Save The Children: Children and Young People Climate Fund

Overview

Save the Children’s Children and Young People Climate Fund supports community groups to organise child and youth-focused local events, activities and festivals during the Great Big Green Week 2023 that work with, and engage, young people and children.

Activity they want to support

Your activity must raise awareness of the impacts of the climate crisis, and its effects on children and young people. Youth engagement must be at the heart of your activity.

They are particularly interested in applications from, or in partnership with, children (under 18) and young people. If not expressly led by young people, they must be empowered participants rather than passive attendees. The activity should listen to and amplify the views of children and young people and / or empower and support them to share their views and raise their voice.

They are particularly interested in activities that support local groups to create new connections that support people, organisations and/or MPs to take climate action locally. Ideally these activities would take place in the week leading up to, during and/or the week after Great Big Green Week (10th to 18th June).

They encourage applications that engage a diverse range of young people and families, including those from underserved communities. We are especially interested in hearing from groups that work with or support children and young people who:

• Are from families on low incomes
• Have migrated to the UK
• Are from racialised communities
• Have experience of the care system
• Are LGBT+ or from an LGBT+ family
• Are disabled or live with someone who is disabled

Safeguarding

All children, adults, families, and communities who come into contact with Save the Children or their partners (in person or online) should have a safe, inclusive and collaborative experience, free from all forms of abuse, harm and harassment.

Please make yourself aware of their safeguarding policies and their reporting mechanism before applying. You will be asked to share your own organisation’s safeguarding policies and procedures, as well as how they will apply to the proposed activities.

Resources available

Grants of £300 – £800 will be considered.

You can also apply for additional supporting expertise from Save the Children staff. For example, two hours with a campaigner, media training, etc. They cannot promise to meet the request for expert support but will make every effort

They can fund

• Equipment
• One-off events (e.g. venue hire, refreshments, attendance/licence fees)
• Transport
• Volunteer expenses
• Publicity, e.g., flyers, social media, advertising

Eligible organisations

• Voluntary and community organisation (including unregistered charities)
• Registered charity (including charitable associations, trusts, companies and CIOs
• Not-for-profit company/ Social Enterprise/ Community Interest Company (CIC)
• School (as long as your project benefits and involves the communities around the school)
• Statutory body (including local authorities, town, parish and community council)
• Community benefit society