Successful applicants to the Social Action Fund

Over £9 million has been awarded in the first window the Social Action Fund which is managed by The Social Investment Business on behalf of the Cabinet Office.  

Sixteen game-changing social action projects in England have had grants ranging from £100,000 to £2 million from the Fund to provide teaching support, increase citizenship awareness, improve green spaces in cities, and provide services to homeless people, disadvantaged young people and local communities.

Round One

The Cathedral Archer Project Limited
Primetimers
S.C.V.O
Citizenship Foundation (Go-Givers)
Citizenship Foundation (G-Nation)
Teach First
Anne Frank Trust UK
Hastings Trust
Catch 22 Charity Limited
Spice Innovations
Street Games UK
Environmental Vision
The Challenge Network
Community Foundation Network
National Children's Bureau
Beatbullying Limited 

Round Two 

Avon & Bristol Law Centre
The British Sports Trust
BTCV
City Year London
CSV
Fairtrade Foundation 
Future First
Future Participle
Impetus Trust
Institute for Philanthropy 
IntoUniversity
Mind
National Youth Agency with support from O2 Think Big
Pilotlight
Prince’s Initiative for Mature Enterprise 
Read - The Reading Agency
Royal Mencap Society
Sustain: The Alliance for Better Food and Farming
Tearfund
UK Youth
vInspired (formerly Russell Commission Implementation Body)
Young Foundation 
Young Potential Ltd  

Cathedral Archer Project’s Chief Executive, Tim Renshaw said:  

“This investment will demonstrate how people who are currently excluded from volunteering have the potential, skills and resources to add value to existing work environments and in doing so, improve their own life experience and future opportunities.”  

Primetimers' Chief Executive Brent Thomas said:

"We are delighted to have been given the SAF grant which will enable Primetimers to significantly expand its network of skilled consultants in the Midlands, South West and Yorkshire & Humberside.  Increasing our local membership base means that we can widen our reach and provide much needed capacity building and support to organisations with a social purpose in these areas."

Ben Reynolds, Network Director at Sustain: the alliance for better food and farming said:

"We were thrilled to receive funding from the Social Action Fund to support the Big Dig. This project supports volunteering at community food growing spaces. With the help of the Social Action Fund we can now role this out across other towns and cities across England." 

City Year Chief Executive, Sophie Livingstone said:

“We are delighted that our application to the Social Action Fund has been successful.  The funding is a huge boost and means that City Year can expand into more London schools, support 2,700 extra children and deliver more than 20,000 hours of additional support to teachers.”