Funding opportunity for youth organisations with an income of less than £250,000 to apply for up to £50k if they are threatened with closure or have lost funding due to Covid.
All youth organisations across England are being asked to complete a short questionnaire about the impact of Covid on your organisation and the young people you seek to support.
Complete the questionnaire here.
Understandably, there have been a lot of surveys in the last nine months asking you different questions about the work you do and how you’ve been affected by the pandemic. The truth of the matter is, even with all of these surveys, there still isn’t enough robust data and insight needed to unlock the funding the sector that young people so desperately deserve and need.
Throughout this period, UK Youth have been working hard to unlock additional funding and they’ve been met with the same questions each time. What funding has been lost? What is the impact on youth provision across England? What are the barriers and opportunities facing organisations? How many organisations are at risk of closure? What are the priorities for supporting young people now and in the future as we recover?
They need more robust answers to these questions. That’s why they’re asking EVERY youth organisation in England to complete this questionnaire. It won’t take long and the information you provide will help them to unlock more funding for your work.
As they launch the fund, they are delighted to announce that they have secured £2,000,000 to support small youth organisations who have not had access to the crisis funding they require to survive the Covid pandemic. The UK Youth Fund – Covid Relief is funded through the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport (DCMS) Community Match Challenge scheme, with funding from DCMS, Pears Foundation and Paul Hamlyn Foundation as part of the Government’s £750m charities package.
Organisations which are based in, and deliver work in England, with a turnover of less than £250,000, will be eligible to apply for grants of up to £50,000. The grants are available to organisations that have lost funding, face the threat of closure, or had to reduce delivery or services supporting young people, and will directly support young people. Awarded organisations can use the funds to cover staff salaries, project running costs, organisational development and goods and equipment which support delivery.
Organisations will have until midday on the 25th November to complete the questionnaire.
If you are eligible for the funding, please complete the questionnaire and they will use your responses as your application for funding.
UK Youth is particularly keen to hear from organisations that support young people who are most affected by systemic oppression and discrimination. This includes Black, Asian and other groups who experience racism, Deaf/disabled people and those who identify as sitting at the intersections of several minoritized identities, those who identify as LGBT+, as well as those who have not had financial support growing up.
Not eligible for this funding? Please still complete the questionnaire. The information you provide will be invaluable and will enable them to secure additional income streams to support your work.
UK Youth believe passionately in the power of youth work and remain committed to ensuring that the youth sector is strengthened, supported, and that provision is youth-led, evidence-informed and delivers high-quality outcomes for all young people.
To support the launch they’re hosting two webinars to answer your questions – sign up here:
Thursday, 12th November from 10am-11am
Tuesday, 17th November from 3pm-4pm
Complete the questionnaire here.
