisors; and coordinating organisations to challenge systemic injustice. |
23/05/2024 |
£101,316£2,095,736 |
CITIZENS ADVICE BRADFORD & AIREDALE AND BRADFORD LAW CENTRE |
A grant to Citizens Advice Bradford & Airedale and Bradford Law Centre to fund one fellow trainee placement as part of cohort 11. |
23/05/2024 |
£95,735£1,132,453 |
COMMUNITY LAW SERVICE |
A grant to Community Law Service to fund one fellow trainee placement as part of cohort 11. |
23/05/2024 |
£125,000£451,333 |
CRIMINAL JUSTICE ALLIANCE |
A grant to support Criminal Justice Alliance’s work to reduce racial inequality in the justice system |
23/05/2024 |
£98,447£1,056,684 |
DERBYSHIRE LAW CENTRE |
A grant to Derbyshire Law Centre to fund one fellow trainee placement as part of cohort 11. |
23/05/2024 |
£230,000£228,104 |
HUMAN RIGHTS CONSORTIUM |
To support the work to protect and promote the Belfast/Good Friday Agreement and the Article 2 powers of the Windsor Framework; enhance human rights legislation in Northern Ireland and campaign to incorporate and comply with international human rights standards. |
23/05/2024 |
£128,865£1,846,575 |
ISLINGTON LAW CENTRE |
A grant to Islington Law Centre to fund one fellow trainee placement as part of cohort 11. |
23/05/2024 |
£121,480£1,256,810 |
JOINT COUNCIL FOR THE WELFARE OF IMMIGRANTS (JCWI) |
A grant to JCWI to fund one fellow trainee placement as part of cohort 11. |
23/05/2024 |
£122,476£3,125,615 |
JUST FOR KIDS LAW |
A grant to Just for Kids Law to fund one fellow trainee placement as part of cohort 11. |
23/05/2024 |
£185,000£1,069,258 |
LAW CENTRES NETWORK |
Supporting work to strengthen the capacity of law centres within the network, providing practical support to heighten their impact and enhance their sustainability. |
23/05/2024 |
£305,000£1,675,881 |
LONDON LEGAL SUPPORT TRUST |
Funding to continue the work of Inclusion Barnet and six Deaf and Disabled People's Organisations to develop and test a model for providing inclusive and effective traineeships/entry level advice posts for Disabled people, alongside career progression pathways for advice staff working in DDPOs. The funding will also support the organisations to capture and share learning about how to create and support an inclusive and sustainable advice workforce to deliver accessible advice. |
23/05/2024 |
£95,416£297,925 |
LUTON LAW CENTRE |
A grant to Luton Law Centre to fund one fellow trainee placement as part of cohort 11. |
23/05/2024 |
£128,018£291,434 |
MERSEYSIDE LAW CENTRE |
A grant to Merseyside Law Centre to fund one fellow trainee placement as part of cohort 11. |
23/05/2024 |
£135,780£910,380 |
NORFOLK COMMUNITY LAW SERVICE |
A grant to Norfolk Community Law Service to fund one fellow trainee placement as part of cohort 11. |
23/05/2024 |
£80,000£862,297 |
OPENDEMOCRACY |
Supporting scrutiny and investigations into the suppression of legal rights in the UK, engaging directly with the communities affected and working to increase public understanding of the real-world impact of recent legislation, and working to influence change. |
23/05/2024 |
£249,372£5,687,007 |
RAPE CRISIS SCOTLAND |
Developing the capacity of the Scottish Women's Rights Centre to deliver legal and advocacy services to women survivors of gender-based violence in Scotland and to influence national policy through research and training to improve justice outcomes for women. |
23/05/2024 |
£130,481£751,033 |
RELEASE LEGAL EMERGENCY AND DRUGS SERVICE LIMITED (RELEASE) |
Expanding the legal services to vulnerable groups, including young people at risk of drug dependency, through the establishment of a Community Care team at the organisation. |
23/05/2024 |
£185,000£283,744 |
RIGHT TO REMAIN |
A grant to support public legal education work on the asylum and immigration system, which increases the capability of migrants, asylum seekers and their allies to navigate it and which underpins the entire asylum and immigration field's operation and beyond. |
23/05/2024 |
£265,344£2,010,614 |
SCOTTISH WOMEN'S AID |
Testing a pilot model for the delivery of free legal services to victim-survivors of domestic abuse in Orkney and Shetland. |
23/05/2024 |
£111,474£82,770,000 |
SHELTER |
A grant to Shelter to fund one fellow trainee placement in the Birmingham office as part of cohort 11. |
23/05/2024 |
£127,444£149,294 |
THE UNITY PROJECT |
A grant to widen access to the Change of Conditions process through policy and practice change and to improve support for CoC applications across the sector. |
23/05/2024 |
£110,564£623,225 |
TOWER HAMLETS LAW CENTRE |
A grant to Tower Hamlets Law Centre to fund one fellow trainee placement as part of cohort 11. |
23/05/2024 |
£157,152 |
UNJUST CIC |
A grant to support research, advocacy and litigation that challenges racial discrimination in policing, through collaborating with impacted communities and human rights organisations |
23/05/2024 |
£155,000£421,147 |
VAUXHALL COMMUNITY LAW & INFORMATION CENTRE |
A core grant to allow VCLC to hire a finance officer |
23/05/2024 |
£181,643£191,173 |
WELFARE BENEFITS UNIT |
Undertaking a national level scrutiny of 'Targeted Case Reviews': a process due to impact 2 million Universal Credit claimants in the next five years. |
23/05/2024 |
£185,000£365,690 |
WORK RIGHTS CENTRE |
A grant to fund employment legal advice to support more migrants and racially disadvantaged workers to access employment justice. |
30/11/2023 |
£90,000£186,872 |
JUST FAIR |
A grant to Economic, Social and Cultural Rights in the UK (Just Fair) under the LEF's Fairer Systems programme |
