Last modified on Thu 18 Feb 2021 13.40 EST Black Lives Matter UK has announced it is giving £600,000 in funding to grassroots groups across the country, including those that organised last summerâs anti-racism protests. The campaign group received £1.2m in donations via a GoFundMe appeal, following widespread protests last summer. BLMUK is awarding the funds in two phases. The first round has seen just over £169,500 given in small grants to 14 organisations that work to âimprove Black peopleâs lives in a racist societyâ and that the campaign group has worked with over the last five years. The largest recipient of the first round of funding is the United Friends and Families Campaign, which has received £45,000 to set up a âpeopleâs tribunalâ for deaths in custody. Other organisations include the groups behind last summerâs protest, All Black Lives, Justice for Black Lives, and A Tribe Named Athari.