Deadline: 17-Jan-22
Applications are now open for the Dorset Council Youth Fund Round 3 to support community-based youth centres and clubs to:
- deliver a range of positive activities for young people
- help with Covid-19 recovery plans
Funding Information
- This funds between 80% to 100% of total project costs.
- They offer from £500 to £5,000 to support the council deliver the priorities
- 100% for projects up to £3,000
- a maximum of 80% project funding with a minimum of 20% match funding from the applicant for projects between £3,001 and £5,000
Outcomes
They will expect your project to contribute to at least one of the following outcomes:
- providing a wide range of positive activities for young people, including support for vulnerable young people whose needs might otherwise escalate
- improving the wellbeing for young people in Dorset in the following areas:
- to have healthy and active lives
- to be safe from harm and have the help they need
- to be prepare for adult life
What they will fund?
They will fund:
- projects that deliver youth projects and activities within the Dorset Council area, including centres and clubs that were previously funded by the predecessor county council
- youth projects that include equipment and staffing costs that add value or enhance the normal activities of your group or ogranisation
Eligibility Criteria
- The youth fund grant is available to youth centres and youth clubs that operate within the Dorset Council area for the benefit of young people who live there.
- Organisations that can apply are:
- constituted organisations
- non-profit making organisations operated with no undue restriction on membership, for example charities
- charitable incorporated organisations (CIOs)
- community interest companies (CICs); they will only fund CICs with a minimum of 3 directors, two of whom must be unrelated. They need to see a clear ‘asset lock’ statement, memorandums and articles of association
- company limited by guarantee (not for profit)
- community organisations
- partnership of organisations with a written partnership agreement (Town Councils can be part of a partnership project)
- places of worship, as long as their project does not promote religious beliefs or particular faiths and can demonstrate non-religious cultural, sporting or social impact activities
For more information, visit https://www.dorsetcouncil.gov.uk/your-community/support-for-voluntary-and-community-organisations/funding/dorset-council-youth-fund-round-3-2021-to-2022