What we do

Learn more about about what we do and what we fund.

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Open Funding

Our grants are designed to support charities and social enterprises that uplift marginalised communities. We focus on creating equitable opportunities and fostering positive change.

Image: Grantholder LGBT Foundation.

Image includes a close up of a young woman with glasses and a yellow jacket, sat with other young people. Image is from UK Youth.

Proactive Funding

Our Proactive funding covers grants that are strategically made, and not open to application. This currently includes funding for our three Equity Programmes as well as a Regular Grants programme and our Research and Development areas.

Image: Grantholder UK Youth.

Social Investment

In 2017, The Clothworkers’ Company donated an initial £750,000 to The Clothworkers’ Foundation, enabling us to actively research and invest in suitable opportunities for social investment. This experience led The Foundation to allocate £5 million for social investment under our current strategy.

Image: Change Please Coffee, which received funding through the Recovery Loan Fund.