# £5,000 Live It Giveaway offered for youth employability projects

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2015/12/08/5000-live-it-giveaway-offered-for-youth-employability-projects/
- Published: 2015-12-08T13:09:47+00:00
- Author: Howard Lake

**The DM Thomas Foundation for Young People is offering a final Giveaway this year,
having granted over £50,000 local Giveaway grants this year.**

The December Giveaway is open to charities and registered community organisations
across the UK and Ireland working with disadvantaged young people on youth employability
projects. Eligible organisations can apply for any amount up to and including £5,000.

The focus of the Foundation, formerly known as Hilton in the Community Foundation,
is ‘ABLE’, in that it helps young people to “Achieve it, Beat it, Live it and Experience
it”.

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The[ emphasis on employability](https://blog.curriculosolutions.com/careers-and-employability-using-a-career-plan-to-achieve-your-dreams)
in this Giveaway will continue into 2016 when it becomes the Foundation’s central
theme, following on from its years of support for training programmes and into-work
schemes. This month’s Giveaway is designed to highlight this new focus.

## How to apply

You can check whether your organisation is eligible for these grants via the [grant guidelines](https://dmthomasfoundation.org/what-we-do/grants/dmtf-central-grants/).

Applications are open from 1 December to 5pm on 14 December 2015. You can download
the [application form ](https://dmthomasfoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/Foundation-Giveaway-Application-Form.doc)(
Word),c omplete it and send to [ki*************@****yp.org](https://fundraising.co.uk/2015/12/08/5000-live-it-giveaway-offered-for-youth-employability-projects/ki*************@****************on.org).

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