UK Youth and Pears Foundation’s £5m fund to support youth organisations through the cost of living crisis aims to benefit thousands of young people across the country.
The UK Youth Fund in partnership with Pears Foundation has been launched as the UK faces the worst cost of living crisis since the 1950s, with young people facing a bleak future without additional support.
UK Youth and Pears Foundation are both deeply concerned about the impact the crisis is having on youth organisations and young people across the UK.
The fund aims to ensure that as many vital youth services as possible are able to keep the lights on and support young people in their local community. If forced to shut down, these services may never return.
UK Youth is working in collaboration with our Cross Nation partners – Youth Scotland, Youth Cymru, Youth Action Northern Ireland.
Youth organisations with an annual income of no more than £500,000 will be able to apply for the UK Youth Fund in partnership with Pears Foundation, with applications opening on Thursday 2nd February 2023 at 10am.
The fund will offer three-year unrestricted grants of approximately 10% of the current turnover of applicant organisations to reflect the current inflation rate and organisations will hear the outcome of their application within 4-6 weeks.
There are many ways members of the public can support the UK Youth Fund in partnership with Pears Foundation:
We are also calling on other Trusts and Corporations to play their part and support the UK Youth Fund in partnership with Pears Foundation with vital funding.
Contact us to find out how you can ensure more young people have access to the life changing support of youth work.