30/11/2023 |
£30,000£1,298,119 |
CLAN CHILDLAW |
A grant to Clan Childlaw under the LEF's Fairer Systems programme |
30/11/2023 |
£209,968 |
THE CONSTITUTION UNIT (UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON) |
A grant to the Constitution Unit at University College London under the LEF's Fairer Systems programme |
30/11/2023 |
£100,000 |
THE FEMICIDE CENSUS |
A grant to the Femicide Census under the LEF's Smarter Justice programme |
30/11/2023 |
£50,000 |
THE CENTRE FOR PROGRESSIVE CHANGE |
A grant to the Centre for Progressive Change under the LEF's Fairer Systems programme |
30/11/2023 |
£167,243£1,118,335 |
INQUEST |
A grant to INQUEST under the LEF's Stronger Sector grant programme |
30/11/2023 |
£140,790 |
LIVING RENT |
A grant to Living Rent under the LEF's Stronger Sector grant programme |
30/11/2023 |
£130,000 |
PARTICIPATION AND THE PRACTICE OF RIGHTS |
A grant to Participation and the Practice of Rights under the LEF's Fairer Systems programme |
30/11/2023 |
£150,000£878,277 |
Z2K |
A grant to Z2K under the LEF's Stronger Sector grant programme |
30/11/2023 |
£150,000£9,674,001 |
CITIZENS UK |
A grant to Citizens UK under the LEF's Stronger Sector grant programme |
30/11/2023 |
£300,000£2,084,265 |
PUBLIC LAW PROJECT |
A grant to Public Law Project under the LEF's Fairer Systems programme |
30/11/2023 |
£120,000£781,886 |
MATERNITY ACTION |
A grant to Maternity Action under the LEF's Fairer Systems programme |
30/11/2023 |
£196,492£523,504 |
SUFFOLK LAW CENTRE |
A grant to Suffolk Law Centre under the LEF's Stronger Sector grant programme |
30/11/2023 |
£284,543£5,381,868 |
CHILD POVERTY ACTION GROUP (CPAG) |
A grant to Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG) under the LEF's Stronger Sector grant programme |
30/11/2023 |
£120,000£192,387 |
COMMUNITIES EMPOWERMENT NETWORK (CEN) |
A grant to Communities Empowerment Network (CEN) under the LEF's Stronger Sector grant programme |
30/11/2023 |
£40,000£2,010,614 |
SCOTTISH WOMEN'S AID |
A grant to Scottish Women's Aid under the LEF's Fairer Systems programme |
30/11/2023 |
£225,000£1,675,881 |
LONDON LEGAL SUPPORT TRUST |
A grant to the London Legal Support Trust under the LEF's Stronger Sector grant programme |
28/07/2023 |
£147,130 |
POLICY IN PRACTICE |
A grant to Policy in Practice under the LEF's Smarter Justice programme |
25/05/2023 |
£20,000 |
CIVIC POWER FUND |
Contributing to research to map and analyse grant making by social justice funders in the UK. |
25/05/2023 |
£108,472£1,459,832 |
JUSTRIGHT SCOTLAND |
A grant to JustRight Scotland to fund one Justice First Fellowship as part of cohort 10 |
25/05/2023 |
£99,768£1,410,701 |
GREATER MANCHESTER IMMIGRATION AID UNIT |
A grant to Greater Manchester Immigration Aid Unit (GMIAU) to fund one Justice First Fellowship as part of cohort 10 |
25/05/2023 |
£112,038£986,232 |
BRISTOL LAW CENTRE |
A grant to Bristol Law Centre to fund one Justice First Fellowship as part of cohort 10 |
25/05/2023 |
£109,661£4,041,340 |
COMMUNITY ADVICE AND LAW SERVICE |
A grant to Community Advice and Law Service to fund one Justice First Fellowship as part of cohort 10 |
25/05/2023 |
£90,000£3,031,109 |
CENTRAL ENGLAND LAW CENTRE |
A grant to Central England Law Centre to fund one Justice First Fellowship as part of cohort 10 |
25/05/2023 |
£110,564£623,225 |
TOWER HAMLETS LAW CENTRE |
A grant to Tower Hamlets Law Centre to fund one Justice First Fellowship as part of cohort 10 |
25/05/2023 |
£96,843£82,770,000 |
SHELTER |
A grant to Shelter to fund one Justice First Fellowship as part of cohort 10 |
25/05/2023 |
£84,252 |
WILSON SOLICITORS LLP |
A grant to Wilson Solicitors LLP to fund one Justice First Fellowship as part of cohort 10 |
25/05/2023 |
£95,340£421,147 |
VAUXHALL COMMUNITY LAW & INFORMATION CENTRE |
A grant to Vauxhall Community Law & Information Centre to fund one Justice First Fellowship as part of cohort 10 |
25/05/2023 |
£118,752£628,311 |
CENTRE FOR WOMEN'S JUSTICE |
A grant to Centre for Women's Justice to fund one Justice First Fellowship as part of cohort 10 |
25/05/2023 |
£95,000£379,249 |
GREENWICH HOUSING RIGHTS |
A grant to Greenwich Housing Rights to fund one Justice First Fellowship as part of cohort 10 |
25/05/2023 |
£120,000£1,873,855 |
SOUTHWARK LAW CENTRE |
A grant to Southwark Law Centre to fund one Justice First Fellowship as part of cohort 10 |
25/05/2023 |
£120,000£5,381,868 |
CHILD POVERTY ACTION GROUP (CPAG) |
A grant to Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG) to fund one Justice First Fellowship as part of cohort 10 |
25/05/2023 |
£101,715 |
CHILDREN'S LAW CENTRE |
A grant to Children's Law Centre to fund one Justice First Fellowship as part of cohort 10 |
25/05/2023 |
£101,200 |
LAW CENTRE NORTHERN IRELAND |
A grant to Law Centre Northern Ireland to fund one Justice First Fellowship as part of cohort 10 |
25/05/2023 |
£90,661£357,951 |
SOUTH WALES LAW CENTRE LTD TRADING AS SPEAKEASY LAW CENTRE |
A grant to South Wales Law Centre Ltd trading as Speakeasy Law Centre to fund one Justice First Fellowship as part of cohort 10 |
25/05/2023 |
£150,000£814,501 |
INDEPENDENT PROVIDER OF SPECIAL EDUCATION ADVICE (IPSEA) |
A grant to Independent Provider of Special Education Advice (IPSEA) under the LEF's Stronger Sector grant programme |
25/05/2023 |
£30,000£65,615 |
CENTRE FOR MILITARY JUSTICE |
A grant to Centre for Military Justice under the LEF's Fairer Systems programme |
25/05/2023 |
£190,203 |
