Grants database

Key4Life supports young men aged 16–24 who are at risk of (re) offending to develop skills, harness opportunities to lead positive lives and integrate into the world of work, their communities and families. Key4Life intends to increase the number of young people supported through the programme, diversifying to reach a wider, younger audience in schools and to launch a third strategic Hub in Nottingham, alongside London and Bristol.

Based in the Dinnington Central Estate in South Rotherham, JADE works with young people and their parents through a range of youth work, health and educational activities. Funding will support JADE to prepare for future expansion and to launch a new ​‘Youth Hub’, in collaboration with a consortium of 30 youth sector partners.

IYW is a membership organisation for Youth Workers and those that adopt youth work methodologies and ethics in their work. This grant will support IYW to employ a Development Officer to grow and lead on building a partnership Register for Youth Workers.

Gendered Intelligence is a charity supporting young transgender people to have a better quality of life, and to educate the wider public to improve understanding of gender diversity. It will focus on organisational development and infrastructure to help put it in a robust position to scale up and grow its impact.

Front Lounge is a Dundee-based charity that empowers young people to realise their potential through peer-designed and peer-led programmes and activities. This grant will support Front Lounge to become an accredited learning centre and social enterprise. The organisation will develop additional qualifications to increase impact with participants, bring added structure to volunteering support and develop long term sustainability through diversified and increased income.

Envision works with young people with experience of disadvantage in schools in Birmingham, Bristol, London, Leeds and Manchester. Funding will contribute to the salary of a newly appointed Head of Programmes and Impact, who will be responsible for driving continuous improvement in the organisation’s data and quality. This will allow the CEO to focus on developing Envision’s reach and influence.

Phoenix Education Trust is working with Student Voice and Refugee Support Network to support young change makers to design, plan and deliver their own social action projects that will improve young people’s experience of the education sector.

Off the Record provide counselling and mental health support services to young people in Bristol. This grant will fund a full time Project Co-ordinator to develop Zazi, a youth-led change making movement for Bristol BAME young people experiencing mental health issues who want to challenge mental health stigma in their communities and deliver training to service providers.

The Royal Shakespeare Company works with thousands of young people, teachers and partner theatres each year, who experience the power of Shakespeare’s language in their school and local communities and around the world. This grant consists of a £7 million contribution to an endowment to underpin the organisation’s work in schools across the UK, alongside a £500,000 grant to help start a longitudinal study of the impact of the work on the learning of children and young people.

The Chartered College of Teaching is the recognised professional body for the teaching profession in the United Kingdom. This grant will support the organisation to build organisational capacity to support the expansion of the Chartered Teacher certification programme.

This grant will support the development and leadership of a programme that brings artist residencies to schools across the UK.

Schools of Tomorrow is a three-year programme, delivered through action-research and enquiry-based pedagogy, in partnership with eight primary schools and a team of visual arts practitioners. Nottingham Contemporary will embed artist-residents and Creative Hubs (physical spaces where art is created and shared) in each school, and develop deep connections between the gallery, teachers and school communities.