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Projects

The Postcode Foundation supports projects that promote positive social development or seek long-term solutions to global challenges. The Postcode Foundation has supported more than 910 projects that have received surplus funds from the Swedish Postcode Lottery.

Since 2007, more than 2 billion SEK* have been allocated to projects of different size and character. Here, you can read about some of our projects.

* Except this, The Postcode Foundation’s two sister organizations; The Culture Foundation and The Sports Foundation have been allocated 500 million SEK together.

Ongoing
Completed
Initiatives

Punto24 Bağımsız Gazetecilik Derneği (P24)

SUSMA24 – Strengthening the Speak Up Network

The Wildlife Justice Commission

Addressing wildlife crime in Mozambique

Nature and environment

Rural Development Institute, dba Landesa

Sustainable Forest Conservation in Liberia

Nature and environment

European Implementation Network

Protecting Freedom of Expression in Europe

Front Line Defenders

Protecting Human Rights Defenders at risk in Europe

IMPACT Kenya

Protecting forests in Kenya

Nature and environment

the Sentry

European Counter Kleptocracy Cell

Waves for Change

Systems Change Partnerships

Fauna & Flora International

Restoring European mink to Romania’s Carpathians

Nature and environment

Justitia

The Future of Free Speech

Women for Women International

Supporting Women Survivors of War

Rare, Inc.

Coastal500: local governments for global action

Nature and environment

Istituto Oikos

Saving water, growing crops

Nature and environment

Environmental Investigation Agency

Ending Plastic Pollution

Nature and environment

Stichting Lighthouse Reports

The Food Systems Newsroom

Nature and environment

Mnemonic

Elfehrest – An Open Source Archival System

IUCN

Forest restoration in North Macedonia and Albania

Nature and environment

AirClim

Climate Change and Northern Forest Protection

Northern Forest Initiativ

Snowchange Cooperative

Indigenous and Traditional Knowledge Rewilding of Boreal Forests in Finland

Nature and environment

mySociety

Strengthening Access to Information across Europe

International Rescue Committee Sverige Insamlingsstiftelse (IRC):

Protection and support for Ukrainian refugees

The Whitaker Peace and Development Initiative

Mobilizing the Power of Sports to Promote Peace

Coaches Across Continents

Addressing Climate Globally with Female Leaders

International Media Support Association

Implementing UNSCR 1325 through media

Forest Peoples Programme

Sustaining Green Territories of Life

Nature and environment

Access Now

Saving Democracy and Free Expression from AI and Automation

Institute for Human Activities

Post-Plantation

Spirit of Football e.V.

One Ball, One World for Climate Action

Safe Havens Freedom Talk

SH|FT

PAX- Stichting Vredesbeweging Pax Nederland

Unpaid Debt

Concern Worldwide

Midwifery-led health services for the islands people in Bangladesh

ICCROM

Net Zero: Heritage for Climate Action

Nature and environment

Fundacion Oceana

Reducing Illegal Unreported and Unregulated (IUU) Fishing

Nature and environment

Beirut DC

The Beirut DC Impact Program

Global Fishing Watch

Improving Ocean Stewardship through Technology, Tools and Training

Nature and environment

Swiss Academy for Development

Transforming the Playing Field

ILGA World

Empowering grassroots LGBTI organisations

Wise Economy Global Association

My Period Is Awesome – Menstruation Stations

Media Development Investment Fund (MDIF)

Strengthening Plūrālis to Combat Media Capture

World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts (WAGGGS)

Girl-led action on climate change in LAC

Client Earth

Developing pathways for legal intervention to protect the world’s tropical forests.

Nature and environment

Internews Europe

Earth Journalism Network

Nature and environment

Common Goal

Unlocking the Potential of Football for Good

TackleAfrica

SRHR Education Through Football Coaching in Zambia

Working Together to Protect the Most Forested Country on Earth

Nature and environment

World Resources Institute

Increased monitoring of the world’s tropical forests

Women Win

ONSIDE

Freedom House

Methodology for psychosocial well-being within women’s rights organizations

Institute for Sustainable Communities

China DELTA – Deep Decarbonization and Equitable Long-Term Strategies Alliance

Nature and environment

EAT Foundation

Innovative and sustainable solutions for the world’s food systems

Bellingcat

Tracking Anti-Equality With Open Source

Center for Civilians in Conflict

Promote the protection of civilians in conflict-affected countries

UNEP-WCMC

Making the next decade count for nature

Nature and environment

Fight for Peace

Prevent violence and crime in Jamaica through sports

WITNESS

Protecting The Climate Through Video Activism

Project Soar

Support for young internally displaced people in Syria

Tactical Tech

Digital politics – its impact on democracy

Canopy

Pack4Good: Getting Forests Out of the Box

Freedom Voices Network

Forbidden Stories – The Safe Box Network

Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF)