COMMITTEE ON THE ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE (CAJ) |
A grant to Committee on the Administration of Justice (CAJ) under the LEF's Fairer Systems programme |
25/05/2023 |
£150,000£628,311 |
CENTRE FOR WOMEN'S JUSTICE |
A grant to Centre for Women's Justice under the LEF's Fairer Systems programme |
25/05/2023 |
£195,000£1,534,174 |
SUZY LAMPLUGH TRUST |
A grant to Suzy Lamplugh Trust under the LEF's Fairer Systems programme |
25/05/2023 |
£139,406 |
THE ASSOCIATION OF COMMUNITY ORGANISATIONS FOR REFORM NOW LTD (ACORN) |
A grant to the Association of Community Organisations for Reform Now Ltd (ACORN) under the LEF's Stronger Sector grant programme |
25/05/2023 |
£450,000 |
LEGAL AID PRACTITIONERS GROUP (LAPG) |
A grant to the Legal Aid Practitioners Group (LAPG) under the LEF's Stronger Sector grant programme |
25/05/2023 |
£200,000£3,468,165 |
RCJ ADVICE |
A grant to RCJ Advice under the LEF's Stronger Sector grant programme |
25/05/2023 |
£167,000£368,823 |
PROJECT SEVENTEEN |
A grant to Project Seventeen under the LEF's Stronger Sector grant programme |
25/05/2023 |
£90,000 |
REVOKE CIC |
A grant to Revoke CIC under the LEF's Stronger Sector grant programme |
25/05/2023 |
£90,000£425,999 |
HANSARD SOCIETY |
A grant to Hansard Society under the LEF's Fairer Systems programme |
25/05/2023 |
£85,000£573,491 |
WE STAND |
A grant to We Stand under the LEF's Stronger Sector grant programme |
23/11/2022 |
£82,310 |
HOUSING RIGHTS |
A grant to Housing Rights to fund one Justice First Fellowship as part of cohort 9. |
23/11/2022 |
£83,863£707,663 |
NORTH EAST LAW CENTRE |
A grant to North East Law Centre to fund one Justice First Fellowship as part of cohort 9. |
09/11/2022 |
£80,000 |
INDEPENDENT WORKERS' UNION OF GREAT BRITAIN (IWGB) |
A grant to the Independent Workers Union of Great Britain to help strengthen workplace rights for people in insecure work. |
09/11/2022 |
£150,000£265,204 |
COUNCIL OF SOMALI ORGANISATIONS |
To build the capacity of Council of Somali Organisations’ members from across England & Wales to give quality legal advice, through providing training and support on different areas of law including welfare benefits and housing. |
09/11/2022 |
£218,500£570,613 |
EQUALLY OURS |
Strengthen a pan-equality civil society network on human rights protection in the UK through research and strategic communication, focussing on lived experience and evidence-based policy making. |
09/11/2022 |
£150,000£398,467 |
GREATER MANCHESTER LAW CENTRE |
Core funding to underpin Greater Manchester Law Centre's role as a specialist regional hub for social welfare advice and a resource for communities seeking justice. |
09/11/2022 |
£150,000 |
GRWP LLYWIO CANOLFAN GYFRAITH Y GOGLEDD / NORTH WALES LAW CENTRE STEERING GROUP |
A grant to the North Wales Law Centre Steering Group to help with the establishment and launch of a new Law Centre |
09/11/2022 |
£150,000£2,727,977 |
INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC POLICY RESEARCH (IPPR) |
Programme of research and influencing that seeks to explore the democratic implications of the UK’s post-Brexit constitutional settlement and provide a reform agenda for law-making in the UK. |
09/11/2022 |
£125,000£422,598 |
INSTITUTE OF WELSH AFFAIRS (IWA) |
Research and engagement with civil society on key constitutional developments affecting Wales, such as consequences of Brexit and approaches to devolution. |
09/11/2022 |
£30,000£1,227,117 |
LAW CENTRES NETWORK |
Funding to scope a workforce development framework in Law Centres to help build and sustain a diverse and effective workforce. |
09/11/2022 |
£300,000£1,811,888 |
LIBERTY |
Building a collation of human rights organisations to protect and strengthen the UK human rights framework. |
09/11/2022 |
£62,000 |
MIGRANTS AT WORK LTD |
To upskill frontline advisers on the intersection of immigration and employment law, in order to better identify victims of immigration status-related labour exploitation, criminal exploitation and discrimination. |
19/07/2022 |
£1,232,000£4,478,000 |
JUSTICE COLLABORATIONS |
Contribution to a funder collaboration that aims to transform access to justice in the UK immigration system. As well as offering funding, it supports grant partners to build the power and influence of people with lived and learned experience of the immigration system and embed anti-racism strategies. |
15/06/2022 |
£96,000£668,893 |
DISABILITY LAW SERVICE |
A grant to Disability Law Service to fund one Justice First Fellowship as part of cohort 9. Co-funded by Trust for London. |
15/06/2022 |
£111,000£836,581 |
NORFOLK COMMUNITY LAW SERVICE |
A grant to Norfolk Community Law Service to fund one Justice First Fellowship as part of cohort 9. Co-funded by Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP. |
15/06/2022 |
£92,000£1,526,548 |
SOUTH WEST LONDON LAW CENTRES |
A grant to South West London Law Centres to fund one Justice First Fellowship as part of cohort 9. Co-funded by Trust for London. |
15/06/2022 |
£90,000£707,344 |
RELEASE |
A grant to Release to fund one Justice First Fellowship as part of cohort 9. |
15/06/2022 |
£104,000£1,508,937 |
FAMILY RIGHTS GROUP |
A grant to Family Rights Group to fund one Justice First Fellowship as part of cohort 9. Co-funded by BBC Children in Need. |
15/06/2022 |
£104,000£332,920,000 |
CHILDREN’S LEGAL CENTRE WALES AT UNIVERSITY OF SWANSEA |
A grant to the Children's Legal Centre Wales at the University of Swansea to fund one Justice First Fellowship as part of cohort 9. Co-funded by BBC Children in Need. |
