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THE LEGAL EDUCATION FOUNDATION — grant history

Registered charity 271297 · filings on the Charity Commission register

Latest income
£6.3m
Grants listed (FY2025)
44
Listed grants total
£5.3m
Accounts grants total
£10.4m

listed grants do not fully reconcile with the accounts total — list may be partialextracted from its FY2025 accounts

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Charities that name this funder on their own websites (website claims, separate from the accounts-extracted grants below).

What this funder supports

Based on the register classifications and operating areas of the grant recipients we could match to the charity register (a subset of all grantees).

Causes funded
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty (33 grantees)
  • Education/training (32 grantees)
  • Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity (22 grantees)
  • General Charitable Purposes (20 grantees)
  • Other Charitable Purposes (14 grantees)
  • Disability (14 grantees)
  • Economic/community Development/employment (12 grantees)
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives (8 grantees)
  • Accommodation/housing (3 grantees)
  • Amateur Sport (1 grantee)
Where grantees operate
  • Throughout England And Wales (33 grantees)
  • Scotland (10 grantees)
  • Northern Ireland (8 grantees)
  • Throughout England (6 grantees)
  • Throughout London (3 grantees)
  • Norfolk (2 grantees)
  • Oldham (2 grantees)
  • Gateshead (2 grantees)
  • Manchester City (2 grantees)
  • Bury (2 grantees)

