Paul Hamlyn Foundation

RECLAIM supports young working-class people living in Greater Manchester to lead change in the systems that limit working class young people’s opportunities. This grant will fund young people to campaign nationally and locally around issues of discrimination, inequality and stigmatisation arising from unfair economic and political systems.

The Winch is a community organisation that focuses on children and young people building strong, connected communities. This mini-grant supports a Youth Worker and Youth Organisers to work with young people experiencing disadvantage as they go through expert training and accreditation and support them to lead long-term social action addressing the root causes of youth violence.

42nd Street supports young people with their emotional wellbeing and mental health. This mini-grant supports the employment and training of peer-activists who will work with young people experiencing social injustice within mental health and social care systems to devise campaigns to address this.

42nd Street is a young people’s mental health charity in Greater Manchester which supports 11-25-year olds with their emotional wellbeing and mental health, promoting choice and creativity. This grant provides an extension to emergency Covid-19 support for 42nd Street’s Peer Activists as they lead a peer-inspired social action project around social injustice within mental health and social care systems.

42nd Street supports young people with their emotional wellbeing and mental health. This grant will fund the employment and training of peer-activists who will work with young people experiencing social injustice within mental health and social care systems to devise campaigns to address this.

Beatfreeks is a youth led company in Birmingham that supports young people to develop skills, confidence and networks through creative activities and events. It also offers programmes focused on social impact and entrepreneurialism. This grant provides an extension to emergency Covid-19 support for REACT, Beatfreeks’ novel approach to working with young people. Through REACT, Beatfreeks will mobilise young people through art activism projects, offer small grants to young people for their campaigns, work with them to amplify the impact and reach of their work.

Beatfreeks equips, enables and empowers young people to create positive change in their lives and communities. This grant contributes to the salaries of staff who will develop REACT, a novel approach to working with young people, which helps them to mobilise quickly and launch art activism responses to issues in their lives and their communities. It will support young people to run events and campaigns, offer a small grants pot to young people for their campaigns, and work with them to amplify the impact and reach of their work.

Children and Young People’s Empowerment Project supports young people to raise awareness of their needs among organisations and service providers. This grant will fund the creation of a Youth Led Social Action Studio and the employment of a Project Co-ordinator to support young people to access leadership and campaign training.

Children and Young People’s Empowerment Project supports young people to raise awareness of their needs among organisations and service providers. This mini-grant supports the Youth Led Social Action Studio and employment of a Project Coordinator to support young people to access leadership and campaign training.

Children and Young People’s Empowerment Project (Chilypep) supports young people to raise awareness of their needs among organisations and service providers. They help them to reach their potential, exercise their rights and have a voice, by building skills and confidence. This grant provides an extension to Covid-19 support for Chilypep’s Youth Led Social Action Studio where young people who experience inequality and social injustice can develop their own campaigns.