# Young People's Fund to open in N Ireland

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2005/09/14/young-people039s-fund-open-n-ireland/
- Published: 2005-09-14T23:00:00+01:00
- Author: Howard Lake

In Northern Ireland the Big Lottery Fund are giving out £9.8 million through the
Young People’s Fund over the next three to five years for young people up to 25 
years old. This scheme is opening on the 28 September 2005.

The Young People’s Fund aims to promote youth inclusion and target resources at
those young people at greatest risk of exclusion and offending.

The Big Lottery Fund want young people to come up with ideas for projects and to
be involved in making them happen.

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These projects will help young people to:

–increase participation

–promote wider family and community support for young people

–improve their health and well-being

–increase their achievement and learning.

The Young People’s Fund programme is divided into two strands.

Open Grants programme – £ 5.8 milllion

BLF will run an open competitive grants programme to deliver the health, achievement
and learning aspects of the initiative. This scheme will open on the 28 September
2005. More information will be available from the BLF website on this date.

Award Partner programme – £ 4million

BLF hope to appoint an award partner to run a small grants programme for individuals
and groups of young people and to develop strategic programmes that will support
young people as decision makers. More information on the award partner programme
will be available later in the year.

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