Deadline: 05-Jun-2024
Applications are now open for the Dorset Council Youth Fund to support the delivery of a range of positive activities for the young people of Dorset living in the Dorset Council area.
Eligible organisations will be able to apply for grants to support the council to deliver the priorities as set out in the Children, Young People and Families’ Plan 2023 to 2033.
Funding Information
- This is what they will fund:
- 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 £10,000
Outcomes
- They will be asking you to deliver a youth project or activity that makes a positive impact or difference to young people aged 11 to 19, or up to the age of 25 if they have special educational needs or disability (send), or if they are a care leaver.
- The grant may be used for both ongoing costs and for the purchase of equipment or other items (it may be used for both revenue and capital expenditure).
- 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 of young people in the Dorset Council area in the following areas:
- to have healthy and active lives
- to be safe from harm and have the help they need
- to be prepared for adult life
Who can apply?
- The Dorset Youth Fund is open to voluntary and community sector organisations 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
- 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, if their project does not promote religious beliefs or particular faiths, and can demonstrate non-religious cultural, sporting or social impact activities
Eligibility Criteria
- You can only apply for this fund once in the current financial year 1 April 2024 to 31 March 2025.
- If your organisation is revenue funded by Dorset Council, you may apply for project funding where the project is distinctly separate and adds value or enhances your organisation’s work and increases its social impact.
- Organisations with an annual income of more than £500,000 are not eligible for this fund, unless their project has a grass roots and local focus, with distinct benefits for Dorset communities. If your organisation income is over £500,000 per year, you will be asked to commit to all of the grant being spent for the benefit of young people living in the Dorset Council area.
- They will fund delivery of youth projects and activities within the Dorset Council area, including centres and clubs that were previously funded by the predecessor county council. This can include:
- the purchase of equipment
- staffing costs
- projects that add value or enhance the normal activities of your group or organisation
- enabling or extending access to positive activities to young people that do not usually take part
Ineligible
- The following are not eligible for funding:
- loan repayments
- projects with a total cost of less than £500
- projects outside the Dorset Council area, for example Bournemouth, Christchurch or Poole, or other surrounding areas
- individuals or personal equipment
- commercial organisations
- external bursary schemes or grants programmes administered by the applicant
- projects for services that are already commissioned by Dorset Council which have been awarded to other organisations or agencies
- promotion of religious or political beliefs
- projects which in the opinion could harm the reputation of Dorset Council
- applications from schools
For more information, visit Dorset Council.
