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🌟 Exciting Funding Opportunity for Youth Organisations! 🌟 https://lnkd.in/ekH3zdha The Million Hours Fund is offering grants between £30,000 and £100,000 to support extra hours of youth work in areas with higher rates of anti-social behaviour across England. Funded by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) and The National Lottery Community Fund, this initiative aims to create safe spaces and positive activities for young people aged 10 to 18 (or up to 25 for those with SEND). Objectives of Fund The funding is for organisations to give extra support to young people in areas with higher rates of anti-social behaviour. The funding is for extra hours of youth work to give these young people more places to go and positive things to do. These extra hours could be used for things like learning, arts, and playing sports, or for activities like mentoring, and developing social or life skills. To be eligible, projects must: - Benefit young people aged 10 to 18, or up to 25 if they have special educational needs or disabilities (SEND) - Effectively engage with young people at risk of taking part in anti-social behaviour - Deliver more hours of youth work than currently provided - Involve young people in decisions about the work - Deliver youth work that is open to as wide a range of young people as possible (known as ‘open access’) - Be run by trusted adults such as qualified youth workers, youth support workers, or experienced volunteers. The eligible wards for this round are based on the youth population and levels of antisocial behaviour recorded by the police. Check elegible ward areas here: https://lnkd.in/ekaDx8Av Eligible Expenditure Most of the funding being requested should be for the direct costs of running extra hours of youth work. The funding can be used for: - Staff salaries to deliver this work - Volunteer costs to deliver this work - Training costs - Other direct costs to deliver youth work, like materials, equipment and food - The cost of reporting back to NLCF about the funding. - The funding can also include overheads, such as part of the rent, insurance, part of a salary for someone not directly involved in this work, such as a senior manager or an office admin worker. How To Apply: The deadline for applications is 22 October 2025 (12 noon). Applications will be assessed as soon as they are received. Note: Groups are encouraged to apply as soon as they are ready and not wait for the deadline as the programme may close before the deadline if more applications are received than expected. Guidelines and the online application form can be found on the National Lottery Community Fund website: https://lnkd.in/e89ewvyw #YouthWork #MillionHoursFund #FundingOpportunity #CommunitySupport #SEND #PositiveActivities #DCMS #NationalLotteryCommunityFund #grants #fundraising #schools #Kingston #charities

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🌟 Barriers to Bridges: Report Highlight 🌟 What is the real impact of investing in British Muslim talent? As part of our 10th anniversary impact report, The Aziz Foundation worked with Sonnet Advisory & Impact CIC to conduct a cost-benefit analysis - not just measuring outputs, but evaluating the ripple effects of our support on scholars, their families, peers, and wider society. Here’s what we found: 🔹 For British Muslim Communities - Improved household incomes as alumni influence policy reforms that benefit thousands - Healthier, more connected communities - e.g. more Muslims attending the theatre to see their stories reflected, which boosts wellbeing and mental health - Lower rates of victimisation, as improved media representation reduces harmful stereotypes and anti-Muslim hatred 🔹 For Peers and Families - Peers gain inspiration, pursue aspirational and socially valuable careers (like law or consulting) - Family members are motivated by alumni success, shifting expectations and unlocking generational potential 🔹 For Alumni - Higher income, faster career progression - Greater confidence, leadership, and agency in their fields - Access to more fulfilling and values-driven work 🔗 Please click here to read the full summary report: https://lnkd.in/ecQgQ_uR #TheAzizFoundation #BarriersToBridges #SocialImpact #CostBenefitAnalysis #Equity #BritishMuslims #SocialMobility #Leadership #DiversityMatters #Inclusion #DecadeOfImpact

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📣 Funding opportunity The Blagrave Trust’s Challenge and Change fund is offering £10,000 grants to 38 young leaders in England (18-25) who are using their lived experience to drive social justice and create positive impact 💡 Applications close at 11:59 PM on Sunday 14th September. Learn more: https://lnkd.in/d_u9y26X

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Our strategy for 2025–2028 sets out a bold vision for tackling systemic inequalities in youth employment. At its core is a clear understanding: lasting change requires the right people, equipped with the right evidence. That’s why we’re working in partnership with three pivotal audiences in the youth employment system: 🔹 Policymakers – shape public policy 🔹 Funders – invest in solutions 🔹 Employers – create job opportunities Each holds significant levers of change. By equipping these key groups with robust, actionable evidence of what works, we can help create the conditions where all young people, especially those from marginalised backgrounds, can access and thrive in good work. Explore our 2025-2028 strategy: https://lnkd.in/eJbGJcxB

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How can we use a radical safeguarding approach to challenge structural inequalities? Explore an open access toolkit that offers a new approach to safeguarding adults experiencing homelessness and disadvantage for #WorldHomelessnessDay. Rooted in social justice movements, radical safeguarding is an approach that the notices gaps, inequalities and injustices in services and takes steps to change them. The co-produced toolkit the principles of radical safeguarding and how this approach can help find potential opportunities to improve equity in adult safeguarding. https://ow.ly/cOyk50X5CVj Hear author, Gill Taylor, explain how a radical approach to safeguarding can help us to challenge the status quo and elevate the voices of those who are often excluded. #WorldHomelessnessDay2025

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Today sees the launch of a new research-based toolkit to help policymakers, businesses, and civil society harness ‘positive tipping points’ in systems such as energy, food and local communities. The toolkit has been developed by our Green Futures Network alongside Global Systems Institute, University of Exeter, and builds on a growing body of evidence that small, targeted interventions can spark rapid reductions in emissions and other environmental harm. A tipping point is a threshold where a small change can trigger a significant, often irreversible, transformation. Find out more and access the toolkit at https://brnw.ch/21wVzwq

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As the aid sector grapples with budget cuts, shifting priorities, and increasing demands for accountability, our UK FCDO funded-Traction programme's approach offers a blueprint for doing development differently. For the team working in Malawi, it’s not just about surviving the cuts—it’s about thriving despite them. Learn more about their approach: https://lnkd.in/ej9fBcCu #Palladium l #FCDO l #InternationalDevelopment l #ThinkingWorkingPolitically

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