Our Choice Grant

ABOUT THE GRANT

This is the second year Young K&C are running the Our Choice Grant, with the support of John Lyon’s Charity - a small grant programme designed to champion and empower the voices of girls, young women and LGBTQIA+ young people. These three groups of young people suffer discrimination and barriers to participation in their day to day lives so this fund is specifically for encouraging these young people to reach their full potential.

As long as the grant is centred around girls, young women and LGBTQIA+ young people, we welcome all ideas, including but not limited to:

- Arts and crafts
- Sports and play
- Music, dance and film
- STEM
- Discussion groups
- Learning new skills
- Or any other enriching activities!

We will also consider projects that work with boys, young men and mixed groups to help to change attitudes to create a more supportive environment for girls, young women and/or LGBTQIA+ young people.

Your organisation can apply for funding of up to £5,000 (or up to £10,000 for projects that have additional costs to support a high proportion of disabled children).

Your project should take place between 1 June 2024 and 31 December 2024.

Decisions will be made by our grants panel, including local young people.

Eligibility

• your organisation will need to be a registered charity or community interest company
• member of Young K&C
• with income under £250,000 in the last financial year
• currently working with children and young people, aged up to 25 who live or study in Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea
• supplementary schools are not eligible for core funding from this grant programme and must apply for new projects, eg additional or new activities

What we won’t fund

• Unhealthy food or drinks (eg processed or junk foods)
• Screen-based games
• Schools – school-based projects should apply to John Lyon’s Charity Grants for Schools, https://www.jlc.london/grants/our-grant-funds/

How to Apply

You can apply by completing the application form below and sending it by email to info@youngkandc.org.uk.

The deadline is Tuesday 23 April 2024.

Young K&C may also visit your organisation, with the young people from our grant panel, during May Half-Term

Further information

You can find our Top Tips for writing funding applications at: Young K&C's Guide to Writing Better Funding Applications.

If you have questions or want further information about these grants, please contact info@youngkandc.org.uk