We support movements for reconciliation and reparative justice. See CARICOM’s Ten Point Plan for Reparatory Justice for information on the Caribbean nations’ approach to European governments.

Heirs of Slavery is not a grant-making organisation. But individual members and their families are also supporting educational, cultural and other organisations in Caribbean countries and the UK. Please do contact us with any suggestions to add to this list.

Some of the organisations we support as individuals:

• Anti-Slavery International continues the work of the original abolitionists, campaigning for ‘freedom from slavery for everyone, everywhere, always’.

• The Black Curriculum ‘We empower young people and educators across the UK to engage with Black British history 365 days a year. One of our main goals since 2019 has been to embed Black histories into the UK national curriculum.’

• Black Cultural Archives is an archive based in Brixton, London, whose mission is to ‘collect, preserve and celebrate the histories of people of African and Caribbean descent in the UK’.

• Black Girls Hike Founded in 2019, Black Girls Hike provides a safe space for Black women to explore the outdoors. Challenging the status quo, and encouraging Black women to reconnect with nature, it hosts nationwide group hikes, outdoor activity days and training events.

• The Centre for the Study of the Legacies of British Slavery, based at University College London, is the UK’s foremost public history centre for research on the history of slavery and its aftermath.

• Chapeltown Youth Development Centre (CFYDC) in Leeds, England, provides opportunities for ‘young people to participate in a range of sports, self-development and educational activities’.

• The College of Agriculture, Science and Education (CASE) is at the forefront of higher education in Jamaica, particularly in the areas of agricultural and scientific innovation.

• The Cowrie Scholarship Foundation wants ‘to fund 100 disadvantaged Black British students through UK universities in the next decade’.

• The Damilola Taylor Trust in London provides inner-city youth with ‘opportunities to play, learn and live free from fear and violence’.

• Fight for Peace provides counselling and support for young people in communities affected by crime and violence in seventeen countries around the world, including Jamaica and the UK.

• Genesis Sun is a social enterprise based in Birmingham, England, that is dedicated to encouraging young people from the age of 13, its goal being to ‘inspire and stimulate fresh and existing talent, innovate thinking and encourage big personal and career aspirations’.

• Geraldine Connor Foundation is an arts organisation based in Leeds, England, that reaches ‘around 800 young people every year through projects that include workshops, performances and mentoring programmes’. 

• GRENED is a charity in Grenada which helps rural schoolchildren with the cost of transport and school supplies.

• Guyana Speaks was established in January 2017 as an initiative to bring together the Guyanese diaspora, running a programme of events at the Classic in Tooting Bec (nearly always) on the last Sunday of each month.

• Justice and Care and International Justice Mission are organisations addressing forced labour, people trafficking and unfair employment practices today.

• Liverpool Black History Research Group is a collective of community-led researchers investigating and raising awareness of Liverpool’s long black presence: ‘The important contribution of people of African descent to Liverpool’s development has gone largely unacknowledged and we are committed to revealing this forgotten history.’

• Manifesto Jamaica is a ‘home-grown, non-profit, educational organisation that leverages arts and culture to help young people become the best version of themselves that they can imagine.’

• Memorial 2007 is a charity campaigning in Britain for an honest telling of the history of transatlantic slavery: ‘More than 200 years after the passing of the Abolition of the Slave Trade Act in 1807, there is not anything to commemorate the millions of unnamed enslaved Africans who lost their lives, liberty, and identity through the slave trade.’

• The North Street United Education Development Foundation in Kingston, Jamaica, helps primary schoolchildren move forward with confidence and the necessary resources to secondary school.

• The Pepper Pot Centre in North Kensington, London, is a day care centre supporting elders of the Caribbean and African community.

• Roundhouse in Camden, London, runs cultural programmes for children from the local community as a part of its arts and outreach programming.

• Score Scotland works to address the causes of racism, providing support to families and young people who struggle with its effects.

• Sistah Space in London is an initiative to ‘support women and families affected by domestic abuse whilst also ensuring that cultural factors are not only considered but understood’.

• The University of the West Indies (UWI) offers Open Campus Scholarships to help students with the cost of tuition.

• Yahweh Foundation, Trinidad & Tobago ‘To help young people flourish and elderly thrive, with quality-based, professional, educational, social, and spiritual support offered by the elders in our communities in Tobago.’