Deadline: 18-Dec-22
The Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport (DCMS) relaunching the UK Youth Parliament programme to increase engagement with young people from across the UK, including with more marginalised young people and those that may not normally take part in a youth voice programme.
The programme aims to build the UK Youth Parliament into an established part of the policymaking and parliamentary process, with direct access to decision makers, and improve feedback and recognition to young people. It will also bring together the successful elements of DCMS’ previous Youth Engagement Grant, under the banner of the UK Youth Parliament. The programme is delivered as a partnership between central government, UK Parliament and the youth sector.
Objectives
- The key objectives of this grant are to:
- Engage young people in a UK-wide democratic process
- Enable young people to express their voices on issues that matter to them
- Engage young people at an early stage in the development of policy affecting them
- Test specific government proposals and policy with young people.
Funding Information
- DCMS is committed to funding this important opportunity for young people across the UK to participate in the democratic process and share their views to shape national, regional and local decision-making.
- DCMS is competing the grant, in line with best practice in grant-making across government.
- A grant of up to £750,000 is available for the delivery of the UK Youth Parliament for two years from April 2023 to March 2025.
- Up to £650,000 of this grant is expected to fund the core costs of the programme; and
- Up to £100,000 (£50,000 per annum) to ensure young people from the devolved nations of Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland can participate in the programme, including in elections, induction, training and associated activities.
- Grant funding is available from UK Parliament to support this project as follows:
- £10,000 per annum is available to support a yearly Youth Select Committee, to be delivered in collaboration with UK Parliament
- This funding will be agreed with UK Parliament once the delivery provider is known. The delivery provider will need to complete additional due diligence to receive the UK Parliament grant funding, and this funding is subject to UK Parliament confirming satisfactory due diligence has been completed.
- Grant funding is also available from the House of Commons to support this project as follows:
- £32,000 per annum is available to support a yearly House of Commons Sitting, to be delivered in collaboration with the House of Commons.
Eligibility Criteria
- This grant competition is inviting charitable, benevolent and philanthropic organisations in England to apply for funding. The criteria are:
- Applications should be for up to £750,000.
- The value of the grant requested must not represent more than 50% of the applicant organisation’s, or consortia’s collective annual income for the financial year.
- Applicants should be able to demonstrate that they can carry out activity across all four nations of the United Kingdom.
- Applications should be able to demonstrate the organisation’s ability to adapt delivery based on external circumstances, including COVID-19 restrictions.
- Applicants must be able to draw down and complete all funded activity by 31 March 2025.
- Applicants should demonstrate that they will be able to secure external investment and partnerships to add value to this grant.
- Applications must include details of arrangements for safeguarding children and vulnerable adults as part of their planned activities.
- Notes:
- This fund is open to charitable, benevolent and philanthropic organisations in England.
- The value of the grant requested must not represent more than 50% of the applicant organisation’s, or consortia’s collective annual income for the financial year.
- This is expected to fund activity across the UK, but principally in England.
- Applications must include details of arrangements for safeguarding children and vulnerable adults as part of their planned activities.
- Successful applicants will be informed in January 2023.
- They expect the grant agreement will be finalised with the successful applicant in January/February. Exact timing may vary. Programme delivery will take place from April 2023 to March 2025 with all spending to be completed within this time period.
For more information, visit https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/uk-youth-parliament-grant-2023-25