The Youth Fund will provide core funding to organisations within the youth sector and outside. This is a direct response to what Paul Hamlyn Foundation found in from their strategy consultation – that in order to achieve greatest positive impact in the lives of young people you work with or for, you need to achieve a balance of stability, continuity and flexibility.
The Fund will be restricted to organisations which have the potential to grow their impact by:
• Replicating a programme or service
• Widening the reach of an idea or innovation
• Spreading a technology or skill
• Advancing policy or enhancing its implementation
The Paul Hamlyn Foundation also want to support those organisations which work with young people in a way that recognises and builds on their strengths and potential – what some call ‘asset based’, ‘strength based’ or ‘advantaged thinking’ approaches.
Finally, the Paul Hamlyn Foundation will only fund organisations whose main purpose is about helping those in the most precarious positions, where making the transition to adult independence is most challenging, and those who are most vulnerable.
Applications are welcomed from organisations who meet the following criteria:
• Not-for-profit
• Work in the UK
• Work at either local, regional or national levels, or at more than one level
• Provide direct services and/or second-tier support
What you do
A significant proportion of the work of your organisation must be for the benefit of young people, with a particular focus on those aged 14-25 who are in precarious positions and struggling to make critical life transitions because of disadvantage and lack of resources, social exclusion and stigma. They may also face challenges accessing help and support. Your aim must be to enable them to create or take up opportunities to reach their full potential.
Grants of between £10,000 and £60,000 are available.
For further information and to apply, visit: www.phf.org.uk/funds/youth-fund/
Deadline: This is an open process without deadlines