Deadline: 2-May-23
The Community Foundation invites applications on the behalf of care leavers aged 16-25 to the Brian Roycroft Fund.
The Brian Roycroft Fund provides financial support to care leavers to achieve their aspirations and ambitions as they start their future lives.
The Brian Roycroft Fund was established at the Community Foundation during his lifetime to mark Brian’s outstanding contribution to social welfare. The fund is a legacy to his vision and today continues to support the hopes and aspirations of care leavers.
Since 1998, more than 300 young people have received support from the fund and grants have helped young people to:
- Take driving lessons and tests to become more independent.
- Publish a poetry booklet to help with mental health issues.
- Take a forklift driving course to improve chances of gaining a job.
- Attend martial arts lessons to improve chance of competing in competitions.
Funding Information
- Up to £1,000 can be applied for, though the majority of grants are smaller.
Eligibility Criteria
- Applications must be made by statutory agencies or voluntary and community organisations, on behalf of a care leaver. To be eligible for a grant, young people must be from or living in Tyne and Wear or Northumberland. Young people from outside the area but studying at a Further or Higher Education institution in the region are eligible to apply. Applications are especially welcomed on behalf of disabled young people, unaccompanied asylum-seeking children and care leavers in the youth justice system.
- Grants are provided where there is evidence of hardship and no other alternatives for support. We expect requests for funding will be additional to the responsibilities local authorities have to achieve good parenting for all children in their care.
For more information, visit Community Foundation.
For more information, visit https://www.communityfoundation.org.uk/grants/helping-care-leavers-aged-18-25-from-or-living-in-tyne-wear-and-northumberland-to-achieve-their-aspirations/