Deadline: 18-Feb-22
Your Best Friend is offering Large Grant Program, a two-year project to give women, girls and non-binary young people the knowledge, confidence and tools to keep themselves and their friends safe in their dating relationships.
It is run by eleven charities and creative organizations working hand in hand with young people to make sure young people get honest, practical information they can trust to keep themselves and their friends safe from toxic relationships or get them to safety.
You can apply for a grant to use these ideas in your own groups and organizations, or to develop ideas of your own. All they ask is that your idea or project must:
- increase understanding about healthy, unhealthy and toxic relationships
- give people the knowledge and confidence to know how to keep their friends safe
Funding Information
- Your Best Friend is distributing £ 300,000 in grants to organizations and groups based in England and Wales to create their own ideas and projects that support Your Best Friend’s aims. They expect to give 6-8 large grants between £ 10,000 and £ 25,000.
What can I use the money for?
- You can use the grant to pay for staff, for professional help (like a graphic designer), to hire a venue, pay for printing etc. They will ask you to provide a very simple budget
What can I apply for?
- You can apply for a grant to use the tools and resources Your Best Friend creates in your own community, or to develop ideas and activities of your own. Your idea or project should focus on girls, young women and non-binary people aged 13-24.
- They are particularly interested in getting these tools and resources to those who might not find the help they need easily and need it in a language, or style, or place where they feel safe.
Eligibility Criteria
Your Best Friend welcomes applications from groups and organizations that include:
- Schools (pastoral teams, peer mentors, feminist societies, sports and drama teams etc)
- Colleges and universities (student union, societies, sports and drama clubs, pastoral teams etc)
- Community-based social and health services (inc sexual health, pregnancy and young mums’ support)
- Charities and community groups (national, regional and / or local) Religious groups
- Youth clubs, groups and societies (inc activism, sports, drama, music, Scouts and Guides, adventure, craft, support groups etc).
For more information, visit https://yourbestfriend.org.uk/fund