Grants made, per its accounts filings

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RecipientYearAmountPurpose
Justice CollaborationsFY2025£800kGrant award from the Foundation to subsidiary for Justice Together Initiative
Refugee ActionFY2025£355kSupporting the Frontline Immigration Advice Project
Disability Rights UKFY2025£225kSupporting capacity building in disabled people’s organisations
Children’s Law CentreFY2025£225kSupporting policy and public affairs in securing children and young people’s rights in Northern Ireland
Article 39FY2025£195kCore funding to support the continued development of Article 39's network of independent advocates
Friends, Families and TravellersFY2025£185kStrengthening Gypsy Roma Traveller civil society and allies to use the law
Disability Law ServiceFY2025£185kCore funding to support Disability Law Service's advice services and second tier disability training provision
Rights of WomenFY2025£175kCore funding to support work on reform of the family courts
Southwark Law CentreFY2025£175kBuilding the capacity of grassroots community organisations to support parents
The Immigration Law Practitioners’ AssociationFY2025£175kSupporting the Strategic Legal Fund and the Strategic Legal Advice Committee
Detention ActionFY2025£170kSupporting Detention Action's advocacy and campaigning work
Cyfraith Gymunedol Y Gogledd / North Wales Community LawFY2025£165kSupporting North Wales Community Law to establish themselves as an advice provider
Justice First Fellowship Hosts (8 organisations)FY2025£161kExtension funding for JFF hosts to continue employing fellows
The Bureau of Investigative JournalismFY2025£155kSupporting new community-centred investigations aimed at driving positive change
Islamophobia Response UnitFY2025£155kSupporting casework on employment discrimination and developing engagement with strategic litigation
WCVAFY2025£155kContinuing the work of the Wales Civil Society Forum
BirthrightsFY2025£155kCore funding for influencing change in UK legislation, policy and practice
Independent Workers Union of Great BritainFY2025£155kStrengthening access to justice for vulnerable workers
The Bevan FoundationFY2025£155kEnsuring that the Welsh Government upholds and protects human, economic and social rights
Social Inclusion Recovery Group CICFY2025£125kAddressing racial disparities in school exclusions through advocacy efforts
A B Charitable TrustFY2025£105kContribution to Harm to Healing - a pooled fund
Central England Law CentreFY2025£101kExtension funding
Council of Somali OrganisationsFY2025£76kExtension funding
Access Social CareFY2025£75kSupporting the future sustainability of legal practice in Community Care
Family Rights GroupFY2025£70kExtension funding
JUSTICEFY2025£65kCarrying out research and influencing activities to challenge racial discrimination
JustRight ScotlandFY2025£61kExtension funding
Gateshead Carers AssociationFY2025£55kSupporting scoping work to identify opportunities to use the law
Civic Power FundFY2025£43kContribution to the Emergency Action Fund
Human Rights Consortium ScotlandFY2025£42kGrant extension
The Centre for Progressive ChangeFY2025£39kGrant extension
Public Interest Law CentreFY2025£39kExtension funding
Migrants At Work LTDFY2025£34kExtension funding
Institute of Welsh Affairs (IWA)FY2025£33kGrant extension
Anti Trafficking and Labour Exploitation Unit (ATLEU)FY2025£33kExtension funding
Citizens Advice LiverpoolFY2025£28kExtension funding
University College LondonFY2025£22kSmarter Justice grant
the3millionFY2025£21kGrant extension
Equally OursFY2025£20kGrant extension
Civic Power FundFY2025£20kContribution to the third round of Funding Justice research
Norfolk Community Law ServiceFY2025£19kExtension funding
Consortium of LGBT Voluntary and Community OrganisationsFY2025£15kProducing a series of legal briefings to support the LGBT+ sector
Greater Manchester Law CentreFY2025£14kExtension funding
Institute for Voluntary Action Research (IVAR)FY2025£10kContribution to the Open and Trusting grantmaking initiative
Justice CollaborationsFY2024£800kContributing to the Justice Together funder collaboration that aims to transform access to justice in the UK immigration system. As well as offering funding, it supports grant partners to build the power and influence of people with lived and learned experience of the immigration system and embed anti-racism strategies.
London Legal Support TrustFY2024£305kSupporting continuation of work by Inclusion Barnet and six Deaf and Disabled People's Organisations to develop and test a model for providing inclusive and effective traineeships/entry level advice posts for Disabled people, alongside career progression pathways for advice staff working in DDPOs. The funding will also support the organisations to capture and share learning about how to create and support an inclusive and sustainable advice workforce to deliver accessible advice.
Public Law ProjectFY2024£300kSupporting PLP's core area of work towards fairness, legality, and accountability in public law, focussing on enhanced constitutional accountability, increased transparency and fairness in government use of tech, and improved access to justice.
Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG)FY2024£285kBuilding advisers' capacity to resolve social security issues through appeals and Judicial Review and strengthen their evidence base to influence decision makers through research with social security claimants.
Scottish Women's AidFY2024£265kTesting a pilot model for the delivery of free legal services to victim-survivors of domestic abuse in Orkney and Shetland.
Rape Crisis ScotlandFY2024£249kDeveloping the capacity of the Scottish Women's Rights Centre to deliver legal and advocacy services to women survivors of gender-based violence in Scotland and influencing national policy through research and training to improve justice outcomes for women.
Human Rights ConsortiumFY2024£230kSupporting the work to protect and promote the Belfast/Good Friday Agreement and the Article 2 powers of the Windsor Framework, working to enhance human rights legislation in Northern Ireland and campaigning to incorporate and comply with international human rights standards.
London Legal Support TrustFY2024£225kFunding billing coordinator roles in multiple social welfare legal advice charities, and the development of a bespoke, accredited training course for billing coordinators utilising the Apprenticeship Levy to help address recruitment issues in the sector.
The Constitution Unit (University College London)FY2024£210kSupporting research and analysis and convening a forum of research-based organisations to promote high constitutional standards among policymakers, media and the general public.