Tracking Global Online Censorship

MyRight

Inclusive education for children with intellectual disabilities

Global Fund for Children

Reducing Violence, Exploitation, and Discrimination Against Migrant Children

Questionmark

Healthy and sustainable food systems

Nature and environment

Sustainable Energy for All

Clean Cooking Data for All

International Bridges to Justice

Pan-African network of female lawyers

One Acre Fund

Training for increased food security in Malawi

Action for Hope

Training cultural managers working in the MENA region

Doc Society

The Europa Fund for Documentary Journalism

Energy 4 Impact

Piloting biodigesters on farms in Benin

Stiftelsen Amref Nordic/Amref Flying Doctors

Strengthing the healthcare system in Ethiopia

Laureus Sport for Good

Developing and Strengthening the Sport for Development Sector in Sweden

TRAFFIC

Wild at Home

Ipas

Supporting Women’s Reproductive Freedom in Mexico

Danish Refugee Council

Strengthening Humanitarian Efforts in Northern Italy

Philani Maternal, Child Health and Nutrition Trust (Philani)

Training local health workers to combat maternal and child mortality

Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS)

Creating the Oku Reserve

UK Citizens Online Democracy(mySociety)

Improving access to information for the public interest in Europe

SolarAid

Lighting up Clinics and Isolation Centres with Solar Lights

Julie's Bicycle

Creative Climate Leadership

Nature and environment

Föreningen Medveten Konsumtion Sverige

Sustainable and Circular Consumption

Nature and environment

Race For The Baltic lnsamlingsstiftelse

Stop the Leakage – Reducing Eutrophication in the Baltic Sea

Nature and environment

Luftförorenings- och klimatsekretariatet (AirClim)

Increased knowledge to fight global warming

Nature and environment

Stichting European Climate Foundation

Citizens Assembly for Civilian Influence on Climate Policy

Nature and environment

Kultivator

Explorations of Now

Nature and environment

WIFT Sweden

Towards Gender Equality in the Film Industry

Kick4Life

Good Health and Climate Action through Sport

Nadia's Initiative

Reconstructing a Society

Foto: Panzi Foundation

Dr. Denis Mukwege Foundation

Improved Livelihood for Women in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC)

Afghanaid

Taking action against climate change in Afghanistan

Nature and environment

International Cryosphere Climate Initiative Europe

Capacity for the Cryosphere: Meeting the Challenge

Nature and environment

Foto: IRC Wash

Stichting IRC International Water and Sanitation Centre

Improving hygiene in health clinics

myAgro Farms

Helping Smallholder Farmers Become Climate Resilient

Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA)

Tackling Climate Crime

Nature and environment

Hungarian Helsinki Committee

Defend democracy in Hungary and other European countries

UNESCO

Increased security for female journalists

International Budget Partnership (IBP)

Tackling Climate Change One Budget at a Time

Nature and environment

InformAction

Empowering Communitites in Kenya

The International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ)

Platform for International Cooperation between Journalists

Water.org, Inc

Increasing Access to Water and Sanitation in Ghana

MTV Staying Alive Foundation

MTV Shuga: Peer Education on Safe Sex

RNW Media

Amplifying citizen’s voices for social change

Föreningen Rötter

Afripedia

Film and Tell

Bio – a more sustainable production of fruits and veggies

Nature and environment

Thomson Reuters Foundation

Increased rights for the LGBT+ community

Beyond Sport Foundation

Climate Action Through Sports

TREE AID

Restoring and protecting vulnerable ecosystems in Niger

Nature and environment

Center for Climate Crime Analysis

Ending impunity for private sector actors for serious environmental destruction through innovative NGO-driven investigations

Nature and environment

Fair Trials

Ending Evidence Torture in Mexico

ICCROM

Culture can’t wait

SIPRI

Creating a database of violent deaths to improve global decision-making

Living Goods

Life-saving care in Kenya

WASH United

Better knowledge about menstruation – better health for girls

Front Line Defenders

Support for Women Human Rights Defenders

Freemuse

Defending Artistic Expression in Europe

Stichting Wildlife Justice Commission

Fighting illegal trade with exotic pets

Nature and environment

Videre Est Credere

Documenting human rights violations

Pasaules Dabas Fonds, Lithuanian Fund for Nature och Estonian Fund for Nature

Increase the awareness about sustainable fishing in the baltics

Nature and environment

EAT Foundation

Science-based targets for sustainable food systems

Nature and environment

Coalition Clean Baltic

Less plastic in the Baltic Sea

Nature and environment

Conservation International

Green-Grey: Developing the Next Generation of Infrastructure for Climate Change

Nature and environment

Cameron Project Group

Global collaboration for gender equality in sports

SpaceDog Society

Arica – film and impact campaign

Rainforest Alliance

Strengthening tea farmers through better access to data

Klimatriksdagen

Together for a better climate

Nature and environment

School of Hard Knocks

Better future for kids and youths through sports

Grassroot Soccer UK

Equalize!

