Our latest £2.2 million funding round is NOW OPEN, dedicated to non-profit organisations working with Black and racially minoritised young people at risk of violence.
This third round of the Children and Youth grant offers individual project grants ranging from £50,000 to £75,000.
Eligible non-profit groups, organisations, or charities must meet the following criteria:
You can find all of the information about the types of organisations and projects we can support in our eligibility criteria, guidelines and advice for the application form in our application questions and guidance, the full list of questions in our application questions and the answers to common questions in our FAQs.
To apply for funding, click here. The deadline for applications is midnight on Wednesday, 3 July 2024.
There will be a webinar on 17 June 2024 from 5.30pm-6.30pm (UK time) which will provide potential applicants with an opportunity to hear more information about the application process for the Phoenix Way Round and to also ask any questions. Register here.
If you miss this webinar, don’t worry, you can find the recording of our first session held on 11th June here.
The Phoenix Way’s total investment in Black and racially minoritised communities now exceeds £3 million within the past year alone. This current round builds on the success of the initial £2 million Children and Youth grant launched in November 2023, which awarded 47 organisations across the UK.
This funding round is now closed and thank you to everyone who applied. If you would like to know more about the review process and why certain applications were unsuccessful, please click here.
This funding round is now closed and thank you to everyone who applied. If you would like to know more about the review process and why certain applications were unsuccessful, please click here.
The Phoenix Way is also in the process of awarding Regional Infrastructure Grants to the following 6 English regions: North West, North-East and Cumbria, South West, The Midlands, Yorkshire and Humber, and London and South East.
The Phoenix Way (TPW) is a national collaborative partnership created during the COVID-19 pandemic as a response to the structural inequalities which Black and racially minoritised communities and community-led organisations face in relation to influencing and accessing grant funding in the UK. Its principal aims are to:
“The Phoenix Way seeks to ensure that no community is left behind.”
The Phoenix Way will develop a pioneering model that can be replicated by others to ensure that communities facing poverty, exclusion and discrimination influence decisions that impact their lives. By putting communities in the lead, The Phoenix Way seeks to ensure that no community is left behind.
Meet our Phoenix Way grantee partners here.
The Phoenix Fund was launched in 2020 in order to put racial justice at the heart of the response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The fund was devised and led by Black and racially minoritised community group leaders from across England and established with the support of The National Lottery Community Fund and Global Fund for Children.
The fund was targeted at Black and racially minority-led community groups impacted by COVID-19. £2.4 million was distributed (£0.4 million in infrastructure support and £2 million in grants to 184 community groups) across all regions of England. Around 1400 applications were received, demonstrating the high demand for this targeted funding opportunity.
In response to this unmet demand, the Phoenix Way partnership was formed in 2021 by the community members who led the development of the Phoenix Fund as a way of building on this work and creating a process which would support systems change.
The Phoenix Way exists to drive transformational change at regional and national levels by adopting a racial equity and social justice lens and creating learning which impacts the wider funding ecosystem and Black and racially minoritised communities and community organisations.
The wider aims of The Phoenix Way are to:
In 2023, The Phoenix Way will launch and begin disseminating targeted funding to Black and racially minoritised community-led groups impacted by the cost-of-living crisis across England. The partners will establish a regional infrastructure support to deliver the Phoenix Way’s funding opportunities.
Global Fund for Children (GFC) UK Trust, created in 2006, is a UK registered charity (UK charity number 1119544). We work to generate vital income, create new fundraising opportunities, and raise awareness of the invaluable work of GFC’s grassroots grantees. Our aim is to extend the reach of GFC in the United Kingdom, Europe, and beyond.
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