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Youth Opportunity Fund and Capital Fund
Empowering young people is a key theme of the Government's new plan for young people, Youth Matters. So is helping young people enjoy exciting and positive activities, through providing more places to go and things to do.
Young people should have:
- a choice of safe, enjoyable places to relax and hang out
- a wide range of activities, including sport, arts and social events
- the chance to take part in interesting experiences
- opportunities for volunteering.
The Youth Opportunity and Youth Capital funds are a commitment from government to empower young people and to give them more choice and influence over provision and facilities in their area. Through these funds young people will have a central role as:
- decision makers
- grant givers
- project leaders, and
- participants.
There are no restrictions on what the Youth Opportunity Fund can support provided that they support the five outcomes from Every Child Matters:
- Being healthy
- Staying safe
- Enjoying and achieving
- Making a positive contribution
- Achieving economic well being.
Applications to the Youth Opportunity Fund should involve young people, (especially hard to reach young people) in deciding on activities and coming up with things to do; adult workers should support their role as decision makers and project leaders.
The Youth Opportunity Fund and Youth Capital Fund can be used together for projects and initiatives which need funding for facilities and activities.
Bromley's Young People's Panel will be deciding how the money is spent and whose applications are successful. Adult workers will support their role as grant givers, e.g. by encouraging the groups to consider local needs and circumstances for young people beyond their immediate group.
Applications for the Financial Year April 2008 to March 2009
If your application is successful, you have until the end of the current financial year to spend the allocated money. Any money that is not allocated will be returned to the government and remember this is on a first come first served basis so send in your application now.
Bidding rounds - for projects running between 1 April 2008 and 31 March 2009. These dates are provisional, dependant upon funds remaining:
Round 1 Friday 2 May 2008
Round 2 Friday 23 May 2008
Round 3 Friday 13 June 2008
Round 4 Friday 4 July 2008
Round 5 Friday 8 August 2008
Round 6 Friday 29 August 2008
Round 7 Friday 19 September 2008
Additional Bidding rounds have now been added (subject to available funding):
Round 8 Friday 10 October 2008
Round 9 Friday 7 November 2008
Round 10 Friday 5 December 2008
Money cannot be given for something which you have already done. This stream of funding needs to offer new opportunities, new places to go, new things to do and new people to talk to. If your project or activity has already taken place then unfortunately you will not be able to apply for the Funds.
Application forms should be returned to:
Youth Opportunity Fund
Phoenix Youth Centre
Hawes Lane
West Wickham
BR4 9AE
If you need any help with this, please contact Ruth Wood or Danie Gordon on:
Tel: 020 8777 7350
Email: dgordon.ys.bromley@lgfl.net
rwood.ys.bromley@lgfl.net