Grants database

The Social Change Agency aims to build people powered movements to create positive social change. This grant will support the agency to create a movement championed and led by young people that aims to double the number of young trustees under the age of 26 on charity boards in five years.

The Foyer Federation works to turn young people’s experiences of disadvantage into solutions that support their transition to adult independence. This grant will support the federation to develop a sustainable business model and updated strategy for the organisation.

EY Foundation helps young people to realise their career ambitions and transition into work, higher education or self-employment. This grant will fund a feasibility study for a collective impact approach to improving life outcomes for children and young people experiencing disadvantage.

YouthAction Northern Ireland will develop its Youth Research Hub. It aims to produce more content and publicise the learning more widely. It also intends to offer more opportunities for young people to take on leadership roles. Learning from these activities will feed into ​‘The Network’, a new youth sector leadership forum.

The Warren offers support, guidance, training, music, education and counselling services to young people in Hull. This grant will support the organisation to grow their approach to social enterprise through three key strands: developing music events and an industry conference; converting their building to a youth support facility and building on opportunities generated by the Record Store.

Safer London works to prevent violence, sexual exploitation and vulnerability amongst young people in London. This grant will support the organisation to develop and embed their participation approach.

London Youth supports a network of 480 diverse community youth organisations across the capital. Funding will allow the organisation to continue to adapt and grow its ​‘communities of practice’ model, where members meet regularly via themed networks to share learning and improve quality. London Youth aims to reach more members and address a greater diversity of topics, and to create new, location-based networking opportunities for community youth organisations in outer London.

Leaders Unlocked is a social enterprise, which enables underrepresented young people to work in partnership with organisations to shape decision making and have a say on the issues that affect their lives. Follow-on funding will support the Director and Project Officer to expand the reach, profile and influence of young leaders and the Talent Unlocked alumni network, and to convene a Youth Board.

CLC works to protect the rights of all children living in Northern Ireland. CLC will launch a new chat bot, designed by and for young people, to help them learn about, advocate for, and claim their rights.

Your Own Place is a social enterprise in Norfolk working with young people aged 16–25 at risk of homelessness. Through this grant the organisation aims to support a youth-led advisory board to inform the strategic direction and development over the next five years.

Young Urban Arts Foundation delivers music, arts and culture programmes for young people aged 13–25 in London’s most deprived boroughs. YUAF plans to recruit a Partnerships Matter Coordinator and deepen relationships with community stakeholders to expand progression pathways and widen reach among young people through a digital media platform.

TAG is a member organisation that represents the interests of academics, educators and researchers in the field of youth and community work. The Association proposes to build on the outcomes from a pilot seminar series by expanding distributed agency for collective impact through members.