Our Impact
IICF UK awards grants to local charities across the country within the focus areas of education social mobility. In just three years, IICF UK has helped over 1,300 people across the country gain the skills and confidence they need to excel at school, enter employment and make a new start in life.
IICF is proud to support eight charities this year: Amaze, Beanstalk, City in the Community, Key4Life, London Symphony Orchestra, Spartans Community Football Academy, St Giles Trust and The Access Project.
IICF UK does not accept unsolicited requests for grants.
2019 Grant Recipients
CITY IN THE COMMUNITY
Now more than 30 years old, with the support of passionate fans CITC uses the ‘football effect’ to promote health, confidence, safe spaces and pathways into training and jobs for young people, working with 40,000 individuals in Greater Manchester each year. ⚽
Amaze
Offers advice and support to families of children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) in Brighton & Hove and Sussex.
Read our 2018 Impact Report here.
Beanstalk
Provides one-to-one literacy support to children who have fallen behind with their reading – to improve children’s reading ability and confidence.
Read our 2017 impact report.
London SYmphony Orchestra
The LSO Discovery Programme offers inspiring musical experiences to people of all ages and backgrounds who have not necessarily had much contact with classical music and musicians. It also provides support and training for emerging young instrumentalists, composers and conductors.
Key4Life
Reduces youth reoffending through the delivery of an innovative rehabilitation programme to young men at risk of going to prison and those in prison and helps them to find employment upon release. Hear their stories here.
Spartans Community Football Academy
Creates unique opportunities for young people to participate in sport as well as learning and development activities. The Alternative School, part funded by IICF, provides young people, who are at risk of exclusion from mainstream education or who may find school a challenge, an alternative place to learn, grow and develop.
Spartans won the 2018 YouthLink Scotland Raising Attainment Award
St Giles Trust
Helps people suffering disadvantages such as experiences of prison, homelessness, unemployment, addiction and severe poverty to move their lives forward. St Giles Trust provide this help from the people who know best how to help – those who have been there themselves.
THE Access project
Works with bright students from disadvantaged backgrounds, providing in-school support and personalised tuition, to help them gain access to top universities. Visit their website to learn how you can be a tutor.