The Isiqalo Foundation Trust

Waves for change – Starter Packs

Foto: WPDI

Whitaker Peace & Development Initiative

Empowering Youth Peacemakers in Northern Uganda

FilmLab: Palestine

Next Generation Program

Leonard Cheshire

Inclusive education programme in Zambia

Cherie Blair Foundation for Women

Empowering women entrepreneurs in Indonesia

Age International

Global movement against age discrimination

Wikimedia Sverige

FindingGLAMs

The Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom Sweden

Peace Efforts in Cameroon

Free Press Unlimited

Keeping it real

Beyond Sport Foundation

Developing Sport as Means to Promote Social Change

The Swedish Burma Committee

Supporting Democracy in Burma

Filmmakers Freedom of Speech & Impact

Jozi Gold

Water for people

Clean Water and Sanitation to Communities in Bolivia

FilmCentrum

Glocal Film Festival

Better Cotton Initiative

Training and Supporting Farmers in Producing Sustainable Cotton

Nature and environment

The United Nations Association Sweden

Care and Support of Girls and Women in Refugee Camps in Bangladesh

Goodsport

Inclusive Sports

Action for Hope

Stepping Forward – A Training and Production Program for Young Artists in Lebanon

Rare

Fishing is Life: Building the Environmental and Social Resilience of Mozambique´s Coastal Fisheries

Nature and environment

Stichting Hivos

Educating Young Leaders to protect the Amazon

Nature and environment

The International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ)

The Knowledge Center – A digital platform for Investigative Journalists Worldwide

Women’s Refugee Commission

Breaking the Cycle of Sexual Violence against Refugee Men, Boys and LGBTI Persons

Energy 4 Impact

Productive and Empowered Women Enterprises in Rural Senegal

Concern Worldwide

Improving Maternal, Newborn Child and Adolescent health in Kenya

Kick 4 Life

Good Health and Well-Being through Sport

Göteborgs Dramatiska Teater

Kentaur – Theatre about sexual abuse and exploitation

Fund for Global Human Rights

Strengthening and Protecting Resources and Land Rights of Communities in Rural Burma and Thailand

Equality Now

Increased gender equality through changing discriminatory laws

FC Rosengård

Training for female football leaders in South Africa and Sweden

Fundacion Oceana

More protection for unique areas in the Baltic Sea

Nature and environment

Föreningen Live Green

Youth empowerment through sustainable music festivals

Cykelfrämjandet

Freedom by bicycle – promoting cycling for everyone

Bágo cállid searvi skribent och författarförening

Sápmi Writing Center

Stiftelsen Wanås Utställningar

Not a Single Story

World Resources Institute

A Digital Platform to Counteract Climate Change and Poverty

BUFF Filmfestival

Buffilusk – quality film for children and young people in hospitals

Professor Arne Ljungqvist Anti-Doping Foundation

Anti-doping education for schoolchildren

Lars Tunbjörks Stiftelse

To preserve and convey cultural heritage

SDSN Association Inc

Global Solutions for Sustainable Land Use

Nature and environment

Ecce Homo- Se människan

King Kristina Alexander, exhibition and theatre about trans-persons history

Natural Resources Defense Council

Supporting Clean Energy Transition in Rural China

Nature and environment

Molièreensemblen

Millas Miracle, theatre tour

Fauna & Flora International

Efforts to Save the Last Sturgeon Fish

Nature and environment

Last Mile Health

Educate health workers in Liberia

WASH United

Empowering Girls to Score in Life – Menstrual Hygiene Management

Rocky Mountain Institute

Innovative and Sustainable Transport Solutions in India

Nature and environment

Skånes hembygdsförbund

Sharing cultural heritage objects using new technology

Föreningen Folkoperans Vänner

To have a voice – national effort to integrate amateur choirs in the opera

The Swedish Basketball Federation

Strengthen Leaders to Resist Segregation

Raoul Wallenberg Academy

National Manifestation of Civil Courage and Unity

SIWI

Reducing Emissions from Antibiotic Production

Nature and environment

One Acre Fund

Reduce Poverty and Hunger by Investing in Smallholder Farmers

Women for Women International

Support for Vulnerable Women in the Democratic Republic of Congo

Söndrebaljsoperan

The Weave – An opera on Creativity, Consumption and Compassion

Wildhood Foundation

Local Efforts to Combat Poaching and Protect Endangered Animals

Nature and environment

African Parks Network

Combat Poaching and Conserving Biodiversity in Congo’s National Park

Nature and environment

Solar Sister

Innovative Solutions for the Spread of Climate-Smart Energy

The Environmental Law Institute

Reducing Deforestation and Sustainable Development through Judicial Training in Indonesia

Nature and environment

SOIL (Sustainable Organic Integrated Livelihoods)

Sustainable Sanitary Solutions

Mercy Corps

Eco-friendly stoves provide improved health for people and planet

Nature and environment

Hornbill

Environmental Impact through Documentary Film

Nature and environment