Small Grants - Young Grant Makers Programme - Application Form
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Happiness and fun aren’t add ons when working with young people - they’re usually the starting point!
Happiness and fun are essential to a young person’s development. Positive and joyful experiences build confidence, strengthen relationships, boost wellbeing, and give people beautiful memories. This year, we want to celebrate and support the work that brings these moments to life through our Young H&F Small Grants fund.
Whether it’s through creative projects, sports, cultural experiences, or simply spaces where young people feel free to be themselves, we’re looking to fund work that makes young people smile, laugh and feel great.
As part of your application, we’ll be asking you to show us this in action. Each organisation will need to submit a short video that captures the happiness and fun at the heart of your work - moments that demonstrate the energy, connection, and joy your activities create for young people.
Take a look at the full criteria for our Small Grants fund below and get then get excited to share the heart and humanity of your work with Young H&F! We can't wait to see how you fill young people’s lives with happiness and fun across Hammersmith & Fulham! - H&F in H&F if you will!
Grants Criteria
- You must be a Young H&F member.
- You must be a Charity or a CIC; or
- Unincorporated groups must have a constitution, two unrelated bank signatories and a management committee.
- Community Interest Companies constitution should have an asset lock and there must be a minimum of three unrelated directors and two bank signatories, which are indicators of good governance.
- The grant must be used for opportunities for children and young people in Hammersmith and Fulham.
- You must be able to demonstrate the positive impact of your work for young people.
- This can be for a specific project, or your running costs.
- Applicants must have a turnover below £150,000 to apply.
- Registered Charities that have been in receipt of the John Lyon’s Charity’s main/open grants in the previous three years are not eligible. Registered Charities that have only received a smaller grant (for example a SHAF) are eligible to apply.
- You must be able to provide your organisations safeguarding policy.
- All staff and volunteers working with children must have an enhanced DBS check.
- Holiday programmes, including Summer, cannot be supported.
- Supplementary schools can only be funded for an extra project, not core provision.
If you have any queries or concerns please email glory@younghandf.org.uk