Paul Hamlyn Foundation: Social Justice Open Grants
Overview
The Social Justice programme aims to help marginalised individuals and communities become integrated. We see integration as a two-way process in which society at large and specific communities adapt, understand and benefit.
The programme builds on previous work supported by the Foundation but remains experimental. The Open Grants Scheme focuses on arts and education and learning-based approaches. We will assess through evaluation the extent to which arts and education and learning can play a role in integration.
We will also seek to further the understanding of the relationships between Social Justice and our other programmes (Arts and Education & Learning). In particular we are interested in understanding how to innovate to secure social change.
We expect the programme and the work we support to have an impact at the following levels
- Individuals and communities
- Organisations
- Policy and practice
The Social Justice Open Grants scheme aims to help integrate marginalised individuals and communities. We see integration as a two-way process in which society at large and specific communities adapt, understand and benefit.
We want to support younger people up to the age of 30 who are at a time of transition because of their circumstances (e.g. leaving care or prison or settling into a new community) or changes to the cultural environment in which they live (e.g. established communities in refugee dispersal areas).
The Open Grants Scheme focuses on arts and learning activities.
The outcome of these activities must:
- Enable marginalised young people to have their voices heard
- Ensure their fuller participation in society.
The outcome of these activities should if possible also:
- Build strong relationships within their communities and with other communities
- Foster respect for, and understanding of, the differences between communities
- All applications to our Open Grants scheme must relate to this theme.
In 2012/13 they made 26 grants totalling £3,263,886 through the Open Grant scheme. The average grant was £125,534 and grants ranged in size from £4,898 to £750,000. .