Paul Hamlyn Foundation Youth Fund (Up to £150,000)

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The Paul Hamlyn Foundation’s Youth Fund is designed to support organizations working with young people (ages 14-25) who experience systemic inequities. They want to fund organisations who work with young people (14–25) to drive change so that future generations of young people can thrive.

Paul Hamlyn Foundation’s Youth Fund Aim

Paul Hamlyn Foundation Youth Fund believe that services, systems, structures, processes and practice can support young people to thrive. We want young people to have their voices heard, and to have agency and autonomy to drive changes and improvements which transform their transitions to adulthood.

This fund achieves this by:

Focusing on young people (14–25) who experience systemic inequity. For these young people, transitions are harder due to the way society, systems and structures operate. This often compounds the inequity they experience.
Driving change in systems, processes, structures and practice to create more equitable, inclusive, asset based environments and experiences for young people.
Tackling the root causes of inequity and injustice which creates barriers and challenges for young people as they transition to adulthood.
Centering young people voice, insight and power. Recognizing that many young people are marginalized or excluded, their experiences hidden or less well known and their voices often erased or ignored.

Funding Details

We provide funding:

Up to £50,000 per year for three years (max grant £150,000). We prefer to fund organisations at the maximum amount and term. We do not make grants of less than £30,000 per year;
To cover core operating costs (salaries, organiation and delivery costs); and
To grow the impact of what you already do. We are not looking to fund new or untested approaches, projects or finite pieces of work.

Eligibility Criteria for Paul Hamlyn Foundation’s Youth Fund

Their fund focuses both on how organisations work, and what they seek to achieve.

They are interested in funding:

organisations where at least 50% of the organisation’s focus is on work with and for 14–25 year olds; and
Not-for-profit organisations which can be charities, community organisations, social enterprises and not-for-profit companies with a turnover over £30,000 and under £3.5 million. Non-charities must clearly declare how funding is for charitable purposes and have an asset lock in place.