# Big Lottery Fund in Northern Ireland offers £50 million for youth projects - Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2015/03/13/big-lottery-fund-northern-ireland-offers-50m-for-youth-projects/ - Published: 2015-03-13T10:57:16+00:00 - Author: Howard Lake **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. ## Advertisement 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](http://www.biglotteryfund.org.uk/northernireland) 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](https://twitter.com/hashtag/EmpoweringYP?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) > programme launch – [http://t.co/a0258qS4Ll](http://t.co/a0258qS4Ll) for programme > info [pic.twitter.com/wrrCGJd9gK](http://t.co/wrrCGJd9gK) > — The National Lottery Community Fund NI (@TNLComFundNI) [March 12, 2015](https://twitter.com/TNLComFundNI/status/575951693751447552?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) * **[Big Lottery in NI seeks ‘accelerating ideas’](https://fundraising.co.uk/2015/09/30/big-lottery-in-ni-seeks-accelerating-ideas/)**( 30 September 2015) * **[Big Lottery Fund funds extra support at food banks](https://fundraising.co.uk/2015/12/15/big-lottery-fund-funds-extra-support-at-food-banks/)**( 15 December 2015) * **[New round of Big Lottery Fund grants announced](https://fundraising.co.uk/2016/01/12/215169/)**( 12 January 2016) ![Loading](https://fundraising.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/page-views-count/ajax-loader- 2x.gif)