Have you got a great idea to make a difference to you and other young people in your community? Perhaps you could do with a new football kit for your local team, or you’d like to put on a club night for you and your mates so there’s somewhere for you to go on a Friday night?
Well, now you can apply for a YouthBank grant to make your idea happen.
YouthBank is a national scheme where you can apply for money, and other young people decide who to give the money to. There is a local YouthBank in East Sussex.
You can apply if you are 13 to 19, or up to 25 if you have special needs, and you live in East Sussex. It’s important that the idea and application form is written by you, but you will need an adult to support your application. You need at least two people in your group to apply.
Caption: Skaters from Bexhill celebrating getting a YouthBank grant
You can apply for between £500 and £5,000, depending on what you want to spend the money on.
Previous ideas have included:
- hiring a music venue to put on gigs
- setting up a breakfast club
- street dance classes
- making a film about life in your community.
You can apply for anything that improves the places you go in your local area or the activities there are to do. Please read the guidance notes carefully for more ideas, as the information has changed from last year.
Download the Youthbank guidance notes (Adobe PDF, 1.2MB)
You also need to complete and send in an application form.
Download the YouthBank application form (Adobe PDF, 262KB)
The closing dates for 2010 applications are 12 noon on:
- Friday 9 April
- Friday 4 June
- Friday 15 October
- Friday 3 December
You will find out whether or not your application has been successful within four weeks of each closing date. You have until the end of February 2011 to complete your project.
Caption: Hastings YouthBank panel
Are you interested in joining the YouthBank team? We have five different panels of young people who make decisions about who gets a YouthBank grant and we are looking for new members to join them.
If you join you can get involved in:
- coming up with ideas for applications
- telling other young people about YouthBank
- visiting projects you’ve given money to
- organising events
- designing posters and publicity
- and even getting a qualification in grant making.
If you want to get involved, get in touch with the YouthBank Coordinator.
YouthBank Coordinator
2nd Floor
Ocean House, 87-89 London Road
Hastings
East Sussex TN37 6DH
Phone: 01424 726086 9 am – 5 pm
Email: youthbank@eastsussex.gov.uk
