Aim of the fund
We 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.
Who we want to support
Our fund focuses both on how organisations work, and what they seek to achieve.
We are interested in funding:
organisations working with young people (14–25);
targeted work with and for young people who face transitions in their lives which may be challenging or create barriers for example into or out of education, care settings, housing or the secure estate†; and
work that recognizes young peoples multiple and overlapping identities (for example race, gender, sexual orientation, class, faith, migration status, ability).
We particularly welcome applications from organisations led by people most impacted by racism, ableism, classism, sexism, xenophobia, homophobia, and/or transphobia.
How you work
We support organisations which:
work beyond direct delivery to drive strategic and systemic change. We are interested in how your work makes a difference to the future of young people’s transition to adulthood;
seek to identify, understand and tackle the root causes of the injustice and inequity that young people face as part of the work;
ensure that their work and workforce are representative, respectful, and relevant to the lived experience of the young people they are working with and for; and
are committed to anti-racism, which we define as the active work to identify and oppose racism, which includes changing systems, structures, policies and practices, as well as attitudes to create a more equitable society. Organisations will centre anti-racism in the planning and delivery of work and ensure that the processes and approaches are considered through an anti-racist lens.
Link: https://www.phf.org.uk/funding/youth-fund?tab=section7731