Strategic Legal Fund: Advancing Justice for Migrants in UK

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Deadline: 4-May-21

The Strategic Legal Fund (SLF) is seeking grant applications to support legal work that goes beyond securing justice for an individual and makes a significant contribution to law, practice and procedures to uphold and promote the rights of migrant groups in the UK.

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The SLF aims to tackle injustices and inconsistencies in law and practice that disadvantage or discriminate against asylum seekers, refugees and migrants as a result of their migration status.

The SLF is an initiative delivered by The Immigration Law Practitioners’ Association (ILPA) in partnership with Trust for London, Esmee Fairbairn Foundation, Unbound Philanthropy, Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust and Paul Hamlyn Foundation.

Beneficiaries

The SLF supports strategic legal work in the UK which benefits asylum seekers, refugees and migrants. The Fund defines this as those:

Who are living in poverty, and
Who face significant disadvantage or discrimination in connection with their immigration status.

Areas of Law

The SLF funds strategic legal work in any area of law where asylum seekers, refugees and migrants experience disadvantage or discrimination as a result of migration status. This includes (but is not restricted to) potential cases in the areas of:

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Immigration
Asylum and asylum support
Human rights
Education
Housing
Welfare benefits
Discrimination
Access to justice
Community care

Funding Information

Maximum funding for any one application will be £30,000 but, in view of the limited funding available, lower applications are encouraged. The average grant size is around £12,000.
The SLF aims to complement longer-term funding with short-term grants to respond to legal opportunities. The maximum grant length is 12 months, and most grants are for six months or less.

Eligibility Criteria

Those eligible to apply to the SLF are organisations based in the UK which are:

Not-for-profit (NFP) organisations that provide specialist level legal advice to people discriminated or disadvantaged by their migration status. If applicant work for a NFP organisation regulated by the Office of the Immigration Services Commissioner (OISC) and are applying to undertake work in the asylum or immigration field, they must confirm that staff leading on the proposed work is accredited at Level 3, Advocacy and Representation, in the relevant category of law.
Firms of solicitors that provide specialist level legal advice to people discriminated or disadvantaged by their migration status. Solicitors’ firms need to demonstrate that the funded work does not include any element of profit and, as for all applicants, that there is a pro bono element included.

For more information, visit http://strategiclegalfund.org.uk/