Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Shared Ground Fund

Aims/priorities: The funding supports non-profit organisations in the UK working towards the following long-term objectives:

  • Influencing migration system reform: helping to build a policy and legal framework based on the principles of fairness, accessibility, due process, efficiency and respect for human rights.
  • Improving access to support services, to ensure systemic exclusion which forces individuals into poverty is addressed and the needs of people who migrate are met, so that they have the longer-term support they need to settle, integrate and thrive in the UK.
  • Strengthening civic participation so that people who have migrated to the UK have a stronger voice and are represented and meaningfully involved in the structures and services that affect their lives.
  • Informing public understanding and countering the polarisation of migration and integration narratives.

26 January 2024 update:

Paul Hamlyn Foundation to Briefly Pause Shared Ground Fund from 9 February 2024

The Paul Hamlyn Foundation (PHF) has announced that its ‘Shared Ground Fund is changing to respond to the vision, priorities and current needs of those working towards migrant justice’.

This is in response to the in-depth consultation held during the last year by the Foundation with migrants, sanctuary seekers and others working on migrant justice to build a shared vision for the future and to consider how funders can best support the sector to progress towards this vision.

PHF will now briefly pause the Fund to implement these changes and prepare for the Fund’s relaunch in early Spring 2024 when it will reopen with new criteria.

During this time, PHF will publish a series of blogs to share more about this work, including the changes to the funding criteria and the thinking behind them.

The new criteria for the Fund will be published in the early spring along with a simpler application process.

Who can apply? Not-for-profit organisations working in the UK are eligible to apply so long as the funding is exclusively used for activities that support PHF's charitable objectives and have public benefit.

Grant amount: Grants range from £30,000 to £400,000 for work lasting between one year and four years with an option to extend for a further period.

Most grants will be in the £60,000 to £250,000 range.

A pre-application bursary of up to £500 is available along with Access Support

Application process: There is a two-stage application process. The Foundation aims to reach a final decision on applications within four months of receipt of applications.

The guidance notes, sample application form and the online application form are available from the Paul Hamlyn Foundation website.

Deadline: Paul Hamlyn Foundation has announced it will pause this fund from 9 February 2024 until early Spring 2024, when the new criteria and the simpler application process will be published.

Contact information: Email undoc@phf.org.uk

Website address: Shared Ground Fund - Paul Hamlyn Foundation

Applicants: 
Organisations
Amount: 
over £25,000
Status: 
Live
Structure: 
Charitable Company
CIC
CIO
Partnerships and Consortiums
Registered Charity
Social Enterprise
Funding Theme: 
Communities Experiencing Racial Inequalities
Unpublish Date: 
Friday, 9 February, 2024