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Learn a little more about the people behind Propel. This month we chat to Briony Williamson, Head of Membership and Engagement at LGBT Consortium, one of our brilliant equity partners. What does equity mean to you? I feel like there is no simple answer to this! At its core, equity work is about fairness and…

Propel invests a further £11m in New Deal for Young People grants. Last Friday the Mayor of London announced a further 41 brilliant organisations joining this cohort of Propel under the New Deal for Young People mission, taking the total investment so far to almost £36 million. All organisations in this round of funding have…

Learn a little more about the people behind Propel. This month we chat to Anisa, a Young Assessor for the GLA, who shares her experience of assessing Propel applications, the need for quality mentoring opportunities and Mile End’s best African food. How could having a mentor impact a young person’s lifelong term?  Having a mentor…

We reflect on how Expand grants were developed, and what we learned from co-designing the process with Propel grantees. Explore grants aimed to provide organisations with the capacity to explore the systemic issues they want to tackle, understand what change might be possible and who needs to be involved in making the change happen. In…

Learn a little more about the people behind Propel. This month we chat to Ali Ahmed, Programme Manager at The Ubele Initiative, one of our wonderful Equity Partners. What does equity mean to you? To me, equity means ensuring fairness, justice, and equality for all individuals, regardless of their background or circumstances. It acknowledges that…

We chatted to Leza and Catherine at Connect: North Korea to hear more about their work and aspirations for their Propel funded work. At Connect: North Korea, we are the only grassroots organisation dedicated to supporting the North Korean refugee community in Kingston Borough.  As Korean speakers, sharing lived experience, we are led by and…