Deadline: 28-Oct-22
The Triangle Trust has launched the Young Offender Grants to help support the needs of young careers and young people caught up in the criminal justice system.
They want to fund projects that work with young people with criminal convictions (up to the age of 25) to find meaningful and secure employment. They understand that the path to employment can be complex and that building strong relationships of trust is a vital part of supporting someone on their journey. Therefore they will not fund projects that are solely recruitment services for young people.
Priorities Proposals
Funding can only be used to work with young people who have been in the criminal justice system, even if your organisation works with young people more broadly. They recognise that some young people with criminal records are particularly disadvantaged by intersecting inequality related to their race, gender and experiences of the care system. As such they will prioritise proposals that provide specialist support to target:
- As such they will prioritise proposals that provide specialist support to target:
- Young people who are from Black or minoritised/racialised communities (often referred to as Black, Asian and minority ethnic communities),
- Young women and girls, and
- Young people who have been looked after
Funding Information
- Grants of up to £60,000 over two years are available
- A maximum of £30,000 per year can be requested
Sectors They Support?
- Community and voluntary organisations working solely with unpaid carers or exclusively with young carers
- Community and voluntary organisations who can demonstrate a track record of working with young offenders
Eligibility Criteria
Geographical Reach
- They support not for profit organisations working anywhere within the UK, with a registered UK office.
- They particularly welcome applications from organisations working in Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales.
They welcome applications that:
- Have specific outcomes and targets related to securing employment for young people with criminal convictions. General employability and training programmes that are solely focused on being ‘employment ready’ or ‘better skilled’ will not be considered.
- Show that they will also work with employers and provide post placement support to both employee and employer.
- Demonstrate that they understand the wide range of challenges and issues that will need to be addressed to help a young person succeed on their employment journey.
- Show existing work with young people who have been in the criminal justice system is already taking place and can evidence a track record of helping them to achieve positive outcomes. You might already provide employment support or want to add this focus to the current support you offer young people.
Eligibility Questions
- Does your organisation have previous experience of either working with young people with criminal convictions or adults with criminal convictions in an employment context?
- Is the project you are applying for funding solely working with young people with criminal convictions?
- Is your proposal building on work that you are already doing with young people with criminal convictions or adults with criminal convictions?
- Does your project have an employment focus and targets that are specifically linked to employment outcomes?
- Is your average annual income over the past three years less than £1,500,000?
- Are you a registered charity or an organisation set up with a clear social purpose and appropriate governing documents stating this?
For more information, visit Triangle Trust.
For more information, visit https://www.triangletrust.org.uk/young-offenders/