15/06/2022 |
£110,000£638,142 |
MATERNITY ACTION |
A grant to Maternity Action to fund one Justice First Fellowship as part of cohort 9. Co-funded by Trust for London. |
15/06/2022 |
£92,000£398,467 |
GREATER MANCHESTER LAW CENTRE |
A grant to Greater Manchester Law Centre to fund one Justice First Fellowship as part of cohort 9. |
15/06/2022 |
£94,000£313,118 |
DUNDEE LAW CENTRE |
A grant to Dundee Law Centre to fund one Justice First Fellowship as part of cohort 9. Co-funded by AB Charitable Trust. |
15/06/2022 |
£103,691 |
LIVERPOOL LAW CLINIC AT UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL |
A grant to the Liverpool Law Clinic to fund one Justice First Fellowship as part of cohort 9. Co-funded by AB Charitable Trust. |
15/06/2022 |
£88,780£726,886 |
HARROW LAW CENTRE |
A grant to Harrow Law Centre to fund one Justice First Fellowship as part of cohort 9. |
15/06/2022 |
£108,000£1,230,961 |
MARY WARD LEGAL CENTRE |
A grant to Mary Ward Legal Centre to fund one Justice First Fellowship as part of cohort 9. |
15/06/2022 |
£85,000£719,602 |
CITIZENS ADVICE BARKING & DAGENHAM |
A grant to Citizens Advice Barking & Dagenham to fund one Justice First Fellowship as part of cohort 9. Co-funded by Trust for London. |
15/06/2022 |
£100,000£3,100,019 |
CORAM CHILDREN’S LEGAL CENTRE |
A grant to Coram Children's Legal Centre to fund one Justice First Fellowship as part of cohort 9. Co-funded by BBC Children in Need. |
15/06/2022 |
£111,500£460,261 |
HAMMERSMITH & FULHAM LAW CENTRE |
A grant to Hammersmith & Fulham Law Centre to fund one Justice First Fellowship as part of cohort 9. |
15/06/2022 |
£95,000£480,331 |
ASYLUM AID |
A grant to Asylum Aid to fund one Justice First Fellowship as part of cohort 9. |
15/06/2022 |
£83,678 |
REFUGEE RIGHTS HUB AT SHEFFIELD HALLAM UNIVERSITY |
A grant to the Refugee Rights Hub, Helena Kennedy Centre for International Justice at Sheffield Hallam University to fund one Justice First Fellowship as part of cohort 9. Co-funded by AB Charitable Trust. |
15/06/2022 |
£150,000£531,190 |
THE IMMIGRATION LAW PRACTITIONERS’ ASSOCIATION (ILPA) |
Building connections between lawyers and front-line organisations working with vulnerable migrants and supporting pre-litigation research and third-party interventions that change law, policy and practice for people discriminated against because of their migration status. |
15/06/2022 |
£200,000£144,936 |
HUMAN RIGHTS CONSORTIUM SCOTLAND |
Creating and disseminating legal education resources, and facilitating civil society collaborations, so that Scottish civil society can scrutinise and influence legal, constitutional and administrative changes in Scotland and across the UK following withdrawal from the EU. |
15/06/2022 |
£104,100£1,644,157 |
SOUTHWARK LAW CENTRE |
Working in partnership with Social Inclusion Recovery Group to recruit, train and support a team of community advocates to provide advice and information for parents of minoritised children who are at risk of exclusion from school. |
15/06/2022 |
£80,000£315,305 |
WILTSHIRE LAW CENTRE |
Supporting development of the Law Centre through expanding its advice and representation to expand housing and develop welfare benefits legal services. |
15/06/2022 |
£70,000£984,453 |
JUSTICE |
Carrying out analysis and advocacy of government proposals for constitutional reform in relation to rule of law principles, access to justice and protection of individual rights. |
15/06/2022 |
£150,000£836,581 |
NORFOLK COMMUNITY LAW SERVICE (NCLS) |
Supporting development work to create sustainable family and domestic abuse legal services in East Anglia. Working in partnership with Suffolk Law Centre. |
15/06/2022 |
£70,000 |
THE BUREAU OF INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALISM |
Supporting new, community-centred investigations that strengthen the evidence base, raise public awareness and inform decision makers about the protection of rights in our legal systems. |
15/06/2022 |
£210,000£596,954 |
PUBLIC INTEREST LAW CENTRE |
Developing the centre as a hub for community lawyering, expanding public law to the immigration advice sector and building capacity at South West London Law Centres to take a community lawyering approach. |
15/06/2022 |
£221,000£1,161,236 |
ACCESS SOCIAL CARE |
Establishing a social care legal sector community of practice to support policy and influencing work in relation to sustaining community care legal aid. |
15/06/2022 |
£170,000 |
ADVICE NI |
Developing and piloting online training courses as part of a professional development framework for legal advisors in key areas of law such as employment, housing, community care and mental health law in Northern Ireland. |
15/06/2022 |
£99,000 |
THE3MILLION |
Building a network of civil society allies to support creation of a culture of data and human rights compliance in relation to the collection, use and sharing of data on migrants by the UK state. |
15/06/2022 |
£150,000£3,363,136 |
CITIZENS ADVICE LIVERPOOL |
Supporting Liverpool Access to Advice Network to enhance coordination, promote inter-agency referrals and improve knowledge among advice providers in the region. |
10/06/2022 |
£250,000£4,478,000 |
JUSTICE COLLABORATIONS |
Strengthening immigration advice and advocacy capacity in organisations reaching Ukrainians and their families in the UK following the Russian invasion of Ukraine. |
29/04/2022 |
£52,180£232,577 |
BRITISH AND IRISH LEGAL INFORMATION INSTITUTE (BAILII) |