Suffolk Law CentreFY2024£196kSupporting Suffolk Law Centre's sustainability to continue its critical legal advice and casework services in Housing and Family law, and using its learned experience to build expertise and resilience.
Right to RemainFY2024£185kSupporting public legal education work on the asylum and immigration system to increase the capability of migrants, asylum seekers and their allies navigating the system.
Law Centres NetworkFY2024£185kSupporting work to strengthen the capacity of Law Centres within the network, providing practical support to heighten their impact and enhance their sustainability.
Work Rights CentreFY2024£185kProviding employment legal advice to support migrants and racially disadvantaged workers to access employment justice.
Welfare Benefits UnitFY2024£182kUndertaking a national level scrutiny of Targeted Case Reviews: a process due to impact two million Universal Credit claimants in the next five years.
Asylum Support Appeals Project (ASAP)FY2024£170kEmpowering people seeking asylum across the UK to defend their legal right to housing and financial support by building organisations skills in asylum support law through free training, an advice line and an online network of advisors and coordinating organisations to challenge systemic injustice.
INQUESTFY2024£167kProviding casework support for families bereaved by contentious state related deaths, and working directly with families to campaign and influence change in the legal, coronial and investigative framework.
UNJUST CICFY2024£157kSupporting research, advocacy and litigation that challenges racial discrimination in policing, through collaborating with impacted communities and human rights organisations. Part of a cluster of grants on racial justice.
Vauxhall Community Law & Information CentreFY2024£155kContributing to VCLC’s core costs, allowing them to hire a finance officer.
The Zacchaeus 2000 Trust (Z2K)FY2024£150kEnsuring people in the UK have improved incomes and housing security; dignity, fairness and respect for those interacting with social security system; more people in the UK are living in affordable and decent homes; and people with lived experience of poverty have a stronger voice in policy development, decision-making, and public debate.
Citizens UKFY2024£150kWorking with a lawyer to help design campaigns around immigration policies, including housing and support provision for asylum seekers and refugees- also, where possible, bringing individual cases and using litigation to bring change in policies.
Policy in PracticeFY2024£147kWorking with Coventry City Council and Central England Law Centre to explore using administrative benefits data to understand the impact of legal support in improving housing and social welfare outcomes among low-income populations.
Living RentFY2024£141kSupporting tenants coming together to know their rights and to support each other to ensure these rights are respected and realised through local, regional and national collaborative rights-based campaigns.
Release Legal Emergency and Drugs Service LimitedFY2024£130kExpanding legal services to vulnerable groups, including young people at risk of drug dependency, through the establishment of a Community Care team at the organisation.
The Unity ProjectFY2024£127kWidening access to the Change of Conditions process through policy and process change and improving support for CoC applications across the sector.
Action for Race EqualityFY2024£125kIncreasing and strengthening the Windrush Justice ecosystem by building policy capacity at the grassroots level, and supporting engagement with policymakers. Part of a cluster of grants on racial justice.
Criminal Justice AllianceFY2024£125kSupporting Criminal Justice Alliance’s work to reduce racial inequality in the justice system. Part of a cluster of grants on racial justice.
Maternity ActionFY2024£120kChallenging the lack of procedural fairness in the administration of the NHS visitor and migrant cost recovery programme through strategic, evidence based public law challenges and influencing work which centres lived experience.
Communities Empowerment Network (CEN)FY2024£120kImplementing the first stage of CEN’s strategic plan, which aims to strengthen capacity to deliver advocacy representation, training and early intervention support services for parents of minoritised children facing exclusion from school, and to improve financial sustainability.
The Femicide CensusFY2024£100kSupporting the annual gathering, analysis and distribution of unique data on women killed by men, and working to ensure this data drives improvements in the protection of women and contributes to broader legal and policy change.
Economic, Social and Cultural Rights in the UK (Just Fair)FY2024£90kSupporting Just Fair to inform and hold to account decision makers across the UK on their economic social and cultural rights (ESCR) obligations, develop the capacity of others to do the same, and build a movement of people and communities working for improved ESCR protections and access to justice, across the UK.
openDemocracyFY2024£80kSupporting scrutiny and investigation into the suppression of legal rights in the UK, engaging directly with the communities affected and working to increase public understanding of the real-world impact of recent legislation, and working to influence change.
The Centre for Progressive ChangeFY2024£50kFunding the Safe Sick Pay Campaign Senior Organiser, who will work alongside affected workers, businesses and a range of civil society groups within key local constituencies in England and Wales to influence key MPs, ensuring the successful implementation of long-needed reforms to the UK's statutory sick pay system.
Scottish Women's AidFY2024£40kScoping phase: Scoping potential models for the delivery of legal service provision for victim-survivors of domestic abuse in rural and island communities in Scotland.
Lloyds Bank Foundation for England & WalesFY2024£10kCo-funding a research project looking at the distinct characteristics and value of by and for organisations. The research aims to increase understanding about the role equity and user-led organisations play in supporting people to overcome complex issues and barriers.
Justice CollaborationsFY2023£1.2mContributing to a funder collaboration that aims to transform access to justice in the UK immigration system.
Reunite FamiliesFY2023£770kJustice Together Initiative grant
East MidlandsFY2023£600kJustice Together Initiative grant
Bristol Law CentreFY2023£500kJustice Together Initiative grant
Coventry Asylum and Refugee Action Group (CARAG)FY2023£475kJustice Together Initiative grant
Community Advice and Law ServiceFY2023£450kJustice Together Initiative grant
