The Equity Fund 

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The Equity Programme was a fund initiated by Stewart Investors, who donated £150,000 to Corra Foundation to be distributed to communities affected by the coronavirus pandemic.

Phase One opened in 2020 and distributed £50,000 in grants to 30 groups led by Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic Groups. This money was to support emergency responses to the pandemic.

Phase Two ran from 2020 and distributed the remaining £100,000 to groups through a Community Led Grant-making process. Grants through this programme were made to six organisations.

The fund closed to new applications at the end of 2022, although work supporting some of these groups is currently on-going.

The Equity Fund Corra

If you’d like any further information about this fund, please contact hello@corra.scot.

Which organisations received funding?

View the organisations who received funding. We also upload our grant holder data to 360 Giving.

Decision making process

Process Stage 1

The Equity Fund was a proactive fund. Organisations for Phase One were approached to apply after research and support from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic networks and umbrella organisations (BEMIS, Next Step Initiative and CEMVO).

Process Stage 2

Organisations for Phase Two were identified through a similar process, and we worked alongside each organisation to design a plan that made sense to the communities being supported about how the funding should be spent. The decision-making for this phase was handed over to the groups, but supported by Corra Foundation where necessary.

Why were some applications unsuccessful?

As this was a proactive fund in which Corra approached organisations directly, there were no unsuccessful applications.

What next?

This was a one-off fund made possible by the support of Stewart Investors in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. It will not reopen.

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