To provide additional capacity to BAILII to support the National Archives at their request to launch and bed in a new service to publish judgments of the superior courts of England & Wales. |
05/04/2022 |
£87,317 |
CENTRE FOR PUBLIC DATA |
A project to identify major current data gaps in the justice system; undertake advocacy work to help close at least one gap; and give justice system stakeholders including parliamentarians and civil society groups better tools to help identify and close data gaps in future. |
10/11/2021 |
£300,000 |
THE CONSTITUTION UNIT AT UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON |
A grant to the UCL constitution unit to inform public and practitioner debate on constitutional principles and democratic standards in the UK, through working with experts to disseminate information that is informed by high-quality domestic and international evidence |
10/11/2021 |
£118,144£154,156 |
ARTICLE 39 |
Providing legal training and support to independent advocates to improve the quality and effectiveness of advocacy as a mechanism for protecting and upholding children’s rights. |
10/11/2021 |
£70,000£231,339 |
JUST FAIR |
Directly informing and advising policymakers and decision-makers about the implications of Covid-19 and Brexit on economic, social, and cultural rights in the UK and building the capacity of civil society organisations to do the same. |
10/11/2021 |
£180,000£944,933 |
JUSTRIGHT SCOTLAND |
Sustaining and developing collaborative and inclusive models and partnerships between legal and non-legal organisations across the justice sector in ongoing and emerging areas of legal need in Scotland. |
10/11/2021 |
£300,000£3,469,263 |
CENTRAL ENGLAND LAW CENTRE |
Core funding to embed a rights-based approach within wider social action and social justice organisations in the Midlands, using this work to influence wider system change. |
10/11/2021 |
£300,000£6,640,000 |
REFUGEE ACTION |
Training, support and networks to help advisors and organisations secure registration with the Office of the Immigration Services Commissioner to deliver accurate, good quality legal advice. |
10/11/2021 |
£20,000 |
LAW CENTRES NETWORK (ON BEHALF OF CANOLFAN GYFRAITH Y GOGLEDD) |
Supporting the development phase of the proposed North Wales Law Centre. |
10/11/2021 |
£285,000£1,442,237 |
DISABILITY RIGHTS UK |
Working with Deaf & Disabled People’s Organisations to strengthen the provision of advice and information and enhance referral networks. |
07/07/2021 |
£475,000£4,847,339 |
CHILD POVERTY ACTION GROUP (CPAG) |
Carrying out research, analysis and advocacy to ensure the Universal Credit system operates lawfully including in its use of automated decision-making. |
07/07/2021 |
£30,000£1,301,375 |
THE AIRE CENTRE |
Developing training on EU retained law and social welfare entitlements to ensure that local authorities, legal advisers and frontline workers, who engage with vulnerable EEA nationals and their families, understand their current immigration and social welfare rights. |
07/07/2021 |
£189,884£5,614,175 |
RAPE CRISIS SCOTLAND |
Working with women with experience of gender based violence to develop training for police, judiciary and Crown Prosecutors to implement improvements to how sexual offences are prosecuted in Scotland. |
07/07/2021 |
£380,000£1,508,937 |
FAMILY RIGHTS GROUP |
Developing and delivering training to implement recommendations from the Care Crisis Review Public Law Working Group, aimed at the judiciary, magistrates, child welfare leaders, practitioners and families. |
07/07/2021 |
£76,500£917,278 |
OPEN TRUST |
Working with the media, policymakers, and civil society to assess and increase transparency, accountability, and the protection of rights by examining the effectiveness of legal mechanisms that allow scrutiny over government decisions |
07/07/2021 |
£86,460 |
CHILD RIGHTS AND YOUTH JUSTICE C.I.C. |
Establishing child criminal law as a specialism, supporting recommendations to raise the remuneration of child criminal advocacy and developing an evidence base for introducing an accreditation scheme to ensure quality of representation for children. |
07/07/2021 |
£250,000 |
HUMAN RIGHTS CONSORTIUM |
Supporting an alliance of civil society organisations from across the UK to scrutinise and influence constitutional, administrative and legal changes taking place in the UK following withdrawal from the EU. |
07/07/2021 |
£150,000£1,051,382 |
GREATER MANCHESTER IMMIGRATION AID UNIT |
Strengthening the infrastructure of GMIAU to underpin a collaborative, strategic approach to transforming access to immigration legal advice in the north west of England. |
07/07/2021 |
£350,000 |
LEGAL AID PRACTITIONERS GROUP (LAPG) |
The creation of a training and development hub to underpin a management career path in the advice sector and to provide training, expert assistance and mentoring on management, leadership and governance. |
01/07/2021 |
£17,600£1,161,236 |
ACCESS SOCIAL CARE |
Leading a scoping exercise to understand the challenges to career pathways in community care law and recommend next steps. |
16/06/2021 |
£214,270£576,146 |
ANTI TRAFFICKING AND LABOUR EXPLOITATION UNIT (ATLEU) |
Increasing access to justice for survivors of trafficking and slavery through a programme to drive up standards in legal representation. This will include training, mentoring, advice and resources for legal advisers. |
16/06/2021 |
£78,540£1,211,184 |
LONDON LEGAL SUPPORT TRUST |
Maximising legal aid income and improving cash flow for not-for-profit legal advice providers by recruiting specialist billing coordinators and delivering certified billing training in partnership with DG Legal. |
