Young People’s Fund in the UK

Deadline: 18-Nov-22

The Peabody Community Foundation (PCF) is offering The Young People’s Fund to support grassroots community groups who are putting youth voice at the centre of their work to tackle violence affecting young people.

Peabody have worked with young people aged 11-25 across London to develop a fund which is designed by, owned by and for the benefit of young people. This co-creation process led to the development of The Young People’s Fund.

Funding Information

• £149,377 is available for grants of up to £10,000 per year over 2 years (up to £20,000 in total). This amount will be allocated across all the boroughs listed in the fund criteria.
• Applicants have the option to either request one or two years' funding.

Eligibility Criteria

• Your organisation must meet the Following core criteria to be eligible for grant funding:
  • Eligible Legal Structures — there must be a signed governing document in place appropriate to the legal structure which includes an asset lock (or equivalent clause), and the purpose of all funded activities must be charitable (not for profit):
    • Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO) 
    • Company Limited by Guarantee (CLG)- may also be registered as a Charity or a Community Interest Company Limited by Guarantee (CICLG)
    • Trust 
    • Unincorporated Association 
    • Community Benefit Societies (CBS). Ideally, the CBS will also be registered as charitable with I-IMRC, however this is not essential. 
  • Governance: You must have at least three unrelated members legally responsible for the governance of the organisation; Trustees/Directors/Management Committee as appropriate to your structure. Please note that this refers to the highest level of governance, a Management Committee that sits a board of Trustees (eg charities, CIOs) or Directors (CLG or CICLG) does not count towards this. 
  • Bank account: A bank account in the same name as the organisation applying with a minimum of two unrelated signatories must be in place by the start of the grant. 
  • Safeguarding: You must have a safeguarding policy in place that has been reviewed in the last two years. 
  • Previous LCF funding: All conditions from any previous London Community Foundation grants must be completed and there is no current outstanding monitoring at the time of application. 
  • Registration: If the income for charitable purposes is more than £5k at the point of application, organisations must have submitted an application to register to Charity Commission or the relevant regulator (e.g., Companies House, CIC regulator or Financial Conduct Authority). If the LCF grant will take the organisation over £5k.

For more information, visit PCF.

For more information, visit https://londoncf.org.uk/grants/the-young-peoples-fund