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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 2009 to March 2010
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 2009 and 31 March 2010. These dates are provisional, dependant upon funds remaining:
Round 1 Friday 13 February 2009
Round 2 Friday 13 March 2009
Round 3 Friday 10 April 2009
Round 4 Friday 8 May 2009
Round 5 Friday 12 June 2009
Round 6 Friday 10 July 2009
Additional funding rounds:
Round 7 Friday 4 September 2009
Round 8 Friday 16 October 2009
Round 9 Friday 6 November 2009
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
Contact Details
If you need any help with this, please contact Ruth Wood or Danie Gordon on:
Telephone: 020 8777 7350
Email: dgordon.ys.bromley@lgfl.net
rwood.ys.bromley@lgfl.net