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4WardEver UK

The Edge Fund : Round 11 is open for applications + Job vacancy

Injusticesource: The Edge Fund
published: August 2019

The Edge Fund is now open for applications, with a deadline for applications by the 16th September 2019. Please follow them on Twitter or check their News page for announcements of the next funding round.

To apply for a grant of up to £3,000 you need to fill in a relatively short application form. Make sure you have read the funding criteria listed below to ensure you are eligible to make an application, and check out their Frequently Asked Questions page. If you need any support or assistance please get in touch!

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4WardEver UK

Custody campaign groups back new research on impact on families

Police Line
image by Stephen Gent

source: Dr Nadine El-Enany
published: 31 July 2019

4WardEver UK and the United Families & Friends Campaign (UFFC) are calling on affected families to support new research to be conducted by Dr Nadine El-Enany of Birkbeck School of Law, examining what drives family campaigns and what family members understand justice to mean amongst others.

Here’s what Dr Nadine El-Enany has to say;

“My name is Nadine El-Enany. I work at Brikbeck Law School where I co-direct the Centre for Research on Race and Law. I would like to invite you to participate in a research project via an interview. I am working on a project funded by the Leverhulme Trust on the role of families in cases where a racialised person has died in custody, including police, prison or a health/mental health institution.

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4WardEver UK

Family campaigns are invited to register with National Family Fund

Bereaved Families Speak Outsource: 4WardEverUK
published: June 2019

Families and campaigns are invited to register for future grant applications – REGISTER NOW!

Important Note: Applications will only be opened to family campaigns when the National Memorial Family Fund holds a maximum balance of between £5,000 and £6,500 at any given time.

The National Memorial Family Fund is the first permanent national resource of its kind specifically for those that are affected by deaths in custody. We will make small grants available for families and their campaign groups across the United Kingdom to provide practical domestic assistance, to further the work of their own campaigns or to assist them in engaging in a range of other local, regional or national campaigns, events and initiatives. Download and share the promotional flyer

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