Civic Future Actions Grants is our new pilot programme for the attendees of the Start Up Society Summit 2025.
We’re offering small grants for between £500 and £5,000 to help start new things.
Civic Future Action Grants is our new pilot programme for attendees of the Start Up Society Summit 2025.
Our grants programme aims to put resources in the hands of doers. If you’re attending our Summit and have a concrete idea that tackles an important civic or policy challenge, apply here for a chance to unlock £500 – £5,000. We might fund pressing and urgent campaigns, AI policy salons, historical walking tours, essay prizes, or regional podcasts on growth; anything that benefits the public and shows a bias for action. We welcome the unexpected.
The process is simple: submit a short online form outlining your idea, costs, and what you hope to achieve by Thursday 31 July 2025. Shortlisted candidates join a brief virtual interview with decisions made within eight weeks.
If selected, you’ll set clear milestones and check-in dates. We’ll showcase completed projects on our site.
So, if you think you have an idea to move Britain forward, apply.
You can apply by using our short online form. The deadline for applications is Thursday 31 July 2025.
The aim of this grant is to help people learn by doing. Your ideas could be anything that unlocks progress and improvement for the public. If your project helps Britain understand or solve an important public or civic problem, it likely fits our criteria. Note, though, that the lower your grant request the more likely it is to be accepted and larger grants may arrive in two stages, each tied to milestones you set.
Submit any time before Thursday 31 July 2025. We’ll invite the strongest applicants to a 30-minute video call and make a decision within eight weeks.
Before we send you the funds you’ll need to sign a brief agreement. It’s important that all grantees stick to the budget, hit the milestones we jointly set, and send regular updates to the Civic Future team. Once the project is finished, you’ll send a two-page outcomes report.
Yes. Submit one application that lists every core contributor.
Yes, you need to have attended or spoken at the Start Up Society Summit 2025.
Possibly, and in the right circumstances, but in general our grants are for those starting something new.