Equity in Justice Fund Investing in specialist support for racially minoritised young men

Sign up to our webinar 23 June 2026, 2-3pm

We’ll be hosting a live webinar where you can find out more about this fund.

We’ll answer questions about what we’re looking to fund, who’s eligible, and how to apply.

A recording and transcript will be available on this page if you’re unable to attend the live event.

• Grant amount: £200,000
• Length: three to five years – we will ask you whether you’d like to receive that funding over 3, 4 or 5 years.
• Focus: specialist support for racially minoritised young men in contact with the criminal justice system
• Eligible organisations: registered, not-for-profit organisations with a charitable purpose (e.g. registered charity, CIC, community benefit society) providing direct service delivery
• Location: activity must take place within the UK
• Application deadline: Wednesday 5^th August 2026, 5pm

Applications will open on Wednesday 24th June 2026.

• Take our simple online eligibility checker to find out whether your organisation is eligible to apply. Eligible organisations will be able to submit an expression of interest. Expression of Interests open from Wednesday 24^th June 2026
• Submit an Expression of Interest (EOI). The deadline to submit your EOI is Wednesday 5^th August 2026, 5pm
• We will contact you during the week of the 14th September 2026 to tell you whether you should submit a full application. If we decide not to invite you to apply, we will explain why in writing. We review hundreds of Expressions of Interest, so unfortunately, we cannot provide detailed feedback.
• Submit a full application. If you’re invited to this stage, we’ll ask more detailed questions about your work. Deadline: Friday 9th October, 5pm.
• You’ll have a phone conversation with a member of our team in Mid October to Early November.
• We’ll make around 13 grants following the full application stage and let you know if you’ll receive one by the end of December 2026.