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

Watch the recording of our webinar

Watch the live recording of our webinar to learn more about the Equity in Justice Fund.

Hear from the programme team who shared the thinking behind the fund, and our approach.

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

Fund launch webinar

Recorded 23 June 2026, 2-3pm

• 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
• Expression of Interest deadline: Wednesday 5 August 2026, 5pm

Applications are now open.

• 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 June 2026
• Submit an Expression of Interest (EOI). The deadline to submit your EOI is Wednesday 5 August 2026, 5pm
• We will contact you during the week of the 14 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 9 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.