Youth Empowerment Grant Programme: Small Grants
Grant pot: £100,000 per year
Grant length: 1 year
Small Grants provide short-term funding for core costs, or projects and activities taking place across the sector. This Grant programme will be run annually.
The total grant pot is £100,000 with £50,000 ring-fenced for organisations with a turnover under £250,000. Match funding for smaller organisations comes from John Lyon’s Charity. Organisations are invited to apply for a maximum of £8,000 to deliver their projects and activities with children and young people. Organisations making a significant adaption to support children and young people with SEND can apply for up to £10,000.
Organisations applying for Small Grants will need to demonstrate how they implement a minimum of 1 of the 5 priority areas in the Youth Review.
Grants will commence from 1 April 2025. Monitoring for this grant will be required at the end of the project.