Deadline: 15-Apr-23
Hope for the Young is now accepting applications for the Grants and Advocacy Programme to support young people with insecure immigration status in the UK to access and complete higher and further education through the provision of small bursaries and tailored advocacy support.
Their youth-led approach to grant-making puts those with lived experience at the heart of their decision-making processes. All awards are made in collaboration with previous grant holders, thereby providing space for young people to utilise their skills and experiences to support others to pursue their dreams, regardless of their status.
What they offer?
- Grants
- They aim to support refugees, asylum-seekers, and undocumented young people to complete their education by providing grants of up to £4,500 to those who have no access to government funds, or to those who are facing extreme financial hardship. Theycan provide grants towards:
- Tuition fees
- Exam fees
- Transport costs
- General study costs
- They aim to support refugees, asylum-seekers, and undocumented young people to complete their education by providing grants of up to £4,500 to those who have no access to government funds, or to those who are facing extreme financial hardship. Theycan provide grants towards:
- Advocacy
- Young people who receive a grant will also have the opportunity to access tailored advice and one-to-one support from Hope for the Young throughout their studies.
- Their Grants and Advocacy Coordinator will be there to answer questions, signpost grant holders to new opportunities and services, and advocate on their behalf if they are facing difficulties. They will also discuss all the ways in which they can get involved in Hope for the Young’s work.
Eligibility Criteria
They provide grants for young people:
- between the ages of 16 – 28.
- who are in or would like to access school, college or university.
- studying up to their first university degree.
- subject to immigration control with no access to student finance (e.g. asylum-seekers, undocumented young people, survivors of modern-day slavery and trafficking).
- refugees and those granted leave to remain in the UK but cannot meet their financial requirements for accessing or continuing their education.
Ineligible
- Postgraduate degrees.
- International students or those with study visas.
- Private education courses.
- those who have exhausted their appeals and are unlikely to remain in the UK to complete their education.
- Contributions towards tuition fees where the university is charging the overseas rate.
For more information, visit Hope for the Young.