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In Memory of Raphael Lehmann
February 09, 2026 10:54 AM
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Donors' Newsletter: Feb 2026
February 09, 2026 10:49 AM
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Call to Members: Join the Pan-Afrikan Community Committee
February 06, 2026 9:40 AM
The Edge Fund has launched the Pan-Afrikan Community Committee (PACC) to empower Pan-Afrikan members in addressing systemic racism and Afriphobia, fostering accountability and social justice through community-led initiatives, following extensive consultations and collaborative research.
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Join Edge's Core Group: Call for Expressions of Interest!
February 06, 2026 9:40 AM
Edge Fund is looking to expand its Core Group and you can be part of it!
Edge Fund is a Participatory Grant-Making organisation, currently formed by an Organiser acting as Staff member and three members of the Core Group, acting in the roles of trustees or board members (responsible for strategic planning, fundraising and meeting the responsibilities of being the employer of permanent and temporary staff).
At Edge we have identified the need to expand our Core Group with two roles dedicated specifically to improving our work in Fundraising and Communications.
We are inviting current Edge Fund members (Edge current and past grantees) to submit their expressions of interest to join the Core Group and support us with strategic planning in these two areas.
As we understand that knowledge of the philanthropic sector and fundraising at large scale may not be among the skills of grassroots organisers we are inviting those Edge supporters with experience in this aspect of organisational work to send their expressions of interest for this specific role.
We encourage applications from members from ethnic minorities, racialised communities and global majority folks!
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Roots Fund - Who are the grantees?
December 19, 2025 5:23 PM
Meet the Roots Fund grantees
After receiving 100 applications from incredible rad groups all around the UK and Ireland, 40 groups were selected for funding. Six grassroots groups were part of the Roots Fund Working Group which for 1-2 months of meetings worked collectively to decide on the final list.
Here is the list of the 40 groups (below in text and links to their websites/ social media):
To read about the detailed organising work of these 40 groups, click here.
Thank you to everyone who applied. We hope to keep fundraising to redistribute more funds in 2026. Sign up to our newsletter at the bottom of our website.
Email us at [email protected] for any queries,
Solidarity,
The Edge Fund team
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How do we redistribute funds? Meet the Roots Funding Working Group!
December 19, 2025 8:53 AM
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Roots Grantees: How to claim your Edge grant?
December 10, 2025 12:25 PM
Dear 2025 grantees,
This page briefly explains how to claim your grant now that you have been shortlisted as Edge grantees.
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With your support, our Roots fund is on!
November 20, 2025 1:46 PM
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Roots Funding Round: Now open
October 03, 2025 10:05 AM
The Edge Fund's Roots Funding Round will redistribute funds to grassroots groups organising against Islamophobia, Afriphobia, racial injustice, and the legacies of British colonialism in the UK and Ireland.
The Roots Fund is NOW open!
Applications will be received via our online application form, available from the 15th of October (9am) until the 2nd of November 2025 (23:59)
Please note that we will only receive 100 applications this year. The moment we reach this number the application form will be closed.
Note also that we do not fund religious organisations or groups whose primary goals are religious, offer service provision, organisations that make a profit, or charities (even if they are small). This fund aims to reach grassroots projects led by the affected communities pursuing radical politics for systemic change with a focus on the areas described above. You can get an idea of what we fund here and learn about our past grantees here.
We advise you to download this document and discuss the questions below with your group or organisation to have them ready for the day you submit your application using the online form. If you require support to access the questions and form in a different format, please contact Illa at [email protected].
BASIC CRITERIA to apply
You are an eligible group for the Roots Fund if..
- Your aims and activities align with the Roots Fund
- You are based in the UK/Ireland
- You have an annual income is £5K or less
- Your group has been active for at least 6 months
- Your group/org is an unregistered grassroots group (e.g. not a CIC, CIO, NGO)
- You are not a commercial entity or a business
- You are not applying as an individual
- You are a group (3+ or more members)
- You are a group being led by affected communities by racism/colonial violence
Got any questions?
Ask Illa: [email protected] - expect a written reply within 3 working days.
We are also offering three online drop-in Q&A sessions:
- Wednesday, 15th of October: 4:30-5:30 PM
- Thursday 23rd of October: 5-6 PM
- Friday 31st of October: 5-6 PM
Let us know if you are planning to attend one of the sessions and if you have any questions to share in advance. Email [email protected]. The ZOOM LINK for the meetings is here.
Our process:
This funding round has been designed by Edge’s Funding Working Group, made of 13 organisers representing 6 grassroots groups whose aims align with the Roots Fund. They are Youth Front for Palestine, Migrant Women Press, World Stages Now, Unis Resist Border Control, Black Activists Rising Against Cuts, Queer Refugees Unite. Members of the FWG are past grantees and current members of Edge Fund. Applications will be assessed by them with support of Edge Fund.
When will you hear back?
- We will contact all applicants by the end of November if your application is eligible and shortlisted for assessment.
- Grantees will be contacted by the second week of December.
Accessibility:
If you have any difficulties with the form or with some of the application questions, please contact Illa at [email protected].
Feedback or queries:
If you are an Edge Fund member and would like to offer feedback on this form, please get in touch with Illa at [email protected].
Download this document to discuss it with your group. Just click here
The Edge Fund team
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No Justice without Solidarity! Our 2025 Radical Sharing Forum:
July 17, 2025 1:47 PM
On 31st May we hosted our Radical Sharing Forum in London.
This was the first in-person edition of the event since before the Covid19 pandemics, which made it all the more special and relevant as it gave us the opportunity to make closer connections with the aim of building a network of radical organisations fighting for systemic change.In fact, the RSF stated taking shape a few months back as Edge invited their members (past grantees) to join a Working Group to design the day according to their interests and needs. We were thrilled having 12 radical organisers representing 5 in our working group:Somos Semillas (We are Seeds), No2Hassockfield, Lesbians and Gays Support the Migrants, World Stages Now and Dares Collective.
From March to April the Working Group had 6 preparation meetings to design the day and the workshops that attendees would be able to join. Discussions included the political topics we all wanted to address (as well as logistics and catering!) with the group finally choosing to focus on strategies to combat the far-right while also developing ways to look after each other as organisers in order to build up networks of support among campaings.
The day was attended by representatives of more than 20 organisations and gave everyone the opportunity to debate strategies to confront the increasing presence of the far-right in our communities, how to improve community-led strategies that tackle racism, Islamophobia, Afriphobia and multiple instances of colonial violence. We also had a space to talk about nurturing our networks as organise
rs, and a session to share skills that gave us the opportunity to learn from each other on strategies to better handle resolution of conflicts, internal and external communications and outreaching beyond our circles of organisers.
