Big Lottery Fund in Northern Ireland offers £50m for youth projects
Howard Lake | 13 March 2015 | News
The Big Lottery Fund in Northern Ireland has announced a new grant programme which will support young people to cope with challenges in their lives.
The Empowering Young People programme is worth £50 million, with grants between £100,000 and £600,000.
The new programme will help young carers, young people with a learning disability and young people who face barriers to education, training or employment. The money will go to projects that will empower young people to transform their lives by increasing their health and well being, getting them ready for education, work or training and building stronger relationships in their communities.
Any voluntary or community sector group that receives funding will be expected to involve young people in their project
The funding programme, which will support young people aged between eight and 25, will remain open for applications for six years.
The Big Lottery Fund is running two workshops in April to provide more information about the grant programme. The first session will take place in Belfast on 21st April and Derry on 30th April.
brilliant conversations happening at our #EmpoweringYP programme launch – http://t.co/a0258qS4Ll for programme info pic.twitter.com/wrrCGJd9gK
— The National Lottery Community Fund NI (@TNLComFundNI) March 12, 2015
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