Deadline: 03-Sep-21
The Baring Foundation is pleased to launch a new round of funding for organisations undertaking legal action to address racial injustice in the Criminal Justice System (CJS) this week.
The Foundation will also consider applications which seek to address discrimination and disadvantage arising as a result of contact with the criminal justice system.
Focus
The primary focus is on social change activities that tackle discrimination and disadvantage. By social change they mean:
- changes in policy, regulation and law;
- changes in behaviour, attitudes and norms; and
- new ways of designing and delivering services or support for individuals.
This funding will support all types of legal action, whether that action seeks to empower, persuade, challenge, or use a mix of all three. Examples of the type of work they anticipate funding under this call include (but are not limited to):
- Undertaking legal research to gather evidence relating to practices in the CJS;
- Challenging governmental policy decisions and practice through Judicial Review;
- Training for people impacted by the CJS on their rights; and
- Implementation activities for wins already achieved through legal action.
Funding Information
- Grants of up to £50,000 over 18 months are available for work which uses legal action to address racial injustice in all aspects of the criminal justice system.
Eligibility Criteria
To be eligible to apply to this fund, applicants need to:
- Be an anti-racist organisation or have a history of working on anti-racism;
- Already be undertaking legal action activities to address racial injustice in the CJS or be able to demonstrate pre-existing plans for doing so;
- Be planning to undertake activities under the grant which delivers benefit in the UK (applications for international work will not be considered);
- Be a legally registered not-for-profit entity in the UK, preferably a charity;
- Have at least one full year’s accounts; and
- Have an income of under £1m a year.
For more information, visit https://baringfoundation.org.uk/news-story/strengthening-civil-society-programme-new-funding-to-support-legal-action-to-tackle-racial-injustice-in-the-criminal-justice-system/
