An installation work of 5 flags in red and white with the + being the St George flag. It is a direct response to the ‘Raise the Colours’ campaign who claim their flags stand for unity and togetherness but for most are read as anything but. Created by Kadir Karababa. Kadir says 'I want to fight back against the rising tide of explicit xenophobia and nationalism represented by the “Raise the Colours” campaign and wrestle the England flag from the hands of racists, reclaiming it

Jo Lane created Death Of Humanity, a silent walkabout funeral procession performed by actors / activists in Manchester & London ahead of International Human Rights Day 2025. Death of Humanity is a is a protest that doesn’t look like a protest. It is about providing people with an experience that leaves space for them to find their own emotional connection to the theme, creating opportunities for understanding different perspectives, and building bridges for potential change.

This grant was awarded to Andy Welland for a large-scale public artwork installed on billboard and poster sites across Sheffield. Imagined Territories is a large-scale public artwork. It presents a new, abstract “flag” with no text or allegiance, questioning identity, pride and belonging. It uses the language of a flag to invite public reflection in a moment of intense national symbolism. To challenge the way flags are currently used to divide, command allegiance or define Br

Our 30th grant! This award went to Emily Peasgood who created This Is England in response to seeing St George Cross flags being flown locally as a symbol of division. This Is England was a collaboration to design a new, massive, inclusive flag as a symbol of unity and inclusion. It's made from reclaimed England flags, stitched together with materials that tell the stories of people who make up Thanet today. Workshop participant “When flags are used to exclude, they stop being

“Agile, immortal, brilliant, efficient, superhumanly strong and intelligent, undeniably seductive. Yet also heartless, deeply amoral, selfish, exploitive, cold. All that is on display at Amazon, where the cult of consumer obsession provides all the moral justification that’s needed – for anything. In the world of Amazon, the end always justifies the means.” — Robin Gaster, author of ‘Behemoth: Amazon Rising’ We supported the Brandalism team to subvert ad spaces with large for

The Climate Justice Coalition commissioned Billie O’Naire from the People's Props Department for the Make Them Pay March with support from Artcry. The march brought together thousands of people from across a broad, intersectional movement for justice. Individuals, communities and organisations across climate, economic, racial, gender, social and workers’ struggles coming together. The coalition aims to combat the rise of the far right, climate denial and soaring rises in pov

Alana Lake creates a sculptural response to the UK’s increasingly restrictive policing of protest. With Force highlights the erosion of civil liberties and the suppression of the right to protest, with recent arrests of pro-Palestine activists showing how such measures are becoming normalised. The project seeks to raise awareness and open discussion around the current climate of fear and injustice. Alana created a truncheon and baseball bat, symbols of force sculpted in fragi

Black women make up less than 0.7% of the UK tech workforce. Artist Michi Masumi is here to change that, raise visibility, demand equity and create opportunities through research, activism and design. Michi created a silent walking artwork. Wearing her art which was generated with A.I Michi held silent protests across London at the sites of recruitment and strategic network events in the tech industry. Michi says she "aims to raise awareness of employment discrimination a

Artist Luh'De Gita starts conversations about economy, identity and cultural perception whilst making work live in public. Luh'De Gita grew up in a low-middle class family in Bali where the average daily wage for a worker is £5. Across Summer 25 she created bespoke artworks to start conversations about the huge gap between how art and labour are valued in different parts of the world. Exchanging art and conversation as a simple way to talk about privilege, the cost of living,

People For Peace, a community collective in Bethnal Green created the Expression Of Feeling mural. This is a response to the silencing of voices of conscience, and is a shared expression of the deep despair and sorrow felt witnessing the horrendous violence in Gaza. The community and passersby are invited to add to the mural on the hoardings around the London Chest Hospital, Bethnal Green. Sometimes all you need is some paint ... Artcry funded the purchase of paint for the gr

A one of a kind art piece where you can - safely & legally - smash the utter f**k out of a Tesla. Billionaire interference in politics serves to distract from wealth inequality through scapegoating vulnerable groups. Our grantee London Vs Elon aims to make this hidden dynamic more visible by mass creation of a visual symbol of public rejection of fascism and oligarch influence over our democratic processes. In this event in April 2025 the public joined in to smash a Tesla car

Our 22nd award was a collaboration between Nanny Solidarity Network, Latin American Feminist Assembly and the Voice of Domestic Workers. As part of the International Women's Day strike parents and care workers came together to defy the exploitative organisation of care work under capitalism and celebrate the strength of people doing that work. Activities included dance, a pinata, drumming workshops and face painting along with speeches highlighting the Nanny Solidarity Netw

Bobak Champion and Salaam Salaam Theatre brought dance to the National Demonstration for Palestine to use body and art as a form of protest. The march from Whitehall to the US Embassy came in the wake of the publicly suggested ethnic cleansing of Gaza. Bobak and team joined to bring joy and hope to the march, bringing together a growing network of Muslim and global majority b-boys and b-girls from across the UK to dance in demand for freedom for Palestinian people and saying

The Gaza Biennale is a collective project of artists from Gaza that has emerged into a global art event. Since April 2024, artists from Gaza began to gather together under a single project, to find ways to utilize art to resist this genocide. Many artists in Gaza have been working throughout this war, defying all challenges, creating works that remind us that art is essential to life. While war has scattered and displaced our people, the biennale gathers over 60 artists on a

Echoes Of The Amazon was an alternative Christmas window display on busy Marylebone Road showing film created with Amazonian artists. Creative studio SDNA founded by Valentina Floris and Ben Foot projected two of their films Casa Comum and Belém into the windows of the Bomb Factory Foundation on Marylebone Road. Instead of a Christmas display shoppers and passersby saw these incredible films which ask us all to consider how our actions impact the Amazon. Our support extended

Everyday Racism joined forces with artist Jodi Huntt to create a billboard as part of the #takeracismseriously campaign. Image of a billboard with a pink and orange striped background with young black people studying on the left hand side. The largest image is of a young black man shouting through a megaphone. The text reads: Racism is holding young people back. It's time for the government to take racism seriously. This project was sending a message to Keir Starmer and the L

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