Paul Hamlyn Foundation Youth Fund

The Youth Fund supports organisations whose main purpose is about helping young people (aged 14-25) in the most precarious positions, where making the transition to adult independence is most challenging. It supports organisations which work with young people experiencing disadvantage in a way that recognises and builds on their strengths and potential.

The Fund provides core funding for organisations that:

• Seek to sustain, prepare to grow, or grow impact with and for young people.
• Put young people at the centre in terms of power, voice and agency – as part of an asset-based approach, starting with recognising and building on young people’s strengths and potential.
• Aim to achieve wide impact for young people (for example, going beyond direct delivery and focusing on systemic or structural change).
• Are committed to continuous improvement in asset-based approaches to working with and for young people.
• Support young people who are facing complex transitions, challenges and barriers to accessing support and opportunities. Particularly young people who are socially excluded or marginalised; whose experiences can be hidden or less well known; and whose voices are often erased or ignored.

Applications are accepted on a rolling basis, so there are no defined deadlines.