Year of Young People National Lottery fund

posted by Rhonda McFarlane, Funding Officer, Chief Executive’s Department

Year of Young People National Lottery Fund launches today!

The Year of Young People National Lottery Fund opens today and is a joint scheme from Scotland’s National Lottery distributors, Big Lottery Fund, Heritage Lottery Fund, sportscotland, and Spirit of 2012 a UK Trust endowed with Big Lottery funds. It offers funding of between £3,000 and £10,000 to heritage, community and sports projects that are run for and by young people aged eight to 26 years old and that improve their health and wellbeing.

The available pot of £550,000 is for projects that:

  • Encourage positive mental health for young people;
  • Inspire young people to lead active lives;
  • Involve young people in the development, design, running and evaluation of the project
  • Celebrate and share young people’s achievements.

HLF are dealing with enquiries and application help: YOYPFund@hlf.org.uk or 0131 225 945

Total funding pot of £550k

Open to not for profit orgs and schools

A new joint Lottery grant scheme led by HLF for work with young people, £3k-£10k grants, two deadlines: 30 April 2018 and 18 June 2018

Website is here to apply get info: http://national-lottery-yoyp.org.uk/  http://bit.ly/2pqbK1o

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