Trust funding supports Volunteering or Community Service Projects in the UK

Deadline: 8 September 2019

The Alec Dickson Trust supports young people in the UK who want to use volunteering or community service to do brilliant things in their communities.

Trust supports young people who, through volunteering or community service, aim to enhance the lives of others, particularly those most marginalised by society.

They provide grants of up to £500 to individuals or groups of young people aged 30 or under, to help them put their ideas into action and run projects that benefit the lives of others – particularly the most marginalised and disadvantaged.

Eligible Projects

When they assess projects, they’re looking for:

• Volunteering: They support projects that support and encourage youth volunteering.  They particularly like to fund projects that involve lots of volunteers, and/or encourage these young people to stay engaged as volunteers in the long term.
• Need: They support young people who run projects that benefit disadvantaged communities and individuals. They’re looking for projects that identify a specific need, and propose to carry out activities that will clearly help to address this need. Often it’s about young volunteers helping to give others the opportunity to engage in activities, have a voice, and meet people that they otherwise would not have been able to.
• Innovation: Ultimately they’re looking for youth volunteering projects that help to improve communities, but if the project is new and exciting then even better! They particularly like to fund volunteer initiatives that are innovative and try to do things a bit differently, such as using social media creatively or using existing resources in new ways.

Core Values

• Supportive: The Alec Dickson aims to be a supportive trust which encourages young people to volunteer as much as possible.
• Empowering: Their Trust endeavors to empower young people to lead volunteering projects spanning many different fields.
• Responsible: The Trust will be responsible in how it uses its funds and expects similar reliability from those receiving a grant.

Eligibility Criteria

• Applications for grants, of up to £500, are invited from individuals aged 30 and under or from small groups of young people who believe their actions to be in pursuit of the aims of the Trust.
• They fund volunteering projects run by young people under 30. If applicants are thinking of applying, thei  project should:
• Be run by a young volunteer, or team of young volunteers
• Take place in England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales
• Have a clear benefit to others in the wider community
• Most importantly, applicant’s project should encourage volunteering. The more volunteers they can get involved, the better!

How to Apply

Applications must be submitted online via given website.

For more information, please visit http://www.alecdicksontrust.org.uk/apply/