Voluntary groups and organisations are invited to apply for funding from Bath & North East Somerset Council to increase services for young people in the local area.
The Council works with young people aged 11 to 25; prioritising work with 13 to 19-year-olds across Bath & North East Somerset. Its Youth Enablement Fund is in place to support increased positive activities and opportunities for young people in the area, through the provision of grants in the region of £5,000.
Encouraging the voluntary sector to develop provision for youth, as well Council-run youth work, is supported by Bath & North East Somerset Council, which recently appointed a voluntary sector development worker. In the new role, Vicky Britton will be able to support applicants throughout the application process and will be an ongoing source of guidance and support as youth provision is developed.
Organisations are eligible to apply for funding if they are non-statutory, not for profit, and inclusive. Applicants must be willing and able to provide positive activities and/or engagement work for young people and these should contribute to one or more of the Every Child Matters outcomes.
The funding panel, which will include young people from Bath & North East Somerset, will meet in September 2011, November 2011 and February 2012, to make decisions about the recipients of the Youth Enablement Fund. The first closing date for applications is Thursday 8 September.
Full details, criteria and conditions for the funding are outlined in the Youth Enablement Fund application pack. Please read the FAQs before applying.
For an application pack:
Click here; or
Contact
B&NES Council’s voluntary sector development worker by email Victoria_britton@bathnes.gov.uk; or
Telephone: 01225 396916; or
Write to Vicky Britton, Youth Service, Children’s Services, PO Box 25, Riverside, Temple Street, Keynsham, Bristol, BS31 1DN.