Grants database

Switch Up uses sport, mentoring and guidance to support young people experiencing disadvantage across Nottinghamshire. This grant will support Switch Up to help young people break cycles of offending and re-offending and to consolidate organisational finances and governance.

Street Teams supports young people at risk of, and affected by, sexual exploitation, grooming and trafficking. Through this grant, Street Teams will develop early intervention and prevention services to support families, children and young people at risk of grooming for criminal exploitation and extremism.

Partnership for Young London is a network for youth policy and practice that develops and influences services for young people. This grant will support the development of a cross-sector platform to build partnerships and influence policy.

Northern Ireland Youth Forum is a youth-led voluntary organisation delivering projects across Northern Ireland and promoting youth voice in decision making. Funding will support an asset-based approach to practice development and strategic planning.

MyBnk delivers expert-led financial education programmes to young people aged 7–25 in schools and youth organisations. This grant will support a new Youth Engagement Team to develop and strengthen programme participation and fund further evaluation.

Getaway Girls empowers girls and young women aged 11–25 to build confidence, develop new skills and take positive risks in an environment that offers cooperation and support. This grant will help the organisation to develop a strength-based approach to supporting more young women from diverse communities.

Fully Focused is a youth-led media organisation, providing free-to-access accredited film training to young people experiencing disadvantage. Funding will support the growth and stability of this programme.

Free Radical is a youth-led company in Birmingham that supports young people to develop skills, confidence and networks through creative activities and events. This grant will support the senior team to ensure that governance and infrastructure keeps up with increased levels of delivery during a period of significant organisational growth.

Fitzrovia Youth in Action is a central London youth organisation that works closely with partners to enable young people to develop youth-led social action and community development projects. Funding will support FYA to open a new indoor activity centre, co-designed and co-managed by young people, and to support young leaders to influence policy.

Empire Fighting Chance aims to transform young lives through boxing. This grant will support the organisation to scale the ​‘Inspiring Champions’ programme, which integrates boxing, mentoring and psychological education, across the South West.

YWCA Scotland – The Young Women’s Movement is a feminist organisation that creates transformational spaces to enable young women to lead personal, community and institutional change. YWCA runs safe spaces for young women aged 14 to 30 to participate in thematic activities of personal development, leadership, democracy and parliamentary system. This grant will support the organisation to strengthen the voice and influence of young women in Scotland to reduce gender inequality.

Young Harrow Foundation is a youth sector membership and infrastructure body working exclusively in Harrow. YHF will pilot a youth-led partnership model focused on five thematic areas: mental health, youth violence, employment, inequalities and physical activity. This project aims to connect young people with lived experience of these issues, local delivery specialists and expert voices from outside the sector to create new ideas and trial programmes.