Finding the right lawyer in another country does not help if you cannot pay them. Legal rights mean little if your documents cannot be translated.
We are setting up a support fund to help people who cannot otherwise afford translation, interpretation and specialist legal advice abroad, with clear eligibility rules, financial controls and safeguarding. It is not open yet.
Remove the cost barrier
SUPPORT OUR WORK
Funding also pays for what makes that possible: research, verified resources, safeguarding, staff and partnerships.
Our information and signposting are always free for victims of cross-border abuse.
How we intend to fund the work
This describes our intended funding model. It does not describe income we have already received.
Grants & Foundations
We intend to seek grant funding in areas including:
- Domestic abuse
- Safeguarding
- Children
- Access to justice
- Human rights
- Migration
- Digital safety
- Economic abuse
- Worker rights
- Male victims
- Gender-based violence
- Research
Corporate Partnerships & Sponsorship
Carefully selected corporate support could help fund free public-interest resources and research. Relevant sectors could include:
- Cybersecurity
- Telecoms
- Legal technology
- Law firms
- Translation services
- Financial technology
- Remittance
- International employers
- Global mobility
- Technology
- Media production
Possible future programmes include partners for digital safety, access-to-justice research, documentary and multilingual access. None exists yet.
Media & Publishing
In future, documentary, journalism, books, podcasts, speaking, educational media and content licensing may also contribute to the work.
ETHICAL SPONSORSHIP
Our independence is not for sale
Financial support should enable the work, not control it. Tied Across Borders intends to develop an ethical sponsorship policy built on these commitments.
Sponsors must not:
We will never sell beneficiary data.
- influence research findings
- determine policy positions
- determine beneficiary advice
- receive beneficiary data
- purchase preferential referrals
- determine which professionals or organisations we recommend
- suppress legitimate findings
- Essential support should never depend on buying a product or service from one of our partners.
IN-KIND SUPPORT
In-kind support
Organisations may also help through donated time, tools and expertise. We are happy to discuss in-kind support for specific projects.
Expertise
Tools and resources
- pro bono legal advice
- translation
- design
- professional expertise
- media production
- cybersecurity tools
- event space
- research access
- software