Grants database

RJ Working aims to support young people to tackle injustice and respond to conflict positively to create more compassionate, inclusive and fair communities. Through this grant, the organisation intends to scale their offer across Cornwall, aiming to reach all 32 secondary schools in the county and to work in Devon. To support this expansion, RJ Working will invest in evaluation and senior leadership capacity.

Green Team provides transformational outdoor experiences connecting children and young people in Edinburgh and Lothians, to nature, others and themselves. This grant will support the organisation to prioritise the development of a business and marketing strategy and to broaden fundraising capabilities. Funding would contribute to the salary of a Business Development Manager to raise organisational profile, diversify income and develop impact evaluation and improve sustainability.

Creative Youth Network is a large youth and creative services provider supporting around 6,000 young people in the South West each year. The organisation aims to establish a new group of youth advocates with experience of disadvantage, support them to act as ​“change-makers” in areas of policy and practice and share learning from this work with other youth organisations.

1625 Independent People provides support for young people who are experiencing homeless, leaving care or at risk of homelessness. This grant will help four Local Authorities in the South West to embed Psychologically Informed Environments within their youth and social care teams.

An Lanntair will work with seventeen schools on Harris and Lewis in the Western Isles of Scotland to explore and test two strands of activity: a teacher professional learning scheme to develop teachers’ practice, enhancing sustainability for schools, particularly in the context of the geographical/​infrastructural challenges of the Western Isles; and a series of longer-term arts-based learning programmes, delivered by An Lanntair artist practitioners in schools and developed in consultation with teachers.

This project aims to support Reception age children in three Stafford primary schools to be better prepared for the future demands of school life. It will use a holistic arts-based approach combining music, movement, visual arts and media to develop key areas of child development: communication/​listening skills, physical skills, self-regulation/mindfulness, independence and self-confidence. The project also plans to support school staff to continue to use this arts-based approach in the classroom.

This grant will support the organisational development of Islington Mill, a creative space, arts hub and community based in Salford. Funding will provide research and development time and transition support for the founding directors and a new managing director.

This grant will fund the next stage in this strategic partnership between Gloucester Culture Trust, local arts organisations and London’s Roundhouse. This will nurture Gloucester’s emerging cultural community, develop key performance and participation spaces, support local talent and widen access to quality arts for young people in the city as audiences, participants, artists and decision makers.

This grant will support Ballet Cymru to roll out their Duets programme beyond south Wales. This will expand long-term, quality dance classes to young people facing multiple inequalities in six areas across Wales; provide additional progression routes; and share an innovative Creative Ballet syllabus with new community dance partners which co-deliver the work.

Redthread aims to empower young people to thrive as they navigate the challenging transition to adulthood by integrating trauma-informed youth work into the health sector. This grant will support organisational development and growth plans.

The Key supports young people aged 11–25 to further their skills, develop their confidence and unlock their potential. This grant will support organisational development and scale up plans.

The National Youth Agency (NYA) is the national body for youth work aiming to lead the sector through learning. This grant will enable NYA to re-build their work to support professional youth work across England, focusing on quality standards, regional youth work units and influencing government.