The Foundation aims to support children and young people aged 11-25 and can consider community projects that focus on one or more of the following three areas:
– Health and wellbeing
– Entrepreneurship
– Employability skills
Grants of up to £750 are available.
Registered charities, community groups with a constitution or set of rules in the group’s name, social enterprises can apply.
Which areas are covered: Wirral
Any special criteria: As this fund is focusing on supporting smaller grassroots organisations, applicants must have an annual income of under £150K to be considered for this fund
Examples of the sorts of projects that may be funded:
– Sports, dance and fitness projects
– Mental health awareness, advice and information
– Support groups and help-line/counselling services for children or young people with mental health issues
– Healthy eating and cooking courses
– Projects that introduce young people to enterprise
– Training and skill development for young people
– Mentoring schemes to improve young people’s employability
Closing date: Friday 20th May 2016
For the full guidelines and to apply to the fund, please go the Ray Messer Foundation page on the Community Foundation for Merseyside’s website.
