Grants database

The Keyfund supports young people who face complex barriers to progression to find their passion and unlock potential. It focuses on helping young people by working in teams to develop their skills and confidence to drive success. This grant will support Keyfund to work towards longer-term sustainability.

Just for Kids Law is a legal charity working with vulnerable young people, supporting them to understand their rights and providing specialist advocacy and representation through their youth-led service model. This grant will support organisational growth and development as part of the Growth Fund annual package of support.

Cypher App, formerly Silent Secret, is a youth led social network app which allows young people between the ages of 11 and 19 to share their thoughts and feelings anonymously in a safe and non-judgemental space. This grant supports organisational and business development, including working in partnership with MIND and maximising additional funding streams.

Clan Childlaw is a law centre for children and young people in Scotland providing free legal representation outreach services, training and policy work. This grant will support core operational capacity and maximise the opportunity of recent investment by developing strategic and growth ambitions.

Peace First is dedicated to helping young people around the world to become powerful peacemakers. This grant will support work to scope the Peace First Challenge in the UK, engaging young people in creating transformative social action projects.

Fixers are young people sharing their stories to create change. The organisation gives young people aged 16–25 years old a voice on any issue that matter to them. This grant will support sustainability and programme delivery.

Youth Access is the representative body for a UK wide network of 187 Youth Information, Advice and Counselling Services. Through this grant, the organisation will test new methods of engagement with its members and young people and invest in its core functions to increase capacity to influence policy, practice and provision.

The Young Women’s Trust (YWT) supports young women in England and Wales facing poverty due to unemployment or low paid work. By 2020, YWT expects to support 3,000 young women a year. To support the growth of their coaching service, the grant will help YWT to invest in its infrastructure, focusing in particular administration, volunteer management and evaluation and learning functions.

Young Futures provides accommodation, one-to-one support and therapy to young people leaving care in London. It aims to launch two new services promoting new ways of working with young people with experience of care. This grant will contribute to the salary of the CEO, to manage a step change in the impact of the organisation.

YMCA Derbyshire supports young people who are at risk of homelessness, or who have struggled to engage effectively with mainstream education. The organisation will roll out its strengths-based iMatter framework across its eight housing services. Learning will be used to influence commissioners and support other local and national service providers to replicate the approach.

ProMo-Cymru specialises in using digital technology to build positive change with young people their families and their communities. Through this grant, it will research, develop, and share a comprehensive model for digital youth work across its networks in Wales and throughout the UK.

Noise Solution delivers music mentoring programmes with young people facing challenging circumstances. This grant will fund co-ordinators to increase and embed delivery in Suffolk, Cambridgeshire and Norfolk, whilst testing a model of growth.