Raise Your Hands
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- Typical grants
- £10,000 – £40,000
- Applications
- By invitation only
Works for Registered charities, CIOs, CICs and community groups.
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raiseyourhands.org.ukAbout Raise Your Hands
Raise Your Hands is a UK charitable funder that amplifies the impact of exceptional small charities transforming the lives of disadvantaged children and young people across the UK. Established to address funding inequity, it champions agile, community-rooted organisations with proven track records and robust leadership. Their mission emphasises sustainable, multi-year unrestricted core funding, alongside capacity-building, pro bono advice, and peer networking, rooted in the belief that frontline expertise drives superior outcomes. The funder is selection-only, focusing on unsung high-performers rather than household-name organisations. They seek long-term partnerships over one-off grants, and do not accept unsolicited applications.
What Raise Your Hands funds
Raise Your Hands supports a broad spectrum of interventions addressing challenges such as mental and physical health issues, disability, bereavement, family poverty, care experience, homelessness, educational exclusion, trauma, parental mental illness, HIV, bullying, and limited opportunities. The work funded spans literacy programmes, young carer support, surf therapy, trauma therapy, and leadership for girls, all centred on wellbeing, resilience, and life chances. They prioritise UK-wide work with local, regional, or national reach, and do not offer project-specific or capital funding.
Who can apply
Raise Your Hands funds UK-registered charities that are small, agile, and community-rooted, with proven track records, robust leadership, and tangible impact. They prioritise organisations supporting disadvantaged children and young people, and those that are often overlooked by larger funders. Selection is by invitation or referral only; unsolicited applications are not accepted. Strong governance and community embeddedness are key considerations.
What Raise Your Hands doesn't fund
Raise Your Hands does not fund project-specific or capital costs, and avoids household-name organisations and mainstream funding streams. They do not accept unsolicited applications, and are not interested in one-off grants, instead seeking long-term partnerships with unsung high-performers.
How they like to fund
Raise Your Hands provides sustainable, multi-year unrestricted core funding, along with capacity-building support, pro bono advice, and peer networking. They work by invitation and referral only, and emphasise long-term partnerships over one-off grants, grounded in a belief that frontline expertise drives superior outcomes.
How much does Raise Your Hands give?
Typical published range. What your charity could realistically get — and whether you would clear their rules on income, location and legal structure — is the free fit check.
When to apply, and how long their decisions take.
Income, location, legal structure and exactly who they fund — matched to your charity.
Good to know
How to apply to Raise Your Hands
Raise Your Hands does not accept unsolicited applications. Funding is by invitation.
- A fit check still tells you whether your work aligns with their published remit.
- If you cannot apply directly, shortlist open funders with a similar focus instead of writing into a closed door.
What you can do here
- 1Check fit. See if your project aligns with Raise Your Hands.
- 2Find open funders. Shortlist similar funders you can approach.
- 3Save the notes. Keep the fit check if you are later invited to apply.
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Frequently asked questions
How much funding does Raise Your Hands provide?
Raise Your Hands typically provides grants of £10,000 - £40,000.
Where does Raise Your Hands fund charities?
Raise Your Hands funds charities operating in the UK.
Does Raise Your Hands accept unsolicited applications?
Raise Your Hands does not accept unsolicited applications.
How do I apply for funding from Raise Your Hands?
Raise Your Hands does not accept unsolicited applications. Funding is by invitation. A fit check still tells you whether your work aligns with their published remit.
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