16/06/2021 |
£67,026£196,151 |
RIGHT TO REMAIN |
Delivering Right to Remain’s programme of legal education and knowledge-sharing on the UK’s asylum and immigration system by producing and maintaining its unique online toolkit. |
16/06/2021 |
£135,655£588,194 |
ASYLUM SUPPORT APPEALS PROJECT (ASAP) |
Delivering training for advice and women's organisations, to enable them to make high quality applications for asylum support. Sharing learning on asylum support law and practice, to increase access to justice through asylum support appeals and to gather evidence to challenge unlawful Home Office practices. |
16/06/2021 |
£230,000£573,201,000 |
WALES GOVERNANCE CENTRE AT CARDIFF UNIVERSITY |
A partnership with the Wales Council for Voluntary Action, to establish a forum to increase the voluntary sector's capacity to engage and respond to changes in the constitutional, legal and governance context instigated by Brexit and to develop coordination between organisations within and outside Wales. |
16/06/2021 |
£290,000£151,053,000 |
CITIZENS ADVICE |
Improving the consistency, quality and sustainability of OISC Level 1 immigration advice across the local Citizens Advice network in England & Wales, via enhanced referral networks, a complete refresh of online resources for advisers and direct consultancy support to advisers. |
07/05/2021 |
£500,000£3,355,000 |
JUSTICE COLLABORATIONS |
Contribution to a funder collaboration that aims to transform access to justice in the UK immigration system. As well as offering funding, it supports grant partners to build the power and influence of people with lived and learned experience of the immigration system and embed anti-racism strategies. |
21/04/2021 |
£70,024 |
THE BUREAU OF INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALISM |
This project will give an unprecedented snapshot of the workings of possession courts, charting the impact of Covid-19 on rent arrears and consequent evictions. It will create a new evidence base to understand how people are losing their homes and where and how people are struggling in the tribunal process. |
24/03/2021 |
£79,058£373,275 |
SPEAKEASY LAW CENTRE |
A grant to Speakeasy Law Centre to fund one Justice First Fellowship as part of cohort 8. |
24/03/2021 |
£80,656 |
HOUSING RIGHTS |
A grant to Housing Rights to fund one Justice First Fellowship as part of cohort 8. |
24/03/2021 |
£78,651£614,262 |
NORTH EAST LAW CENTRE |
A grant to North East Law Centre to fund one Justice First Fellowship as part of cohort 8. |
24/03/2021 |
£85,730 |
SHELTER SCOTLAND |
A grant to Shelter Scotland to fund one Justice First Fellowship as part of cohort 8. |
24/03/2021 |
£98,622£1,028,548 |
BRISTOL LAW CENTRE |
A grant to Bristol Law Centre to fund one Justice First Fellowship as part of cohort 8. |
24/03/2021 |
£122,394£334,356 |
APPEAL |
A grant to APPEAL to fund one Justice First Fellowship as part of cohort 8. |
24/03/2021 |
£100,250£576,146 |
ANTI TRAFFICKING AND LABOUR EXPLOITATION UNIT (ATLEU) |
A grant to Anti Trafficking and Labour Exploitation Unit (ATLEU) to fund one Justice First Fellowship as part of cohort 8. |
24/03/2021 |
£80,283 |
LAW CENTRE NORTHERN IRELAND |
A grant to Law Centre Northern Ireland (LCNI) to fund one Justice First Fellowship as part of cohort 8. |
24/03/2021 |
£84,500£451,009 |
SUFFOLK LAW CENTRE |
A grant to Suffolk Law Centre to fund one Justice First Fellowship as part of cohort 8. |
24/03/2021 |
£60,092 |
HOPKIN MURRAY BESKINE |
A grant to Hopkin Murray Beskine to fund one Justice First Fellowship as part of cohort 8. |
24/03/2021 |
£82,159£309,933 |
LUTON LAW CENTRE |
A grant to Luton Law Centre to fund one Justice First Fellowship as part of cohort 8. |
24/03/2021 |
£75,567 |
THE COMMUNITY LAW PARTNERSHIP |
A grant to The Community Law Partnership (with Friends, Families & Travellers) to fund one Justice First Fellowship as part of cohort 8. |
24/03/2021 |
£100,913£370,515 |
CENTRE FOR WOMEN'S JUSTICE |
A grant to Centre for Women's Justice to fund one Justice First Fellowship as part of cohort 8. |
24/03/2021 |
£104,690£207,482 |
VAUXHALL COMMUNITY LAW & INFORMATION CENTRE |
A grant to Vauxhall Community Law & Information Centre to fund one Justice First Fellowship as part of cohort 8. |
24/03/2021 |
£90,762£548,623 |
TOWER HAMLETS LAW CENTRE |
A grant to Tower Hamlets Law Centre to fund one Justice First Fellowship as part of cohort 8. |
24/03/2021 |
£62,584£1,368,708 |
HOWARD LEAGUE FOR PENAL REFORM |
A grant to Howard League for Penal Reform to part fund one Justice First Fellowship as part of cohort 8. Co-funded by BBC Children in Need. |
24/03/2021 |
£86,641 |
BHATT MURPHY |
A grant to Bhatt Murphy to fund one Justice First Fellowship as part of cohort 8. Hosted in partnership with Article 39. |
24/03/2021 |
£87,192£944,933 |
JUSTRIGHT SCOTLAND |
A grant to JustRight Scotland (JRS) to fund one Justice First Fellowship as part of cohort 8. Co-funded by Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP. |
24/03/2021 |
£99,122£2,337,689 |
JUST FOR KIDS LAW |
A grant to Just for Kids Law to fund one Justice First Fellowship as part of cohort 8. Co-funded by BBC Children in Need. |
15/02/2021 |
£113,200£3,319,875 |
SCOTTISH WOMEN'S AID |
To provide two lawyers in Edinburgh Women's Aid to build capacity and support specialist understanding and take on cases from the women and children they support. Longer term to embed this model of legal service provision in reform of legal aid. |
