Grants for refugees and asylum seekers
About this grant
Creates significant new opportunities relating to employability, entrepreneurial endeavours and personal development for refugees and asylum seekers
Uses the arts and creativity to build community between migrants and the wider community [...] We focus on opportunities that raise aspirations and add to the positive narrative about refugees’ contributions to society. This means we fund work that’s closely aligned with our criteria of doing things differently, enabling innovation and the potential for wider application.
We fund work that: [...] When assessing an application, we look for good ideas from which others can learn and that have lessons beyond the local. We believe that to contribute to lasting social change, we must support creative and collaborative approaches that build and test solutions to some of the most difficult challenges society faces, so we like to fund innovative projects that approach issues differently.
Eligibility
- ✓ Voluntary, statutory, and not-for-profit organisations (including CICs and CIOs)
- ✓ Opportunities for refugees and asylum seekers, employability, entrepreneurial endeavours, personal development, arts and creativity projects
- ✓ UK
- ✓ arts
- ✓ community development
- ✓ mental health
How to apply
First, take the eligibility quiz. If the quiz indicates a good match, submit an Expression of Interest (EOI).
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Last verified: 29 March 2026