Deadline: 15-Apr-25
Are you working to improve the lives of young people aged up to 24 years old? Do you have an idea to give young people new skills and self-confidence? Perhaps getting them into training, work or more involved in their community? Alternatively, you may have a project to increase young people’s resilience? If so, you could qualify for a grant from the Projects for Young People programme.
They will prioritise funding for local, smaller organisations. Larger, national organisations must demonstrate a local delivery capability in the target area, or partnership with local organisations, or a specific skill or capability not otherwise accessible to the local community.
Funding Information
- Grants of up to £15,000 per year for up to two years are available for community groups working in Ealing, Hillingdon, Hounslow, Slough, Spelthorne, Richmond, Runnymede, South Bucks, or Windsor & Maidenhead.
Eligibility Criteria
- The application process is open to local authorities, schools, charities, community groups, social enterprises and not for profit companies subject to the specific eligibility criteria below. Community groups could be a youth club, residents’ association, charity, or even a group of like-minded neighbours. Groups should have a constitution and a bank account in the name of their organisation. For new or less formal groups, you may need to work in partnership with another organisation that could hold the funds for you and provide other guidance and support.
- They won’t fund projects in schools or colleges to deliver core curriculum or statutory requirements but will consider projects which provide a facility or service to benefit the wider non-school community, or where the work is clearly outside of the curriculum/ statutory requirements.
- They will consider projects run by local authorities only where they are working in partnership with local voluntary and community organisations, as long as it is activity outside that which they are statutorily required to provide, and which would not otherwise be possible. Matched funding must be demonstrated. Local authorities should also show clearly how they’re engaging the local community and community or voluntary groups with relevant expertise.
- If applying on behalf of a Food Bank, Baby Bank or other similar organisation, please note they seek to fund projects designed to improve the long-term sustainability of the organisation rather than simply funding donations. Projects of this nature might include the purchase and fitting of new shelving or storage, or development of a communications and marketing campaign designed to increase the number of volunteers or donations.
- They will consider non-religious projects run by faith groups only if they are accessible to all religions and benefit the wider community or clearly show how they’ll increase community cohesion.
- They will consider projects run by particular ethnic community groups only if they are accessible to all ethnic groups and benefit the wider community or clearly show how they’ll increase community cohesion.
- Location – Your project must take place in and benefit residents from one (or more) of the following local boroughs – Ealing, Hillingdon, Hounslow, Richmond, Runnymede, Spelthorne, Slough, South Bucks, Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead.
- Heathrow Community Trust generally do not fund residential trips for young people since such trips do not represent value for money in terms of effecting a long-term impact on young people in terms of increased resilience, improved employability or raised aspirations. However, Heathrow Community Trust would consider supporting such costs if they formed part of a clear programme which involved interventions before and after the trip to embed impact.
For more information, visit Heathrow Community Trust.