United By 2022 Charity
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Overview
United By 2022 Charity is a charity registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales (charity number 1193875).
This registered charity has a purpose to promote social inclusion for the public benefit by preventing social exclusion, relieving the needs of those who are socially excluded and helping them to integrate into society. Its youth programmes include Gen22, a youth volunteering programme, and Ideas Made Real, which supports young people aged 16–24 across the West Midlands to turn their ideas for social action into real-world projects. The annual report gives its annual giving as £789,601.
What they fund
Priority Areas
The charity makes grants to projects that are community-led, enabling communities to put their ideas into action and address challenges on their doorstep. It prioritises fairness and social inclusion, and projects that maximise Games assets for community benefit. Its wider work supports volunteers, young people and local communities, particularly marginalised communities and the third sector. Its youth programme Ideas Made Real supports young people to turn social-action ideas into projects that benefit their communities. The charity also works with community organisations as host organisations and co-delivers programmes with them.
Themes
- Community-led projects
- Social inclusion
- Games assets for community benefit
- Youth social action
Geographic Focus
Solihull; Coventry; Birmingham.
What they don't fund
- Ideas Made Real only:
- Applicants must be aged 16-24
- Applicants and their ideas must be based in Solihull, Coventry or Birmingham
- Applicants must not have previously received an Ideas Made Real grant
- In Birmingham, your project must be sport-based
- Applicants must live, work and/or study in Birmingham, Coventry or Solihull, from the date of application until 31st March 2027
- Your project must be delivered in, and mostly benefit communities in Birmingham, Coventry or Solihull
- All applicants must be 16–24 years old
How to apply
Host-organisation selection is co-designed with communities and includes peer panels; applicants receive feedback, and webinars support future funding applications. For Ideas Made Real, individuals or groups of up to five young people aged 16–24 apply online. Shortlisted applicants attend a PowerPlan weekend and pitch to a panel; winning projects receive support from the charity and a supporting organisation.
Who can apply:
- Ideas Made Real
- Applicants must be aged 16-24. Applicants and their ideas must be based in Solihull, Coventry or Birmingham. Applicants must be able to attend the PowerPlan Weekend on the 26th and 27th of September. Applicants must not have previously received an Ideas Made Real grant.
- We accept individual or group applications (with a maximum of 5 people per group). All applicants must be 16–24 years old.
Applying again: Ideas Made Real: Applicants must not have previously received an Ideas Made Real grant.
Application success factors
What the charity says:
- Projects should be community-led and enable communities to put their ideas into action.
- Projects should promote fairness and social inclusion.
- Projects should support Games assets to be maximised for community benefit.
- Ideas Made Real selects projects with the potential to make a big difference to local communities in the West Midlands.
Where they fund
Where it says it funds
- Birmingham
- Coventry
- Solihull
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4 years of accounts
| Financial year | Income | Expenditure | Grants paid | Accounts document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| year to 31 March 2022 | £228,606 | £88,757 | — | Accounts for year to 31 March 2022 |
| year to 31 March 2023 | £323,767 | £78,435 | — | Accounts for year to 31 March 2023 |
| year to 31 March 2024 | £1,614,598 | £1,604,474 | £375,981 | Accounts for year to 31 March 2024 |
| year to 31 March 2025 | £3,415,005 | £3,228,393 | £789,601 | Accounts for year to 31 March 2025 |
Income vs grants paid
IncomeGrants paid
Total value each financial year
Grants paid stayed within income across the 2 years shown.
- Grants paid, year to 31 March 2024: grants to institutions, as reported on the charity register (Part B).
- Grants paid, year to 31 March 2025: the accounts do not say whether this is grants awarded or paid.
Figures from the charity’s filed accounts and its register entry. The document icon links to the charity’s entry on the Charity Commission register, where its filed accounts can be found.
Sources
Registers and filings
Other sources
- unitedby2022.com · read on 30 October 2026
- unitedby2022.com/ideas-made-real · read on 30 October 2026
- unitedby2022.com/young-people · read on 30 October 2026
- unitedby2022.com/contact-us · read on 30 October 2026
- Annual report (year to 31 March 2025)
This profile draws on the funder’s own website as well as its filed accounts.
Sources last checked on 30 October 2026.
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