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The UK Youth Fund Application Form

Full name

Job role / title

Email
Please make sure this is a valid email address as all communications about your application will be sent to the address entered below.

Email address

Phone number

Please provide the full registered name of your organisation as it appears on official documents (e.g., charity registration, Companies House).

Organisation name

Please provide your organisation's website URL. If you don't have a website, you can provide links to your social media pages (e.g., Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn).

Organisation website or social media

Please provide the full registered address of your organisation, including postcode. This should match the address on your official registration documents.

Registered address

To be eligible, your organisation must be one of these legal structures. Please select your organisation type from the list. If your structure is not listed, select 'Other' and specify.

What these mean:
• Registered Charity - A charity registered with the Charity Commission (England & Wales), OSCR (Scotland), or Charity Commission for Northern Ireland
• Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO) - A specific legal form designed for charities
• Community Interest Company (CIC) - A special type of limited company which exists to benefit the community
• Company Limited by Guarantee - A company without shareholders, often used by charities and non-profits

You can find your organisation type on your registration documents from the Charity Commission, Companies House, or equivalent regulatory body.

Is your organisation one of the following: Registered Charity, CIO, CIC, or Company Limited by Guarantee?

Please describe your organisation type

Please provide your Charity Commission number, OSCR number (Scotland), Charity Commission for Northern Ireland number, or Companies House number. This should be a numerical reference that we can use to verify your organisation.

Charity or company registration number

To be eligible, your organisation must have been formally operating for at least 2 years from the date of registration. Select 'Yes' if your organisation was registered on or before this date 2 years ago.

Has your organisation been operating for a minimum of 2 years?

Is your organisation's primary focus supporting young people and youth provision?

Are at least 70% of the young people you support aged between 8 and 25 years old?

This question helps us understand the communities you work with. We understand the importance of intersectionality and the multiple identities (such as race, gender, disability, and more) that may overlap and impact the experiences of young people you work with. This measurement isn't going to fully capture that but we're using this tool to align with Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) data standards to build our understanding and we'll be reviewing how best to capture data moving forward.
 
So if 50% or more of the young people you support identify with multiple categories, or 50% identify with individual categories please select all appropriate ones. 

What 'majority' means here:
If 50% or more of the young people you work with identify with any of the categories listed, please select that category. You can select multiple categories if applicable. For example, if 60% of your beneficiaries are from Global Majority backgrounds and 55% are young women, you would select both options.

Why we ask:
This information is optional and will not affect your application outcome. We collect this data to:
• Understand the diversity of communities being served across our funded organisations
• Ensure we're reaching young people from different backgrounds across the UK
• Identify any gaps in our reach and support
• Report on the breadth of communities we support to our funders

The responses you provide in this section may be included in data published about our grants to support our transparency and accountability on our grant making, but your individual organisation will not be identified. If this may cause any issues, you can select 'Prefer not to say' if you prefer not to provide this information.

Please select any category that the majority (50% or more) of young people supported or benefitted by your organisation identify as.

Please provide your organisation's total turnover from your most recent financial year in GBP (£). To be eligible for this fund, your turnover must be less than £500,000.

You can find this figure in your annual accounts or financial statements. Please enter the amount as a number (e.g., 250000 for £250,000).

What was your organisation's turnover in the last financial year?

Please explain 'Other' below

This question helps us understand the diversity of leadership within organisations we support. Please select all categories that apply to the majority of your organisation's leadership team. We understand the importance of intersectionality and the multiple identities (such as race, gender, disability, and more) that may overlap and impact the experiences of your leadership. This measurement isn't going to fully capture that but we're using this tool to align with Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) data standards to build our understanding and we'll be reviewing how best to capture data moving forward.

What 'majority' means here:
Consider your Board of Trustees, Senior Management Team, or equivalent leadership body. If 50% or more of these leaders identify with any of the categories listed, please select that category. You can select multiple categories if applicable. For example, if your Board has 7 members and 4 identify as disabled people, you would select 'Disabled People'.

Why we ask:
This information is optional and will not affect your application outcome. We collect this data to:
• Understand representation and diversity in leadership across youth organisations
• Identify organisations with lived experience leadership that may benefit from specific support
• Track progress in leadership diversity across the youth sector
• Inform our own programmes and support for leadership development

Important: This is about your leadership team, not the young people you serve. We recognise that leadership diversity and beneficiary diversity may differ, and both are valuable to understand.

You can select 'Prefer not to say' if you prefer not to provide this information.

Does the majority of the leadership of your organisation identify with any of the following?

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In this questions we want to understand the following:
•	Who you are as an organisation
•	Why does your organisation exist?
•	Where do you deliver your services? Do you work out of a specific location
•	When are you open? What is the work you deliver?

Briefly explain the work your organisation does. 

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In this question we want to understand the following:
•	Why does your organisation exist?
•	What challenges or needs do the young people you work with face?
•	How do you know these needs are real? (e.g. feedback, data, lived experience)
•	How do young people shape your services?
Do young people:
•	Volunteer?
•	Take leadership roles?
•	Sit on advisory boards?
•	Help plan activities?
•	How do you make sure young people have a voice and are listened to?


What is the need you are meeting for young people and how do you ensure that young people are involved in the design and implementation of the service you provide?

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In this question we want to understand the following:
•	What services you deliver
•	How you deliver them
•	What makes your youth work “high quality”
•	How you create inclusive practice
•	How you meet the needs of young people in your community
•	Examples can include: Outdoor learning, Skill-building, Sports based activities, Safe spaces, and Community impact

What does high quality youth work, including outdoor learning, mean to you? Please give examples of how you deliver this.

Currency (GBP)  Please enter the amount as a number (e.g., 25000 for £25,000).

