Support for refugees, asylum seekers and migrants
Migrants, refugees and people seeking asylum: rebuilding lives in London
This funding programme closed to new applications on Tuesday, 8 October 2024
Grant details
- Area: Greater London
- Open to: No longer open to new applications
- Deadline: Noon on Tuesday, 8 October 2024
- Funding length: Up to 5 years
- Funding size: There is no minimum or maximum limit to how much we will give, however we never give revenue funding exceeding 50% of the applicants turnover/income in any one year
- Average award: Based on grants made to date, we have awarded between £2,000 and £300,000, the average award size has been £110,000*
*These figures are illustrative and we will award more or less than these amounts depending on the applications we receive. You can find out more about our approach to funding here.
Funding closed to new applications
Having committed exceptional levels of funding to London’s charitable sector until 2026, we closed our rolling grants programmes to new applications on Tuesday, 8 October 2024 for one year. This will allow us to manage our existing grants and pre-closure applications, while reviewing and developing our new funding policy, launching in autumn 2025.
Funding closed to new applicationsThis following text is archived and no longer represents an active funding programme
What we fund
Projects, services, campaigns and language courses for migrants, refugees and people seeking asylum.
We want to increase support for migrants, refugees and asylum seekers to fully participate in their communities and neighbourhoods, to build flourishing lives and to tackle the barriers they face by providing access to resources.
We fund organisations tackling the barriers these groups face. Through direct service provision and referrals through qualified support providers, our funding includes, but is not limited to:
- targeted services providing access to resources, including:
mental health and physical health
education and training
English language courses*
work that sets out to increase the influence, voice and representation of the people they work with so they can push for more widespread, lasting change in the services they receive
*We will only support English for Speakers of Other Languages classes at Pre-Entry Level and Entry Levels 1,2 and 3, for adults who are not otherwise accessing mainstream ESOL provision. Teachers must have a recognised ESOL qualification, such as those listed on the TESOL website.
Wherever possible, we seek to support projects and organisations that involve the communities the project or organisation serves in the shaping of its services and/or that are majority-staffed or led by those with direct experience of the UK immigration system.
Funding staff costs
We will not usually pay for staff costs beyond one full-time equivalent staff post. For example, we could pay for one full-time staff member, or two part-time staff, both working 17.5 hours a week. We will only fund staff posts that are paid the London Living Wage or above.