19/01/2021 |
£147,500£957,833 |
CLAN CHILDLAW |
A grant to Clan Childlaw to fund one Justice First Fellowship as part of cohort 7. Co-funded by BBC Children in Need. |
19/01/2021 |
£82,914£71,571,000 |
SHELTER |
A grant to Shelter to fund one Justice First Fellowship as part of cohort 7. |
16/12/2020 |
£500,000£11,113,651 |
THE ACCESS TO JUSTICE FOUNDATION |
Community Justice Fund (CJF) is a collaborative fund aiming to support specialist social welfare legal advice organisations cope with the immediate impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and lay the foundations for longer-term renewal. As agencies continue to deal with the ongoing impact of the pandemic, LEF has contributed to making a second wave of grants in early 2021. |
11/11/2020 |
£150,000£385,994 |
RIGHTSNET |
Sustaining and expanding the RightsNet website to support advice workers. |
11/11/2020 |
£230,000£7,334,227 |
SAFELIVES |
Developing and delivering a training programme which seeks to bring about a cultural change for legal practitioners working within family law when responding to cases involving domestic abuse. |
11/11/2020 |
£365,000£4,424,990 |
LAW CENTRES NETWORK |
To upgrade digital infrastructure for 13 Law Centres to enable remote service provision and ensure a minimum standard for digital equipment and robust systems across the network. |
11/11/2020 |
£393,000£1,390,618 |
PUBLIC LAW PROJECT |
Ensuring that systems for the exercise and control of executive power are fair and effective, in the aftermath of the significant changes brought on by Brexit and the increase in use of automated decision-making. |
11/11/2020 |
£196,000 |
SHELTER SCOTLAND |
Strengthening the capacity of homelessness support organisations to provide homelessness advice and make appropriate referrals, through resources, training and networking; and increasing Shelter Scotland's opportunity to identify trends and potential strategic challenges that enforce the legal rights of homeless people. |
11/11/2020 |
£134,919 |
ECONOMIC & SOCIAL RESEARCH COUNCIL (ESRC) |
This project supports the extension of the Ministry of Justice Data First. The funding is requested by Administrative Data Research (ADR) UK. Data First aims to harness the potential of the wealth of data already created by MoJ, by linking administrative datasets from across the justice system and beyond, and enabling researchers within government as well as approved academics – to access the data in an ethical and responsible way. This investment will support the linking and sharing of civil, family and criminal justice administrative data sets held by HM Courts and Tribunals Service with data held by MoJ and other government departments, such as the Department for Education. |
11/11/2020 |
£50,000£506,302 |
LEGAL ACTION GROUP (LAG) |
Support to develop a new strategy, adapting to new challenges including the impact of COVID-19. |
11/11/2020 |
£181,000 |
CHILDREN'S LAW CENTRE |
Improving the impact of CLC's evidence base and legal analysis and engagement with other civil society organisations to build alliances to inform policymakers and decision-makers. |
11/11/2020 |
£30,000£334,356 |
APPEAL |
Supporting women facing prosecution in light of the government's decision to decriminalise non-payment of TV licences, whilst campaigning to ensure that the new system is fair and proportionate for women in poverty. |
14/09/2020 |
£110,000£444,122 |
EQUALLY OURS |
A programme of work to protect and enhance the rule of law through informing and advising policymakers of the equality and human rights implications of Covid-19, Brexit-related legislation and trade negotiations, the UK Shared Prosperity Fund and the constitution, democracy and rights commission. |
21/08/2020 |
£26,000£3,224,418 |
ADVICEUK |
Providing support to AdviceUK members in dealing with the impacts of the Covid-19 crisis, including business continuity and fundraising. |
17/06/2020 |
£20,000£1,390,618 |
PUBLIC LAW PROJECT |
Improving public lawyers' knowledge of the laws governing automated government decision-making and how to challenge unlawful automated decisions in practice. |
17/06/2020 |
£106,661 |
COMMITTEE ON THE ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE (CAJ) |
Carrying out analysis, monitoring, legal intervention, policy development and advocacy to improve policy makers' understanding and implementation of rights protections in Northern Ireland following exit from the EU and the impacts of the Covid pandemic. |
17/06/2020 |
£511,000 |
LEGAL AID PRACTITIONERS GROUP (LAPG) |
Flexible funding to support LAPG's work to sustain publicly-funded legal advice including through training consultancy and engaging with policy-makers. |
17/06/2020 |
£30,000£3,555,829 |
RCJ ADVICE |
Examining options for developing a sustainable funding model for FLOWS, alongside engaging key policy stakeholders in relation to the service's long-term development and the Domestic Abuse Bill. |
17/06/2020 |
£94,188£2,337,689 |
JUST FOR KIDS LAW |
Encouraging the wider adoption of integrating criminal and civil legal casework; and developing a business and future delivery model for JfKL's School Exclusions Hub which provides advice and representation on school exclusions across England and Wales. |
17/06/2020 |
£178,380£957,833 |
CLAN CHILDLAW |
Supporting Clan Childlaw's work on the implementation of the Care Review in Scotland, and developing a strategy for taking forward wider work on promoting child law as a specialism in its own right. |
