Inclusive Talent Brokerage: grant fund
Key information
- What this funding is for: to enable community-based organisations to increase their capacity to connect underrepresented Londoners with good work opportunities.
- Who can apply: non-profits and community groups. For-profits may be considered if they meet the full eligibility criteria and deliver high social impact.
- Amount: apply for a £40,000 to £70,000 grant.
- Funding application deadline: 1 September 2025.
- How long for: delivery should happen from September 2025 to September 2026.
- How to apply: Apply using our funding application form.
Our expression of interest form for employers is separate, and has no closing date. Read more about ITB for employers.
About the programme
The Inclusive Talent Brokerage (ITB) programme aims to help underrepresented Londoners into good jobs by connecting them with vacancies in London's growth sectors.
ITB will fund community-based organisations to increase their job brokerage and placement support for Londoners who are underrepresented in the workforce, such as those in Black and minority ethnic communities.
It will also support employers to fill vacant roles with skilled candidates from diverse and underrepresented communities. Read more about the ITB programme.
Eligibility and funding
We'll fund up to 12 community-based organisations with grants of £40,000 to £70,000. Delivery is expected to take place from September 2025 until September 2026.
Voluntary, community and social enterprise sector organisations are eligible to apply.
They must:
- have a strong track record of helping underrepresented Londoners into high-quality employment.
They should:
- be Black- or minority-ethnic led, or have lived experience of racially underrepresented groups strongly embedded into their organisational cultures and programmes.
For-profit organisations may be considered if they meet the criteria found in the funding prospectus and deliver high social impact.
We especially welcome applications from groups that are led mostly (over 50 per cent) by people who are Black, Asian and minority ethnic.
What this funding supports
Funding must be used for activity that:
- Significantly boosts job brokerage and matching activity
- Increases the volume of people organisations place into good work opportunities.
Your organisation will have flexibility in proposing how you'll deliver the programme when making a bid. You should include all or most of the following activities:
- Opportunity brokerage: Sourcing exclusive opportunities (jobs, internships, apprenticeships) as well as wider job leads and vacancies that are matched to and filled by suitable candidates.
- Candidate screening: Identifying and activating cohorts within your talent pools that are job-ready and suitable for brokerage support.
- Personalised candidate matching, support and preparation: Matching candidates to specific opportunities and helping them to prepare for the recruitment process – becoming 'job-ready'.
- Employer engagement: Expanding employer relationships, advocating for underrepresented communities and offering access to job-ready candidates to fill vacant positions.
- Community referrals: Where appropriate, referring beneficiaries to other community-based organisations or other parts of the Inclusive Talent System, such as adult learning, local job boards, apprenticeships and skills bootcamps.
- In-work support: Providing additional support to those that have successfully found work, to sustain employment.
- Supporting employers to build inclusive recruitment processes: Working with engaged employers to remove specific barriers in recruitment processes and create a more enabling environment for candidates from underrepresented communities.
Funding cannot be used to deliver any training, employability or wraparound support to candidates who are not yet job-ready. You must focus on job brokerage and matching support targeting your job-ready cohorts.
How to apply
Applications are open from 1 August 2025 to midday on 1 September 2025. We aim to inform funding applicants of outcomes after 8 September 2025.
Read fund guidance
Find more details on eligibility and assessment in our full prospectus.
Join a webinar
Sign up to our 6 or 11 August 2025 webinar to learn about the programme.
Apply now
Use our form to start your funding application and submit by midday on 1 September 2025.
Contact us
For questions about this grant scheme, email us at [email protected].
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