Pears Youth Fund is a partnership between Leeds Community Foundation and Pears Foundation, which aims to support youth organisations with one-off, flexible grants of £10,000.

Key information

• Applicant organisations must be youth-focused. This means young people are core to your work overall, and this is reflected in your company or charity objects
• Organisations must have a minimum income of £30,000 and a maximum income of £500,000 in the most recent financial year
• The majority of people you work with will be aged between 5 and 20 (or up to 25 with additional needs)
• Only one application per organisation can be considered, but organisations can be named partners in other applications
• Successful applicants will not be eligible to apply again for the next round in 2024

Examples of activity that can be funded

• This programme offers fixed grants of £10,000 which can be used flexibly over 1, 2 or 3 years
• It can be used towards organisational core costs, such as salaries, rent, insurance, etc
• It can be used towards project costs – direct costs associated with youth activities
• It can be used for a combination of project and core costs

Grant Size: £10,000
Location: Bradford and Leeds
Application Deadline: 20/06/2023 at 12 noon

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