17/06/2020 |
£195,000£451,009 |
SUFFOLK LAW CENTRE |
Testing and developing the Grow Your Own model for building capacity and addressing systemic gaps relating to the supervision of legal casework within the social justice legal sector. |
17/06/2020 |
£49,900 |
LESTER LLP |
Developing a new online tool for supporting compliance and effective practice management in law centres and other not-for-profit specialist advice agencies. |
17/06/2020 |
£42,500£3,336,449 |
BINGHAM CENTRE FOR THE RULE OF LAW AT THE BRITISH INSTITUTE OF INTERNATIONAL AND COMPARATIVE LAW |
Creating a long-term programme of policy-relevant Rule of Law research that can be used to inform and drive collaboration with other Legal Education Foundation grantees to maximise impact and debate about the issue. |
17/06/2020 |
£33,000 |
UNLOCK DEMOCRACY |
Working with civil society organisations to build capacity and coordinate responses for promoting good governance, transparent law-making, and the upholding of rights and standards during the transition period of leaving the EU. |
17/06/2020 |
£172,800 |
HUMAN RIGHTS CONSORTIUM |
Supporting civil society organisations to navigate the constitutional and legal implications in Northern Ireland of withdrawal from the EU, with a particular focus on human rights considerations under future EU/UK trade arrangements, the Northern Ireland Protocol, the Future Relationship Agreement and any related legislative or policy changes. |
26/05/2020 |
£298,000£11,113,651 |
THE ACCESS TO JUSTICE FOUNDATION |
Contributing to the Community Justice Fund supporting specialist social welfare advice agencies to deal with the immediate impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic and lay the foundations for future renewal. |
09/04/2020 |
£20,000£4,424,990 |
LAW CENTRES NETWORK |
Providing support to Law Centres in dealing with the impacts of the Covid-19 crisis including business continuity and accessing government support. |
08/04/2020 |
£20,000 |
LEGAL AID PRACTITIONERS GROUP (LAPG) |
Providing support to LAPG members in dealing with the impacts of the Covid-19 crisis, including business continuity and legal aid contracting. |
07/04/2020 |
£20,000£3,224,418 |
ADVICEUK |
Providing support to AdviceUK members in dealing with the impacts of the Covid-19 crisis, including business continuity and fundraising. |
13/03/2020 |
£78,079£957,833 |
CLAN CHILDLAW |
A grant to Clan Childlaw to fund one Justice First Fellowship as part of cohort 7. Co-funded by BBC Children in Need. |
13/03/2020 |
£52,464 |
BHATT MURPHY |
A grant to Bhatt Murphy to part-fund one Justice First Fellowship as part of cohort 7. |
13/03/2020 |
£81,182£2,459,810 |
CENTRAL ENGLAND LAW CENTRE |
A grant to Central England Law Centre Ltd to fund one Justice First Fellowship as part of cohort 7. |
13/03/2020 |
£98,953£1,658,982 |
FAMILY RIGHTS GROUP |
A grant to Family Rights Group to fund one Justice First Fellowship as part of cohort 7. Co-funded by BBC Children in Need. |
13/03/2020 |
£101,510£285,089,000 |
CHILDREN’S LEGAL CENTRE WALES AT UNIVERSITY OF SWANSEA |
A grant to Children's Legal Centre Wales to fund one Just First Fellowship as part of cohort 7. Co-funded by BBC Children in Need. |
13/03/2020 |
£73,434 |
DEIGHTON PIERCE GLYNN |
A grant to Deighton Pierce Glynn to part-fund one Justice First Fellowship as part of cohort 7. Hosted in partnership with Inclusion London. |
13/03/2020 |
£77,407£883,127 |
DERBYSHIRE LAW CENTRE |
A grant to Derbyshire Law Centre to fund one Justice First Fellowship as part of cohort 7. |
13/03/2020 |
£91,789£552,524 |
DISABILITY LAW SERVICE |
A grant to Disability Law Service to fund one Justice First Fellowship as part of cohort 7. Co-funded by AB Charitable Trust. |
13/03/2020 |
£98,587£3,028,693 |
RCJ ADVICE |
A grant to RCJ Advice to fund one Justice First Fellowship as part of cohort 7. Co-funded by City Bridge Trust. |
13/03/2020 |
£84,413£72,560,000 |
SHELTER |
A grant to Shelter to fund one Justice First Fellowship as part of cohort 7. |
13/03/2020 |
£82,914£72,560,000 |
SHELTER |
A grant to Shelter to fund one Justice First Fellowship as part of cohort 7. |
13/03/2020 |
£103,719£375,925 |
EALING LAW CENTRE |
A grant to Ealing Law Centre to fund one Justice First Fellowship as part of cohort 7. |
13/03/2020 |
£88,920£914,871 |
GREATER MANCHESTER IMMIGRATION AID UNIT |
A grant to Greater Manchester Immigration Aid Unit to fund one Justice First Fellowship as part of cohort 7. |
13/03/2020 |
£102,635£369,955 |
GREENWICH HOUSING RIGHTS |
A grant to Greenwich Housing Rights to fund one Justice First Fellowship as part of cohort 7. Co-funded by City Bridge Trust. |
13/03/2020 |
£118,441£1,158,294 |
JOINT COUNCIL FOR THE WELFARE OF IMMIGRANTS |
A grant to the Joint Council for the Welfare of Immigrants to fund one Justice First Fellowship as part of cohort 7. |
13/03/2020 |
£82,770£3,002,203 |
CITIZENS ADVICE PLYMOUTH |
A grant to Citizens Advice Plymouth to fund one Justice First Fellowship as part of cohort 7. Co-funded by AB Charitable Trust. |
13/03/2020 |
£95,974£1,198,319 |
MARY WARD LEGAL CENTRE |
A grant to Mary Ward Legal Centre to fund one Justice First Fellowship as part of cohort 7. Co-funded by Linklaters. |
13/03/2020 |
£87,523 |
MERSEYSIDE LAW CENTRE |
A grant to Merseyside Law Centre to fund one Justice First Fellowship as part of cohort 7. |
13/03/2020 |
£117,792£1,349,940 |
PUBLIC LAW PROJECT |
A grant to The Public Law Project to fund one Justice First Fellowship as part of cohort 7. Co-funded by Allen & Overy LLP. |