Hope for Youth NI
Open (with deadline for applications)
Age
Arts, culture and heritage
Craft and design
Health, wellbeing and sport
Performing arts
Poverty and deprivation
Social welfare and poverty
Sport and physical recreation
Verbal arts
Visual arts and media
Young people (13-25)
Antrim & Newtownabbey
Ards & North Down
Armagh City, Banbridge & Craigavon
Belfast City
Causeway Coast and Glens
Derry City and Strabane
Fermanagh and Omagh
Lisburn and Castlereagh
Mid and East Antrim
Mid Ulster
Newry, Mourne and Down
Northern Ireland
Micro (up to £1,000)
Small (up to £10,000)
Overview
General Information
The trustees award grants on an annual basis. Currently:
- They will provide grants up to a maximum of £5000, although they reserve the discretion to award a larger sum in exceptional circumstances.
- Applicants must be able to demonstrate a cross community emphasis e.g. a focus on improving community integration in regard to cultural, ethnic or religious diversity and all applications must include a statement of accounts, including details of income and expenditure.
- Each application is considered on its merits. Therefor, successful applicants can apply for a grant in future years and applicants who have been unsuccessful can apply again immediately.
Funding Criteria
The Hope for Youth criteria for awarding grants are listed below:
Hope for Youth supports organisations demonstrating the following:
- Projects that engage with young people in Northern Ireland normally aged 11 to 18.
- Projects that foster community integration.
- Projects that focus on outdoor activities, sport, music, dance, drama and the arts.
- Projects that promote personal or team development.
Hope for Youth will give priority to:
- Projects based in recognised areas of socioeconomic deprivation.
- Projects where the benefits or effects on the communities and individuals can be measured.
- Projects that can demonstrate sustainable benefit.
- Longer-term projects i.e. held over a number of months, where ongoing community development and improved community relationships can be realised.
- Projects that are small/locally based and those that are “start-ups”.
- Projects that can match fund from other sources.
Key dates
Application deadline 31/08/2025