Charitable and not-for-profit organisations supporting young people (aged 16 to 25) facing disadvantage across England can now apply for their share of a £350,000 funding pot aimed at policy 
work. The funding is to support young people to influence government policy and decision-making.
Around ten grants of £30,000 to £50,000 are available for projects which target either national or local government policy-making, or the policies of large public bodies such as the police or NHS.
Funding may be used for:
- Deliberative and/or creative processes for developing, informing and advocating for policy recommendations
- Peer research and follow-up advocacy
- Programmes that allow young people and policy-makers to work side-by-side
- Initiatives to support young people from under-represented backgrounds to themselves take up policy-making roles
Priorities include work that:
- Sets out a clear model and process enabling young people to develop and share their ideas
- Builds on past experience of involving young people in policy-making
- Creates an environment for a wide range of young people to learn and work together
- Helps realise the rights of the young people experiencing social injustice, recognising intersectionality and how different issues might interact
- Demonstrates the ability to support those young people to participate meaningfully
- Faces and addresses the question of privilege
- Is progressive in values and willing to challenge the status quo
Deadline: 25 February 2022