Paul Hamlyn Foundation Youth Fund offers grants up to £150,000 to organisations that support young people facing complex transitions to adulthood

Join our Grants Managers for an online Q&A session on the Fund’s criteria

🗓️Wednesday, 5 October

Sign up now here: Webinar Registration – Zoom

Overview of the Youth Fund

The Youth Fund supports organisations whose main purpose is working with and for young people (aged 14-25) who face complex transitions to adulthood.

Through the Covid-19 crisis we have been made increasingly aware that inequality plays out in ways that connect and intersect across race, gender, class, disability and other characteristics. The pandemic is having a disproportionate impact on young people.

We understand that the current context is increasing demand for work with and for young people, whilst at the same time making it more challenging to deliver. Despite these difficult conditions, many organisations continue to have ambitious plans for the future.

We provide core funding for organisations that:

• Seek to sustain, prepare to grow, or grow impact with and for young people.
• Put young people at the centre in terms of power, voice and agency – as part of an asset-based approach, starting with recognising and building on young people’s strengths and potential.
• Aim to achieve wide impact for young people (for example, going beyond direct delivery and focusing on systemic or structural change).
• Are committed to continuous improvement in asset-based approaches to working with and for young people.
• Support young people who are facing complex transitions, challenges and barriers to accessing support and opportunities. Particularly young people who are socially excluded or marginalised; whose experiences can be hidden or less well known; and whose voices are often erased or ignored.

If you have questions about the Fund’s criteria, join our Grants Managers for an online Q&A session. Click on the date and register for the session:

• Wednesday 5 October, 10:30am – 11:30am

You can also learn more about the Fund’s priorities and the application process here Youth Fund – Paul Hamlyn Foundation (phf.org.uk)

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