Deadline: 20-Dec-2024
The Football For Change is investing in young people who face social and economic barriers when trying to reach their full potential.
These are young people who’ve faced poverty and those who have experienced tough starts in life. They’re aiming to give them a platform to build better futures.
Objectives
- All applications must meet the following objectives of the fund:
- Social Mobility Projects
- The fund will focus on projects that support young people by funding life-changing, social mobility projects in education, employment, and sport
- Removing Barriers
- The fund will support community projects that remove barriers to young people reaching their potential and inspire them to achieve.
- Disadvantaged Young People
- The young people will predominantly be those who are not in employment, education and/or those who have experienced social and economic challenges. The fund also focuses on supporting BAME communities.
- Social Mobility Projects
Funding Information
- Grants of up to £10,000.
- Budget for this round is approximately £75,000 for Merseyside and £25,000 for Greater Manchester
Eligible Projects
- Examples of the sorts of projects that may be funded:
- Education programmes supporting young people to gain access to higher education
- Life-changing sporting opportunities that give young people the chance to access careers in sport or participate in sporting events that they wouldn’t normally be able to due to financial barriers
- Training and apprenticeships/career development
Specific Criteria
- The fund can consider a wide range of community projects from charitable organisations based within Merseyside or Greater Manchester.
- Projects do not need to be focused on football or sport specifically.
Ineligibility Criteria
- The following items cannot be supported via the fund:
- Statutory organisations or work that is their responsibility
- National organisations that cannot demonstrate local governance and control of local finances
- Commercial ventures
- Companies Limited by Shares
- Purchase/maintenance of vehicles
- Activities that will have already taken place before they offer you a grant
- Politically connected or exclusively religious activities
- Projects for personal profit
For more information, visit Community Foundation for Merseyside.