UK Youth and Julia and Hans Rausing are working in partnership to offer funding to youth organisations seeking to be better equipped to respond to and support young people’s mental health in their communities.
Who can apply?
To be eligible to apply your organisation must:
- Be based and operate in the UK, and have been operational for at least two years.
- Have an annual income of less than £500,000 showing in your last annual accounts.
- Be a charitable or not for profit organisation and can provide a governing document stating this.
- Have as its primary purpose the provision of services benefitting children/young people.
- At least 70% of your organisation’s beneficiaries must be aged 8 – 25 years.
- Submit or have available online at least one year’s full accounts.
- Comply with the Equality Act 2010, the General Data Protection Regulation 2018 and Data Protection Act 2018, Public Services (Social Value) Act 2012 and all other relevant statutory or regulatory requirements.
- If you receive a UK Youth grant you will be able to commit to engaging and attending core activities of the fund and complete all online reporting requirements.
What are the funder priorities?
Applications that meet the eligibility criteria and have submitted all requested information, will
be assessed against the following:
- Mental Health Need: You have clearly identified and articulated a pressing mental health need among your youth workers and the young people in your community.
- Engagement: Your organisation is directly engaging with at least one of the focus groups who make up a significant proportion of the young people you work with.
- Legacy and partnership: Your organisation has made a commitment to building partnerships and sharing your learnings over the course of the programme with other organisations and communities.
- Value for money: Your organisation demonstrates good value for money in its provision of services for young people.
- Experience & understanding: Your organisation has experience in providing similar programme or activity with beneficial results.
How much can organisations apply for?
Unrestricted grants of £15,000 – £50,000 per year for up to 3 years.
How to apply
- In order to make an application you will need to register on DoIT platform
- Please read the support document Thriving Minds – Application Guidance Notes which gives detailed advice on how to answer each question.
Q&A webinars
The Q&A webinars, which is an opportunity to meet the funder and ask any questions that are not covered by the FAQ document, will be held on:
- Thursday 3 March 10:30am – 12pm – Please click here to register
- Thursday 10 March 10am – 11:30am – Please click here to register
- Tuesday 15 March 10:30am – 12pm – Please click here to register
Is there a deadline?
The deadline for completing and submitting your application is midnight Sunday 20 March 2022.
Further information
- Link to fund: The UK Youth Fund: Thriving Minds – UK Youth.
- For more information and any questions feel free to get in touch with the funder by email funding@ukyouth.org.
- If you would like further support from RVA with submitting a funding application or any support with governance required for your group to get ready for this funding, please email advice@rva.org.uk or telephone 0118 937 2273 for free and independent support and advice.