Asylum Seekers and Refugees Programme - Women Only

The Allen Lane Foundation funds work with refugees, asylum seekers and refused asylum seekers, including those held in detention. The programme has recently updated its criteria and now only considers applications that are of benefit to women. The Foundation is interested in funding work that promotes the inclusion of female asylum seekers and refugees, and helps with their integration and settling into life in the UK. They fund organisations that work with female asylum seekers and refugees regardless of where they originate from, but do not fund refugee community organisations that work with single nationalities. The focus is on women who are seeking asylum in the UK, and female refugees who have been through the asylum system; rather than people who arrive in the UK through community sponsorship or via resettlement schemes. The Foundation aims to assist with the provision of relevant advice, information or advocacy; with social or therapeutic activities aimed at lessening isolation; and work to help change public attitudes or policy in relation to immigration issues. They also fund practical and emotional support, English classes, destitution support, hosting/accommodation projects, and drop-in costs. In recent years the Foundation has funded an average of 24 grants to a total average value of £133,000 each year.