Grants database

Site Gallery is Sheffield’s leading centre for contemporary art, supporting new work, community access and nurturing artistic talent with a focus on moving image, new media and performance. This grant will support Site Gallery to deliver On the Road – a four year programme to significantly grow their youth audiences and expand their work connecting local young people with art and artists.

This grant will support a two year programme of live music alongside digital media and learning events for young people aged 16 ‑24 in libraries in the North West and West Midlands. It will also further develop the model for wider dissemination. Loud in Libraries will establish a central youth advisory board to support the recruitment of youth cultural ambassadors for each library partner to inform local planning and delivery of the programme.

The Lightbox is a gallery and museum in Woking. This grant is to secure the legacy of the Our Museum initiative and help to strengthen and widen both the community ownership and access to the gallery.

Arts Derbyshire is a membership organisation with a remit to widen access to and participation in the arts and build the capacity of the cultural sector in Derbyshire. Working in partnership with independent film venues and voluntary-led film clubs, Arts Derbyshire will establish a dementia friendly film programme across the county. They will explore how new models of film presentation can ensure that film is accessible for people with dementia and their carers. Working with its member organisations and partners, including the BFI Film Audiences Network and Alzheimers Society, Arts Derbyshire aims to advance policy and practice dementia-friendly arts.

Codi’r To is a community development project, which aims to improve children’s lives through musical tutoring. Working in two Welsh-speaking primary schools in North Wales, Sistema Cymru provides opportunities for pupils to learn through music. This grant will provide support for the development and growth of this relatively new organisation.

Royal Liverpool Philharmonic’s In Harmony Liverpool programme uses orchestral music making to improve the health, education and aspirations of young people aged 0–18 and their families in Everton. This is the third grant from PHF, supporting an ambitious proposal that includes expansion in the early years, musical progression for hundreds of young people and an increased focus on training for teachers.

KIT Theatre designs and delivers Adventures in Learning (AIL). These combine digital and live interactions with characters, who are presented as real and in need of help, thus creating a purposeful context for learning. KIT will expand their repertoire of Inspiration Days (a one-day AIL model), establish a regional delivery infrastructure in Birmingham and Manchester and build evidence for the impact of their approach.

Youth Focus: North East (YFNE) is a leading regional youth charity, providing support to the youth sector across the North East, and working directly with young people. YFNE will build on its successful co-produced mental health and employability initiatives to spread co-production more widely. It will grow these programmes and apply the learning into other areas of work, such as with young people with additional needs. PHF support will part-fund the existing post of Programme Director, who will take these initiatives forward.

Young Roots is a charity providing support and activities for young refugees and asylum seekers in the UK and internationally. This grant will allow Young Roots to expand into a third London borough and to recruit case workers who will enhance its support to young people. It is seeking PHF support to recruit a new, part-time Director to develop the organisation’s capacity for fundraising and working with young people to advocate for policy change.

Release is the UK’s centre of expertise on drugs and drug laws providing confidential and free advice to the public. This grant will fund the salaries of the Advocacy Manager and Youth Peer Trainers as well as resources and publication costs for Release to develop and roll out the Y‑Stop campaign to young people around the UK. Y‑Stop will benefit young people affected by police stop and search policy and practice. It will also work with young people to influence policy makers and police on the issue of stop and search.

Project Oracle is a children and youth evidence hub that aims to improve outcomes for young people in London. It is an important part of the infrastructure that enables organisations working with young people to collect better evidence of impact and improve their capability in using it. Having appointed its first Managing Director, it is becoming an independent charity. It is also exploring opportunities to work outside London and with organisations working with young people in other sectors such as the arts.

The Open Door Centre in Merseyside, provides therapeutic support, volunteering and creative activities for young people with mental health needs aged 13–25. It incorporates therapy into a peer-supported, friendly and creative environment rather than the traditional clinical domain. This grant will fund the Centre Manager’s salary to become full time (currently 24 hrs/​per week). This post oversees the day-to-day care of service users and volunteer management. This will allow the Director to devote more time to the growth of the organisation, expanding the Corporate Community Membership Programme and building key relationships.