Scarborough District Children & Young People’s Fund in the UK

Deadline: 29-Nov-21

The Two Ridings Community Foundation is seeking applications for Scarborough District Children & Young People’s Fund to increase opportunities for children & young people to thrive in the Boroughs of Scarborough District. In particular it will help promote good mental health and wellbeing.

The Scarborough District Children & Young People’s fund will provide grants and support to local voluntary sector groups that are working toaddress this issue. They have already delivered one round of funding and eleven organisations are currently delivering activity.

This programme is focusing on participatory grant making (PGM) being at the heart of delivery. PGM means that Two Ridings Community Foundation has built on the feedback from the groups funded.

Aims

The fund aims to;

increase and/or improve mental health and wellbeing provision for children and young people in Scarborough District.
empower young people to develop their own initiatives.
enable young people to take an active role in the designing and delivery of activities in their communities.
involve young people in the decision-making process of the allocation of this fund.

Funding Information

Up to £5,000

Projects should last up to 12 months and seek to support the mental health of children & young people and their families. This fund will prioritise activity supporting children and young people aged 8 – 18 years, but other age ranges will be considered.

Activities

Examples of activities that could be included:
- You know best about what would support good mental health and well-being for children and young people in Scarborough District. They are very open to considering a wide range of different projects and are keen to have a variety of activity going on, accessible across the district, to support young people’s mental health in diverse communities. Activities could be:
  - General Youth Sessions
  - Sports
  - Arts
  - Music
  - Counselling
  - Developing support networks
  - Family counselling
  - Mentoring

Eligibility Criteria

Applications will be accepted from:

constituted voluntary and community groups
registered charities
co-operatives
social enterprises
community interest companies (CIC’s will be subject to additional scrutiny as outlined in the grant making policy)

For more information, visit Two Ridings Community Foundation.

For more information, visit https://www.tworidingscf.org.uk/fund/scarborough-children-young-peoples-fund/