Aims/priorities: Working in partnership with the #iwill Fund and the Hunter Foundation, BBC Children in Need is delivering its new Social Action Fund to promote youth empowerment across the UK, as part of its wider Sharing Power programme.
Not-for-profit organisations which are registered with an appropriate governing body can apply for grants of up to £50,000 over 18 months; while unregistered organisations can apply for up to £15,000 over 18 months, or £10,000 over one year.
Applicants do not need to have experience in youth-led social action projects, but must be able to demonstrate:
- Their well-established links with children and young people.
- Experience in child participation/sharing power with children and young people.
- How they work alongside other organisations in the local community.
- How and why they want to deliver youth-led social action projects.
Funded work must be:
- Led by children and young people.
- Genuinely developmental and reciprocal, providing children and young people with life enhancing experience and new skills and confidence.
- Prioritising the wellbeing of children and young people at all times.
- Inclusive of all age ranges.
- Harnessing the value of lived experience.
- Allowing time and space for project ideas to grow through an initial development phase. This period of time at the start of each grant will build the capacity of the children and young people to take part in youth social action.
Who can apply: Not-for-profit organisations based in the UK can apply.
Applicants do not need to have experience in youth-led social action projects, but must be able to demonstrate:
- Their well-established links with children and young people.
- Experience in child participation/sharing power with children and young people.
- How they work alongside other organisations in the local community.
- How and why they want to deliver youth-led social action projects.
Grant amount:
- Up to £15,000 for unregistered organisations (£10,000 per year, or £15,000 over the 18 months).
- Up to £50,000 over 18 months for registered bodies.
Application process: All applicants are required to sign up to a one-hour information session before they can apply. Dates are as follows:
- 5 April 2022 (10am).
- 6 April 2022 (2.30pm).
- 7 April 2022 (5.30pm).
- 8 April 2022 (9.30am).
- 11 April 2022 (12pm).
Deadline: The deadline to register for an information session is 8 April 2022.
Contact information: BBC Children in Need for more information.