Legal Aid Practitioners GroupFY2023£450kBuilding the case for an accessible, effective and sustainable legal aid system so practitioners can meet client need
West MidlandsFY2023£425kJustice Together Initiative grant
Asylum JusticeFY2023£400kJustice Together Initiative grant
South WestFY2023£352kJustice Together Initiative grant
One Stop Advice & Training CentreFY2023£350kJustice Together Initiative grant
Institute of Welsh Affairs (IWA)FY2023£300kTaking forward research and engagement with civil society on key constitutional developments affecting Wales, such as consequences of Brexit and approaches to devolution.
Infrastructure - NationalFY2023£250kInfrastructure grant
Asylum AidFY2023£250kInfrastructure grant
Citizens UKFY2023£220kJustice Together Initiative grant
Equally OursFY2023£219kStrengthening a pan-equality civil society network on human rights protection in the UK through research and strategic communication, focussing on lived experience and evidence-based policy making.
Cost of Living awards to existing granteesFY2023£210kCost of living award
RCJ AdviceFY2023£200kSupporting an organisational development change programme and strengthening the national reach of its legal advice
LibertyFY2023£195kBuilding a coalition of human rights organisations to protect and strengthen the UK human rights framework.
Committee of the Administration of JusticeFY2023£190kEmbedding Human Rights and Equality in Northern Ireland.
Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG)FY2023£190kJustice First Fellowship grant
Project SeventeenFY2023£167kImproving the implementation of section 17 Children Act 1989.
Focus on Labour ExploitationFY2023£158kJustice Together Initiative grant
Centre for Women's JusticeFY2023£150kHolding the criminal justice system to account around violence against women and girls.
Grwp Llywio Canolfan Gyfraith y Gogledd / North Wales Law Centre Steering GroupFY2023£150kSupporting development work to establish and launch North Wales Law Centre.
Independent Provider of Special Education Advice (IPSEA)FY2023£150kDriving forward change for children and young people with SEND through legal support and policy work.
Council of Somali OrganisationsFY2023£150kBuilding the capacity of Council of Somali Organisations’ members from across England & Wales to give quality legal advice, through providing training and support on different areas of law including welfare benefits and housing.
Greater Manchester Law CentreFY2023£150kProviding core funding to underpin Greater Manchester Law Centre's role as a specialist regional hub for social welfare advice and a resource for communities seeking justice.
Hansard SocietyFY2023£150kInforming practitioner debate about the delegation of legislative power with the Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Act 2023 and wider legislative programme.
New Europeans UKFY2023£150kJustice Together Initiative grant
Southwark Law CentreFY2023£140kJustice First Fellowship grant
The Association of Community Organisations for Reform Now Ltd (ACORN)FY2023£139kSupporting community organising in Manchester and Leeds to empower marginalised communities and campaign for change.
Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR)FY2023£125kCarrying out a programme of research and influencing that seeks to explore the democratic implications of the UK’s post-Brexit constitutional settlement and provide a reform agenda for law-making in the UK.
Centre for Women's JusticeFY2023£119kJustice First Fellowship grant
Community Advice and Law ServiceFY2023£110kJustice First Fellowship grant
Tower Hamlets Law CentreFY2023£109kJustice First Fellowship grant
JustRight ScotlandFY2023£108kJustice First Fellowship grant
Bristol Law CentreFY2023£107kJustice First Fellowship grant
Development grantsFY2023£104kDevelopment grant
Greater Manchester Immigration Aid UnitFY2023£103kJustice First Fellowship grant
Children's Law CentreFY2023£102kJustice First Fellowship grant
ShelterFY2023£102kJustice First Fellowship grant
Greenwich Housing RightsFY2023£100kJustice First Fellowship grant
Law Centre Northern IrelandFY2023£100kJustice First Fellowship grant
GYROS (Great Yarmouth Refugee Outreach Support)FY2023£100kJustice Together Initiative grant
Vauxhall Community Law & Information CentreFY2023£92kJustice First Fellowship grant
Revoke CICFY2023£90kStrengthening legal advocacy for young refugees and asylum seekers who are marginalised within the legal system.
Central England Law CentreFY2023£90kJustice First Fellowship grant
South Wales Law Centre Ltd trading as Speakeasy Law CentreFY2023£86kJustice First Fellowship grant
MOSACFY2023£85kImproving qualified legal advice and support for non-abusing parents and carers.
Wilson Solicitors LLPFY2023£84kJustice First Fellowship grant
Housing RightsFY2023£80kJustice First Fellowship grant
The Community Law PartnershipFY2023£76kJustice First Fellowship grant
North East Law CentreFY2023£76kJustice First Fellowship grant
Independent Workers' Union of Great Britain (IWGB)FY2023£75kStrengthening workplace rights for people in insecure work.
Migrants At Work LTDFY2023£62kImproving frontline adviser knowledge and skills on the intersection of immigration and employment law to better identify victims of immigration status-related labour exploitation, criminal exploitation and discrimination.
The Refugee and Migrant Centre: Black Country and BirminghamFY2023£50kJustice Together Initiative grant
EERCFY2023£40kJustice Together Initiative grant
Centre for Military JusticeFY2023£30kDeveloping the organisation’s focus on gender based violence/sexual harassment cases taking forward existing cases which include GBV, race discrimination and public law work.
Law Centres NetworkFY2023£30kScoping a workforce development framework in Law Centres to help build and sustain a diverse and effective workforce.
Work R CentreFY2023£20kJustice Together Initiative grant
Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR)FY2023£20kJustice Together Initiative grant
AsylosFY2023£20kJustice Together Initiative grant
Civic Power FundFY2023£20kContributing to research to map and analyse grant making by social justice funders in the UK.
Norfolk Community LawFY2023£19kDevelopment grant

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This grant list is extracted by automated reading of the grant-maker’s own accounts PDFs as filed with the Charity Commission, and cross-checked against the accounts’ stated grant totals (listed sum 5283759 vs reference 10360000 (49.0% diff; ref=stated)). Recipients are linked to register entries only on an exact charity-number or unambiguous exact-name match. If you represent this funder and want a correction, contact us.