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Who Funds Us

We believe in being transparent about the sources of our funding and purposes behind it. 

You can view our reports at the bottom of this page. 

Who funded us in 2023/24

Consulting income over £5,000 in 2023/24

FunderAmountWhat the funding was for
UK Research and Innovation258,056Sciencewise
Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea135,055 Grenfell Restorative Justice Consultation
London Borough of Waltham Forest126,706 Citizens' Assembly
University of Southampton117,173 Citizens' Assembly
West Midlands Combined Authority117,080Net Zero Citizens Panel
Westminster City Council88,621 Climate Assembly
Northern Gas Networks59,974 Public Panel
Care Quality Commission44,934System focused engagement
Scottish Government44,764Minimum Income Guarantee
Innovate UK41,495Thirivng Places project
London Borough of Hackney40,000Citizen Jury
London Borough of Hounslow29,979Citizen Jury
Climate 202528,650 Future of aviation deliberative workshops
Belfast City Council28,500Co-Design Framework
London Borough of Greenwich22,525 Community engagement strategy and framework
Queens University Belfast19,825 Environment and Brain Health co-design
University of Gloucestershire18,748Treescapes project
SONI16,931Community Forum
London Borough of Camden21,545Camden Housing and Property Panels
Kings College London14,194Citizens' Convention on UK Democracy
University of Birmingham11,905Local Policy Improvement Partnerships
Royal Academy of Engineering9,912Landscape review
London Borough of Camden9,900Camden Climate Panel
World Wildlife Fund8,815People's Plan for Nature follow up survey
Sheffield City Council7,543 Support and advice on the approach to public participation
 

 

Restricted grants

FunderAmountWhat the funding was for
Joseph Rowntree Reform Trust165,580Network for Democracy
Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation100,000Local Engagement on Climate Change
Scottish Wildlife Trust65,000 Riverwoods Project
Lancaster University40,001Low Energy Futures Citizens' panel
New Economics Foundation31,594Conditionality in Welfare
University of Oxford23,587 Fellowship on impact of citizens’ assemblies
Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust19,688 English Devolution Call to Action
The Royal Society For Arts15,000 Rebooting Online Public Dialogue
St Stephens Green Trust13,550Democracy Innovators Network
Up for Yorkshire7,500Our zero Selby project
Ashden5,985UPPER net zero thought leadership

 

Unrestricted grants

FunderAmountWhat the funding was for
Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust50,000 Core Funding

Who funded us in 2022/23

Consulting income over £5,000 in 2022/23

FunderAmountWhat the funding was for
The RSPB549,011People’s Plan for Nature
UK Research and Innovation215,697 Sciencewise
Genomics England102,965 Newborn Genome Screening Public Consensus Building
Scottish Government50,444 Minimum Income Guarantee Experts by Experience panel
London Borough of Camden46,872 Citizen's Assemby - Evening & Night time Economy
Impact Investing Institute37,490 Community engagement
West Midlands Combined Authority27,680 Net Zero Citizens Panel
Northern Gas Networks Ltd25,733 Public Panel
Co-operation Ireland25,377 Voice Matters/ Cooperation Ireland
Test Valley Borough Council25,050 Deliberative Engagement
Sheffield City Council24,705 Support and advice on the approach to public participation
UK Power Networks (Operations) Ltd24,698 Pilot People’s Panel
SONI Ltd23,120 Community Forum
University of Exeter18,600 Enhancing Public Dialogue about School Inclusion pilot
The Democratic Society18,179 Engage Britain Panel 2
Royal Academy of Engineering16,520 Landscape review
University of Southampton16,000 Climate Assembly
London Borough of Camden14,625 Data Distributed Dialogue 
Home Office Shared Service Centre14,138 Safe Space Coordinator
Queens University Belfast14,013 Car Dependency
London Borough of Camden13,800 Data Charter Panel II
London Borough of Camden12,960 Housing and Property Panel
Housing Rights12,463 Housing Rights
Social Care Wales11,817 Scoping future deliberation
University of Cambridge11,213 NIHR Bioresource
UK Biobank LTD10,250 Engaging Public with Biobanks
Genomics England9,450 Newborn Genome Screening Consensus Building
London Borough of Camden7,525 Facilitation Training
London Borough of Camden7,440 Deliberative Support
L & Q Group7,250 Tenant Engagement Training
University of Liverpool6,400 Data Strategy
University of Westminster5,000 Democracy Research Collaboration Toolkit

 

Restricted grants

FunderAmountWhat the funding was for
Open Society Foundation274,456 Democracy Network Action Network Plus
Esmée Fairbairn Foundation110,000 Local Engagement on Climate Change
Calouste Gulbenkian100,000 Local Engagement on Climate Change
Forum for the Future106,296 Just Transitions
The Joseph Rowntree Reform Trust81,702 Network for Democracy
Royal Society of Arts45,000 Rebooting Online Public Dialogue
Wellcome Connecting Science10,952 UK Citizens' Jury on Genome Editing
Greater London Authority8,500 Civic Data Innovation Challenge
Barrow Cadbury Trust and John Ellerman Foundation5,445 UPPER net zero thought leadership

Unrestricted grants

FunderAmountWhat the funding was for
Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust60,000 Core Funding