Grants of up to £50K available for England’s grassroots youth organisations
Melanie May | 1 July 2021 | News
In partnership with the Julia & Hans Rausing Trust, UK Youth has launched a fund offering grants of up to £50,000 to grassroots youth organisations based in England that have struggled due to the pandemic.
In total, over £1,360,000 worth of funding will be available through the UK Youth Fund – Covid Resilience.
The fund aims to ensure that grassroots youth organisations that have suffered due to the pandemic have the resources required to reopen or bring their level of delivery back to pre-Covid levels and ensure they have the financial means to weather future disruption.
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Eligible organisations are those that are based and deliver work in England, with a turnover of less than £250,000. Grants are available to organisations that operate from a consistent space or venue where young people can meet regularly and participate in ongoing youth work activities, and their primary purpose must be the running of services benefitting children and young people, delivering youth work through a range of services or activities and have been operational for at least two years.
The application process will be open from today, Thursday 1 July until midnight Sunday 18 July. To help with applications, UK Youth has two guides, found on the application platform.
Julia and Hans Rausing commented:
“Young people have been some of the most impacted by the pandemic and so it is crucial to help those charitable organisations that are there to provide a vital lifeline to young people. Together with UK Youth, we hope to be able to make sure that small, local organisations can continue to provide services for young people after an incredibly difficult year.”
UK Youth is also encouraging more youth organisations to join it and take advantage of the other support it offers. Lindsay Marsden, its Director of External Relations, said:
“The last 18 months have been devastating for the youth sector and the young people they work tirelessly to support. UK Youth are proud to launch the latest round of the UK Youth Fund – Covid Resilience alongside the Julia & Hans Rausing Trust.
“As well as providing this funding, we are encouraging all youth organisations to take up UK Youth’s wider offer of support. Each year we provide critical support, training and resources to youth organisations and youth workers to complement our work in distributing funding. The UK Youth Movement is open to all and free to join.”
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Melanie May is a journalist and copywriter specialising in writing both for and about the charity and marketing services sectors since 2001. She can be reached via thepurplepim.com.