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Funding Round Dates for 2025

The first two funding rounds of 2025, funding rounds close: 27th January 2025 31st March 2025

2023 Additional Summer Funding Round

The SLF is running an additional summer funding round. The funding round closes on the 17th of July at 5pm. If you are interested in applying please email slf@ilpa.org.uk to discuss your application.

Funding round dates for 2022.

In 2022 the SLF will run five funding rounds. The dates for these rounds are: 1st of February 20225th of April 202231st May 202230th of August 20221st Nov 5pm 2022

Latest grants from Strategic Legal Fund

Public Interest Law Centre SLF funding was awarded to Public Interest Law Centre and Latin American Women’s Rights Service for pre-litigation research into the government’s failure to provide migrant survivors of domestic abuse with access to accommodation enabling them to escape their abusers. PILC exists to challenge systemic injustice through strategic litigation, campaigning and legal education in solidarity with dispossessed, racialised […]

Latest grants from Strategic Legal Fund

Southwark Law Centre  SLF funding was awarded to Southwark Law Centre for pre-litigation work to address race discrimination in schools. SLC is concerned that the Department for Education is failing to adequately monitor or address systemic racism in school exclusions and ‘quasi-exclusions’, which include ‘managed moves’, ‘off-rolling’ and children being directed off-site for ‘improvement of behaviour’.  SLC provides specialist legal advice […]

New Expert Panel Members

The SLF is delighted to announce that the following people have been appointed to the Expert Panel: Admas Habteslasie – Landmark Chambers,Bernadette Smith – 1MCB Chambers,Daniel Rourke -Public Law Project,Imogen Townley – Wilson’s,Janet Farrell – Bhatt Murphy, Jennine Walker – Safe Passage,Kalvir Kaur – Freedom from Torture, Sonia Lenegan – Rainbow Migration

The SLF Is Recruiting New Expert Panel Members

Expert Panel Members recruitment  Are you interested in being and an SLF Expert Panel member? The SLF is excited to announce it is recruiting 10 additional panel members. About the role The post provides an opportunity to contribute strategically to supporting the legal sector working on migrants’ rights in the UK.You will gain a comprehensive understanding of the broad concerns […]

Latest grants from Strategic Legal Fund

Bhatt Murphy SLF funding was awarded to Bhatt Murphy for pre-litigation research to explore a legal challenge against the Secretary of State for the Home Department / Home Office arising from the lack of Article 4 ECHR compliant systems within Immigration Removal Centres to identify potential victims of trafficking and modern slavery.  Bhatt Murphy is a law firm specialising in […]

Public Interest Law Centre Report on Rough Sleeping Amendment

Public Interest Law Centre.(PILC) received SLF funding in November 2020 for pre litigation research to prepare a strategic legal challenge against the SSHD’s amendment to the Immigration Rules which introduced ‘rough sleeping’ as a basis to refuse or cancel leave to enter or remain in the UK. To read more about this challenge see their latest update. PILC have published a report of […]

Strategic Litigation Resources from CPAG

The Child Poverty Action Group have developed a resource for their clients who are involved in strategic litigation cases. The resource helpfully explains what strategic litigation is, the different stages a strategic case goes through and what the clients involvement will be. You can find the resource here.