Deadline: Ongoing Opportunity
The Paul Hamlyn Foundation has launched the Youth Fund Program to fund organisations who work with young people (14–25) to drive change so that future generations of young people can thrive.
Aims
- We believe that services, systems, structures, processes and practice can support young people to thrive. They want young people to have their voices heard, and to have agency and autonomy to drive changes and improvements which transform their transitions to adulthood.
- This fund achieves this by:
- Focusing on young people (14–25) who experience systemic inequity. For these young people, transitions are harder due to the way society, systems and structures operate. This often compounds the inequity they experience.
- Driving change in systems, processes, structures and practice to create more equitable, inclusive, asset-based environments and experiences for young people.
- Tackling the root causes of inequity and injustice which creates barriers and challenges for young people as they transition to adulthood.
- Centering young people voice, insight and power. Recognizing that many young people are marginalized or excluded, their experiences hidden or less well known and their voices often erased or ignored.
Funding Information
They provide funding:
- up to £50,000 per year for three years (max grant £150,000). They prefer to fund organisations at the maximum amount and term. They do not make grants of less than £30,000 per year.
Duration
- 3 years
Eligibility Criteria
- The fund focuses both on how organisations work, and what they seek to achieve.
- They are interested in funding:
- organisations working with young people (14–25);
- targeted work with and for young people who face transitions in their lives which may be challenging or create barriers for example into or out of education, care settings, housing or the secure estate; and
- work that recognizes young people’s multiple and overlapping identities (for example race, gender, sexual orientation, class, faith, migration status, ability).
- They particularly welcome applications from organisations led by people most impacted by racism, ableism, classism, sexism, xenophobia, homophobia, and/or transphobia.
Ineligibility Criteria
- In addition to Paul Hamlyn Foundation’s general exclusions, they will not fund:
- newly registered organisations yet to produce independently audited/examined accounts;
- work that is considered a statutory responsibility;
- project-based activity or work with no scope for impact beyond the organisation’s immediate beneficiaries;
- service delivery that does not have a specific focus on wider change;
- research that does not demonstrate a direct link between findings and taking action towards change;
- work that is focused on young people receiving hospice or end of life care.
For more information, visit PHF.