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We support a wide variety of organisations working to create meaningful impact across the UK and internationally. Read more for a list of the programmes we have funded under our Strategic Priority: Tackling the injustices that keep people in poverty.
Gender Justice Intermediary Fund
Comic Relief awarded 42 months of funding to an intermediary partner focused on supporting feminist movements in Kenya. The organisation works with indigenous women, adolescent girls, and underserved groups through community-led approaches. This investment reflects Comic Relief’s commitment to shifting power to local organisations and advancing inclusive, sustainable change through feminist leadership.
Tackling Harmful Norms
Comic Relief’s five-year investment will support seven specialist community-led organisations across London and the West Midlands. Organisations who will use sport and physical activity to help implement early interventions that encourage boys and young men to become role models and leaders. Based on evidence that sport and physical activity can provide an effective entry point to challenge harmful norms and behaviours that drive violence against women and girls and champion a culture of respect and healthy masculinity.
Community Justice Fund
Comic Relief’s Community Justice Fund supported nine led by and for organisations tackling injustices such as racial justice and/or gender justice, working tirelessly to transform the systems, policies and practices to create a fairer and more equitable world free from poverty. Funding prioritised specialist led by and for organisations across several areas in the UK, recognising that communities closest to the issues are best placed to lead change.
Gender Justice Fund
Comic Relief’s Gender Justice Fund supported 10 feminist movements and women’s rights organisations in Sierra Leone. Funding prioritised groups led by those facing discrimination and injustice based on their gender, with the intention of shifting decision-making power to communities to create fairness and build more equitable futures. The programme prioritised movements that support communities with intersecting identities that are disproportionately experiencing prejudice, marginalisation, discrimination and/or exclusion in Sierra Leone, such as those working on disability rights.
