Deadline: 15-Jul-24
The Leeds Community Foundation is pleased to announce the Pears Youth Fund.
The Pears Youth Fund is a partnership between Leeds Community Foundation and Pears Foundation, which aims to support organisations to deliver youth work and promote youth voice, youth empowerment and youth activities.
Funding Information
- Grant Size: £20,000 (£10,000 a year)
- Duration: 2 Years
Examples Of Activity That Can Be Funded
- Activities that support young people to gain life skills
- Activities that enable young people to meet new people and make connections
- Activities that enable young people to get into nature and out of their usual environment
- Activities that support young people to gain new experiences, opportunities and make memories
- Activities that support physical health and mental wellbeing
What Can’t Be Funded?
- Activity and costs that have already taken place
- Activity which might be regarded as discriminatory and/or excludes some people without good justification
- Activity that promotes a particular political or religious point of view
- Activity primarily for the benefit of animals
- Capital appeals for building projects
- Grant-making to other organisations and/or individuals, or applications from individuals
- Statutory organisations or activity
- Overseas organisations, expeditions or overseas travel
- Unregistered organisations as the grant size is £20,000
Location
- Leeds and Bradford
Eligibility Criteria
- For both Grants of £5,000 or less and Grants of over £5,000
- Not-for-profit incorporated Community Organisations from the third sector such as CIO, CIC limited by guarantee, or a charitable company. You will be registered with the Charity Commission, Companies House or Mutual Public Register (FCA).
- Charities that are registered with the Charity Commission but are not an incorporated structure. These organisations cannot use grant funds towards PAYE staff cots, but funds can be used towards freelance staff costs.
- Only for Grants of £5,000 or less
- Small unincorporated and unregistered Community Organisations can only apply if your annual income is less than £10,000, and if securing the grant would not take you above this threshold for current financial year.
- For-profit organisations, statutory organisations or activity (e.g. schools and hospitals) and overseas organisations cannot be funded.
Criteria
- They encourage applications from under-served and/or under-represented communities across all the funding opportunities
- The majority of people you work with will be aged between 5 and 20 (or up to 25 with additional needs)
- Organisations will need to clearly demonstrate how their work with young people is underpinned by Youth Work Values and Principles
- Organisations must have an income between £30,000 and £750,000 in the most recent financial year
- Organisations based in Leeds or Bradford will be prioritised. If the organisation is outside these areas, they must demonstrate a clear link and track record to the area
- Only one application per organisation can be considered
For more information, visit Leeds Community Foundation.