Deadline: 9-Jun-23
The Social Investment Business is offering grants through Refurbishment Grants Programme.
The Youth Investment Fund team wants to ensure every eligible youth service can apply for funding to renovate their service and recognises that some services only require a small investment to improve their offer to young people.
In response to need, the Youth Investment Fund team has developed a Refurbishment Grants application stream for organisations. The focus of the fund is refurbishments on individual sites.
Funding Information
- The Youth Investment Fund has two application routes: one for large, medium and small size buildings, extensions, and renovations over £150,000 and one for smaller refurbishments below £150,000. There are separate application processes for both grants.
- The minimum grant request is £10,000 to ensure the change on site will do enough to sustain or expand youth activities.
- The grant request must not exceed £150,000. Please note that the ceiling of £150K is for capital, revenue and contingency costs.
Eligible Projects
To qualify for this grant stream, you need to demonstrate that the grant will either extend your reach to young people or help preserve your youth service.
- The capital refurbishment project could include:
- Roof works
- Accessibility adjustments
- Insulation
- Fitting of a new boiler
- Fitting of new windows
- Fitting of new doors
- Fitting of new bathrooms / toilets
- Fitting of a new kitchen
- Damp proofing
- Rewiring or electrical works
- Plastering
- Asbestos removal
- Moving/removing an internal wall
- Contingency
- Fees
- Other – anything else that will improve your youth services and enable you to reach more young people or preserve your youth service.
- Please note that not all types of refurbishments can be the sole purpose of the capital grant but some can only be included when part of a wider refurbishment project. These are:
- Redecoration
- External Landscaping
- Installation of
Eligibility Criteria
- You can apply to the YIF Refurbishment Grants Programme, if:
- Your planned building project will be in a selected eligible area. Check if you are in an eligible area using their postcode checker or review this spreadsheet.
- Your organisation has an eligible legal structure as outlined in the main fund
- Projects seeking funding of £150,000 and under
- Projects that do not require planning permission
- The applicant organisation either owns the freehold or has a lease 5 years or more
- Have listed building consent already in place, if needed
- Most applicants should be able to commence work on their refurbishment project quickly and expect it to be completed within twelve months.
- The Youth Investment Fund Refurbishment Grants Programme has the same eligibility criteria as the larger capital grants, including being an open access youth project and projects that are designed to either extend their reach to young people or help preserve their youth service.
For more information, visit Refurbishment Grants.
