Do it Now Now (DINN) is delighted to have received funding from Comic Relief’s Global Majority Fund to provide, through a Common Call grant fund, financial support to Black-led charities and social enterprises disproportionately impacted by Covid-19 in the UK. The £300,000 fund includes contributions from Barclays, National Emergencies Trust, Esmée Fairbairn Foundation, The Clothworkers’ Foundation and Comic Relief.
The Windrush Community Fund is up to £500,000 of financial support available to charity, community or grassroots organisations across the UK to fund projects which raise awareness of the Windrush Scheme (documentation), the Windrush Compensation Scheme or both.
This support is available to fund activities across the UK. Awards range from a minimum of £2,500 to a maximum of £25,000.
The National Lottery Community Fund in Greater Manchester are working with Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) led organisations to understand how they can make their funding more accessible and inclusive.
Equality and Diversity UK are always working to raise awareness of how to effectively eradicate racism and to supporting the development of anti-racist strategies.
Equality and Diversity UK want to support you in telling your stories and hearing your suggestions for beginning the journey for eradicating racism.
Booska Paper exposes structural racism in the voluntary, community and social enterprise (VCSE) sector and explored the impact of the pandemic on funding attitudes in the UK.
It highlights the issues that need to be addressed to help us create more just and racially equitable society where all communities can flourish.
Small and local charities with an annual income of £25,000 to £1 million that are led by and for members of Black, Asian and minority ethnic communities can apply for a two-year, unrestricted grant of £50,000.
This new fund is designed to support activity to redress the under-representation of participatory artists from ethnically diverse communities in arts and mental health.
In this round, the Baring Foundation are looking for projects that:
The Baobab Foundation has been newly created as a mechanism to secure long-term funding for black and ethnic communities and for those organisations that support them. It has been set up both as a response to the impact of Covid-19 and the murder last year of George Floyd.
Centre on the Dynamics of Ethnicity (CoDE) at the University of Manchester has launched a survey to help understand the realities facing ethnic and religious minorities during the Covid-19 pandemic. It will be the first and largest of its kind in Britain and it has the potential to inspire change in society - not just during pandemic-era Britain, but beyond.
The Runnymede Trust in collaboration with the University of Manchester have just released a new report addressing the possible causes of Covid-19 ethnic disparity. The report finds that the greater risks facing racially diverse groups are not genetic, but instead are likely the result of pre-existing social and economic inequalities.