In this question, we want to know how much funding you are asking for:
•	We expect to award grants of up to 10% of your organisation’s annual income.
•	Example: If your income last year was £250,000, we would not normally expect you to request more than £25,000 per year. 

There may be some exceptional exclusions to this rule, but even then it is unlikely we will distribute grants very much above the 10% threshold. 

How much grant funding are you requesting per year? Please confirm the amount you have requested.

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Please note:
You can use the funding in the way that best supports your organisation. It can support existing work or new ideas and you do not have to spend it exactly as described here.
In this question, we want to understand the following:
•	How you expect to use the funding over the next three years
•	What difference it will make
•	How it will:
         o	Strengthen your organisation
         o	Improve services
         o	Support sustainability
         o	Help you grow 

We will use this information to understand how organisations use unrestricted funding and how we can better support you in the future.

How will you use this funding?

If you are expecting the figures for your current year to be significantly different, then please tell us here. For example, if your accounts show healthy cash reserves, but these have now been spent; or if you expect your income or expenditure to be significantly different. 

Financial Need

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In this question we would like to know:
•	Your current financial position
•	Any challenges, such as:
         o	Rising costs (utilities, rent, food, staffing)
         o	Loss of income or funding
         o	Increased salary costs
         o	Higher demand for services
         o	Emergency or unexpected expenses

What has caused this financial need?

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In this question we would like to know about actions you have already taken, such as:
•	Cost savings
•	Fundraising efforts
•	Restructuring of changes in your governance 
•	Partnership working

What have you already done to address those financial needs?

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In this question we would like to know:
•	Your plan if this funding is not secured
•	Whether this funding would:
         o	Prevent a crisis
         o	Stabilise your organisation
         o	Enable growth or development

What will happen if you do not secure this funding?

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Please provide us with information about your current or recent funding from UK Youth and any other funders over the last 3 years. This should include:
•	Name of the funder
•	Amount of funding received
•	Duration of the funding 
This helps us understand your funding portfolio.

What other unrestricted grant funding have you received in the last three years?

One full year of accounts

File upload — Required
Please ensure that your policy is up to date and signed, with the relevant contact of Designated Safeguarding Lead to be Level 2 and above. 

Safeguarding policy, procedures and certificates

Health and Safety policy

Public liability insurance

Equality, Diversity and Inclusion policy

By ticking this box, you confirm that:
• The information provided in this Expression of Interest is true and accurate to the best of your knowledge.
• You are authorised to submit this application on behalf of the organisation.
• The organisation meets the stated eligibility criteria, including: being a charitable/not-for-profit organisation or CIC; having a turnover under £500,000 in the last financial year; delivering primarily youth provision with at least 70% of beneficiaries aged 8-25; operating for a minimum of two years; delivering services in eligible UK geographical locations.
• The organisation can provide supporting documentation if requested.
• You understand that submission of this EOI does not guarantee funding.

Please note that the information and data from this form will be stored by UK Youth. We may share anonymised data with funders and other stakeholders. For more details, please see our Privacy Policy (https://www.ukyouth.org/privacy-policy/).

I confirm that the information provided in this Expression of Interest is true and accurate

By ticking this box, you confirm that:

• The information provided in this application is true and accurate to the best of your knowledge.
• You have read and understood UK Youth's AI statement.
• You understand that AI tools may have been used to support drafting, but the answers reflect the organisation's own work, knowledge, and experience.
• The application is a genuine reflection of your organisation and the services you deliver for young people.
• You understand that decisions will be based on the information provided in this form and any supporting documents.
• You understand that if any information is found to be false or misleading, this application may be withdrawn and any grant offered may be reclaimed.
• You have the authority to submit this application on behalf of the organisation.

I confirm and declare the following

Please select the country where you primarily deliver services to young people. Our eligibility is based on the communities you serve, not your head office location. 

**If you support even one young person from any of the eligible locations, you are eligible to apply.**

Where is your organisation delivering and/or serving young people who live, study and are based in the eligible local authorities?

Please select the region in England where you primarily deliver services.

Which region of England do you primarily serve?

Please select the specific local authority area where you primarily deliver services to young people.

Which local authority area in North East England do you primarily serve?

Which local authority area in North West England do you primarily serve?

Which local authority area in Yorkshire and the Humber do you primarily serve?

Which local authority area in East Midlands do you primarily serve?

Which local authority area in West Midlands do you primarily serve?

Which local authority area in East of England do you primarily serve?

Which local authority area in London do you primarily serve?

Which local authority area in South East England do you primarily serve?

Which local authority area in South West England do you primarily serve?

Which local authority area in Scotland do you primarily serve?

Which local authority area in Wales do you primarily serve?

Which local authority area in Northern Ireland do you primarily serve?

Please upload your organisation's governing document. This is the legal document that sets out your organisation's purposes, powers, and how it should be run.

What is a governing document?
Your governing document may be called:
• Articles of Association (for companies)
• Constitution (for unincorporated organisations)
• Trust Deed (for charitable trusts)
• Memorandum and Articles of Association (for older companies)
• Founding document or Rules

Where to find it:
• For registered charities: Download from the Charity Commission, OSCR, or Charity Commission NI website
• For companies: Download from Companies House website
• From your organisation's records or founding members
• Contact your regulatory body if you cannot locate it

Accepted formats: PDF, DOC, DOCX.

Please upload your governing document

Section 1: Applicant Details

Section 2: Organisational Details

Section 3: Eligibility Checklist

Section 4: Equity, Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging 

Section 5: Declaration

Section 1: About Your Organisation and Young People You Support (Full Application)

Section 2: Funding Request (Full Application)

Section 3: Financial Information (Full Application)

Section 4: Previous Funding (Full Application)

Section 5: Supporting Documents (Full Application)

Please read the following statements carefully and confirm your agreement by ticking the box below.