Esmée Fairbairn Foundation: Children and Young People
Archived
Adult Education/Learning
Age
Children (0-12)
Communities
COVID-19/Coronavirus
Education and learning
Human rights and equality
Human rights and justice
People with disabilities
Poverty and deprivation
Pre-school education
School, College and University
Social inclusion
Social welfare and poverty
Un/Employed
Young people (13-25)
Antrim & Newtownabbey
Ards & North Down
Armagh City, Banbridge & Craigavon
Belfast City
Causeway Coast and Glens
Derry City and Strabane
England
Fermanagh and Omagh
Great Britain
Lisburn and Castlereagh
Mid and East Antrim
Mid Ulster
Newry, Mourne and Down
Northern Ireland
Scotland
Wales
Large (over £60,000)
Medium (up to £60,000)
Overview
Grants support organisations’ core or project costs, including staff salaries and overheads. They have 5 main funding priorites for children and young people grants:
1) Improving support for disadvantaged children and young people
They support work that:
- Identifies and supports previously overlooked needs of children and young people, and
- Creates long-term change for young people who face challenges, and
- Contributes to a shift in the way the public or voluntary sector supports young people.
Applicants must:
- Show that they are working to advance the sector’s thinking and practice.
They want their funding to:
- Support learning and improve collective understanding across the sector
Case Study: Active Communities Network
Case Study: Llamau
2) The rights of vulnerable children and young people
They support work that:
- Challenges persistent inequalities, and
- Aims to change policy, practice and legislation in order to include young people who have been missed out.
Applicants must:
- Show that their work is driven and shaped by young people themselves.
They want their funding to:
- Protect the rights of vulnerable children and young people, and
- Provide investment for ambitious or difficult work that challenges the status quo.
Case Study: The Traveller Movement
3) Addressing the root causes of low educational attainment and challenging behaviour
They support work that:
- Identifies and addresses the underlying issues faced by children and young people, and
- Uses a preventative approach to help stop cycles of disadvantage and work to equip young people for life.
Applicants must:
- Deliver initiatives on a large scale which are able to challenge inequality in education or social care.
They want their funding to:
- Support early action that enables young people to achieve their full potential, particularly work which involves families and the wider community.
Case Study: Achievement for All
4) Empowering young leaders
They support work that:
- Gives a platform to a wider range of young people’s voices so that more young people are able to influence the world around them, and
- Empowers young people who are under-represented in decision-making to speak out.
Applicants must:
- Show how young leaders will have a real chance of influencing change and support young people to ‘speak truth to power’.
They want their funding to:
- Enable a wider range of young people to shape local or national life.
Case Study: Space Unlimited
5) Young people leaving care - a focused funding stream (see more information on GrantTracker here)
They only support work towards two outcomes:
- Young people in and leaving care are more easily able to form healthy relationships that help them make a successful transition to adulthood, or
- Young people receive a consistently high standard of statutory support that has been informed by their views.
Applicants must:
- Put care experienced young people at the centre of their work, and
- Be willing to come together regularly to share learning with others in the funding stream.
They want their funding to:
- Create greater alignment and coherence in the work of the voluntary sector in ensuring a successful transition to adult life for care leavers.
For more details please see the guidance document available to download here
For details of previous grants awarded visit here