Paul Hamlyn Foundation

Chag Sameach! We wish you and yours a peaceful and Happy Passover surrounded by friends and family ❤️

Today is Transgender Day of Visibility. It is a day to celebrate the lives and contributions of trans people, while also drawing attention to the disproportionate levels of poverty, discrimination, and violence the community faces. One of our grant holders, Heard – organisation, is working towards a future where the media and popular culture are abundant with stories that move us towards a more equitable and sustainable world. We have supported Heard and their ‘All About Trans’ project since 2012, which aims to improve media coverage of transgender people and strengthen transgender voices to engage with the media safely. Read more about their work: https://lnkd.in/eKWtRQ2f

“When we come together, we are powerful — and we’re not stopping here” ✊ This month so many of the organisations we support across the migration sector and beyond came together to urge MPs to say ‘no’ to the disastrous earned settlement plans. These plans double the standard wait time for settlement and introduce conditions that could see people waiting for up to 30 years to settle in the place they already call home. It was a huge day and amazing to see so many stand in solidarity — with groups and organisations from migrants rights, disability rights, nurses, people with lived experience, community groups, incredible groups that have formed specifically to fight these proposals, and more. We’re proud to support organisations, like Praxis, for Migrants and Refugees, across the migration sector who are fighting for change and a brighter future for all of us. ✨

📣 Do you want to support young people to speak up and drive change? Young people aged 11-30 can now complete the 2026 Youth Voice Census — the UK’s largest youth survey of its kind.📋 It’s a brilliant chance for young people to share their real experiences of education, work, wellbeing and future opportunities. Each year, this survey shapes how employers, educators and policymakers understand the challenges and opportunities facing the next generation. Last year, 8000+ responses helped inform national conversations around skills, mental health, access to opportunity and transitions into work. All responses are completely anonymous. Take the survey: ➡️ https://lnkd.in/eKnSVPjN Please share this with your networks🙏 #YVC2026 #YouthVoiceCensus

🚨 #Culture is going into the English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill. Director of Culture Commons, Trevor MacFarlane FRSA has been leading the drive for this change: “After two years of intensive research, policy design and advocacy, the government has now adopted our proposals to put culture at the heart of its flagship #devolution reforms. This represents one of the most significant shifts in cultural policy for a generation - recognising culture not as an optional extra, but as essential infrastructure for growth, identity and community. I’m very grateful to the Secretaries of State, Ministers, Mayors, MPs and Peers who have worked with us to get this over the line in recent months. We now look forward to working with partners across England through our dedicated ‘think and do tank’ on cultural devolution to turn this into real change on the ground.” The amendment will be debated in the House of Lords next Tuesday. We will provide a fuller update on the situation in due course. Rt Hon Steve Reed OBE MP Miatta Fahnbulleh Lisa Nandy MP Ian Murray Stephanie Peacock MP Fiona Twycross (Baroness Twycross) https://lnkd.in/eweATxci

Eid Mubarak from the whole PHF team. We wish you and yours a blessed Eid full of love, peace and joy. 🌙✨

JOIN US FOR MEK WI CHAT III A 3-day exhibition + workshop series asking one powerful question: Who defines systems change — and from what position? 📍 198 Contemporary Arts & Learning 📅 16–18 April 2026 ⏰ Exhibition open daily, 10AM–6PM Expect: ✨ Opening ceremony + report launch ✨ Interactive workshops ✨ Art, archive, sound + storytelling ✨ Powerful conversations on anti-racist systems change Mek Wi Chat means to sit, reason, and share stories. This is more than an event — it’s a space to reflect, challenge, and reimagine systems together. 🎟️ RSVP here: https://luma.com/89urg23o (link in bio)

🚀 The Foundation Practice Rating 2025/26 has just been published The Foundation Practice Rating (FPR) assesses funder practices in relation to: ⭐️ Diversity ⭐️ Accountability ⭐️ Transparency In this blog, we reflect on the three commitments we made last year to further our work in these areas. They were to: ✨ Start planning for a new strategic period, prioritising our values and our commitment to being an anti-racist funder. 📋 Undertake a Grantee and Applicant Perception report with the Center for Effective Philanthropy. 💡Share more information about where our funding goes and what we’re learning from our grant-making practices. Read our reflections in the blog: https://lnkd.in/edKvtJWa We’re part of a group of funders supporting FPR, and we are also assessed as part of the programme. Find out more about FPR and the findings of their work: https://lnkd.in/er6seB5b

🌟Celebrating neurodiversity🌟 🌍16th March marks the beginning of Neurodiversity Celebration week — a worldwide initiative that aims to change the narrative around neurodiversity, helping us all to understand, value and celebrate the talents of neurodiverse minds. Through our grant-making, we fund a number of organisations working to support neurodivergent people. Here are some examples of grant holders from our Youth Fund: 🏫DFN Project SEARCH DFN Project SEARCH supports young people with learning disabilities and autism into paid employment through high-quality, supported internships across the UK. ☀️GRAPEVINE (COVENTRY AND WARWICKSHIRE) LTD Grapevine is a Coventry-based charity that provides a preventative service for people with learning disabilities and autism, allowing them to gain more voice, choice and control over their lives. 🫶Resources for Autism  Resources for Autism support autistic children and adults, and their families, across London and the West Midlands. They provide social and support groups, volunteer-led befriending and professionally-led community support, and training for external organisations to improve understanding and acceptance of autism by wider society. 🎮 Spectrum Gaming Spectrum Gaming is an autistic-led charity on a mission to create a world where every autistic child can realise their full potential. They do this through advocacy work, representing autistic young people at a strategic level, and making links with community and health organisations to ensure the service reaches those who most need it. ❤️Split Banana Education C.I.C. Split Banana provides relevant and inclusive sex and relationship education services to young people within the UK. 🏅WayMakers Based in North Devon, WayMakers seeks to improve opportunities and outcomes for young people aged 14+ who have autism and ADHD.