# Grant scheme for young adventurers has Friday deadline

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2023/03/27/grant-scheme-for-young-adventurers-has-friday-deadline/
- Published: 2023-03-27T13:56:21+01:00
- Author: Melanie May

**Pawprint Trust has reopened its annual grant scheme, which offers funding to help
young people have adventures, with a deadline of 31 March.**

With a particular focus on increasing involvement in exciting activities and participation
in youth
projects, [Pawprint Trus](https://pawprintfamily.com/pawprint-trust/)t 
provides young people with the chance to receive monetary grants thatbring them 
one step close to embarking on adventures of a lifetime.

Anyone aged between 11-25, and a resident in the UK, is eligible [to apply](https://pawprintfamily.com/pawprint-trust/).
Examples of projects supported in the past include: international trips, camping
adventures in the UK, personal development projects, providing equipment and community
projects. Among them have been an expedition to Malawi to build a community centre
for a local village, a World Challenge to Borneo, and an Antarctic exploration trip.

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Charlotte Russell, co-founder of the Pawprint Trust and its parent company, Pawprint
Family, commented:

> “Our mission is, and has always been, to help every young person in the UK access
> adventure all year-round. We want to show people that rewarding activities can
> be accessible and affordable for all, which is even more important as people face
> the cost of living crisis.
>  
> “If you have a project that needs extra funds, the Pawprint Trust can help make
> those plans a reality. Whether it’s a trip abroad, a community project, or a camping
> trip here in the UK, no adventure is too big or too small, and we want to support
> it! We’d love to get on board with as many adventures as we can, and we encourage
> anyone aged 11-25 to get involved and apply.”

Pawprint Family was co-founded by husband-and-wife duo Charlotte and Jamie Russell
in 2016 with
the aim of showcasing #AdventureForAll. Through its signature badges,
tales, and trails, PawprintFamily offers thousands of free activity ideas and resources,
location-based treasure hunts, andcollectible badges.

Every sale made through Pawprint’s badges, trails, and tales sees 1% of profits 
donated to the Trust, which then opens annually to young people and grants money
to help their adventures come to life.

One of last year’s grant recipients, Eloise Smith, a Leader at Trinity Guiding, 
used the grant to fund the
start-up costs of a new Girlguiding Ranger unit in Basingstoke.
Commenting on the grant, she said:

> “Trinity Rangers has been up and running for almost two years now and thanks to
> the Pawprint
>  Trust, we were able to purchase all the unit resources we needed
> to make this possible. As our local ‘new starter’ funding got cut during COVID,
> it is because of amazing initiatives like Pawprint Trust that we have been able
> to provide the girls with so many adventures like campfires, shelter building 
> to fun evenings such as escape rooms, and water fights. The funds have been truly
> life-changing and I am very happy to say we are now financially stable to support
> more girls for many years to come.”

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