Organizations working with young people in Bangladesh, Sierra Leone, Zambia, Jamaica, Solomon Islands and UK have good news. The Queen’s Young Leaders Grants will be available for their organizations if they meet the eligibility criteria. Projects that provide opportunities for young people to learn new skills, secure employment, create enterprises or have a say in decisions affecting their future. Supported projects will be those that place young people at the heart of their communities, working with them to help solve the issues that affect their lives.
Primary objectives of the grant program are to
- Ensure young people are better qualified, get decent jobs and training, and create thriving businesses
- Enable young people to articulate their needs in order to influence key decision makers
- Provide evidence and stories describing how young people have succeeded in creating lasting change in their communities.
The Scheme will make Grants of between £60,000 and £1 million lasting for two to four years. Smaller grants will also be provided in each country through our brand new Small Grants Fire-starter Initiative which will support smaller youth-led organizations and groups.
Eligibility Criteria
- Applicant organization should be registered in one of the six eligible countries, or be registered in a Commonwealth country and will work through a named partner who is registered in one of the six eligible countries.
- Applicant should have independently audited accounts within the last two years.
- Applicant should have managed grants of equal size before.
- Applicant cannot be a Company limited by shares or a Public Limited Company.
- Applicant must have a governance structures that involve, or are made up of, young people and beneficiaries of youth-focused projects
- Has demonstrable experience of working with young people.
- Applicant should be able to demonstrate where young people have played a clear role in the planning of projects and activities
- Applicant must have a child protection policy.
For more information, please visit Queen’s Young Leaders Grants.
