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From mid-2026, the Baring Foundation's Strengthening Civil Society programme will support the use of legal tools by UK civil society to tackle corporate harm.

Baring Foundation Director, David Cutler, welcomes the new Civil Society Covenant launched last week.

Grants are available for legal action addressing racial injustice - with a focus on police in schools, repression of protest and challenging legislation which disproportionately criminalises racialised people.

Nine new grants have been awarded by our Strengthening Civil Society programme to support legally expert 'hub' organisations working alongside civil society.

Help us evaluate the success of our Law & Social Change programme over the last 10 years.

Grants of up to £150,000 over three years available for organisations seeking to protect and promote human rights in Scotland.

Help us learn from a new five-year programme to test human rights based approaches as tools for change for London communities facing discrimination and disadvantage.

The Foundation has awarded grants to the Environmental Law Foundation and the Public Interest Law Centre to support legal action by communities around planning decisions.

We are looking for a Learning Partner to support a five-year programme to increase the use of human rights based approaches to achieve change for communities in London

New grants by our Strengthening Civil Society programme include collaborations with the Community Foundation NI, the Access to Justice Foundation, City Bridge Trust and with Scottish grant-makers for a new Scottish human rights fund.