Youth Opportunity Fund and Youth Capital Fund
 The funds help young people and particularly hard to
reach groups. The Opportunity Fund supports the development of
positive activities and things to do for young people and seeks to
widen their role as decision makers, grant givers and project
leaders. The Capital Fund compliments the Opportunity Fund with
small capital grants.
Both funds aim to give a voice to young people, particularly
disadvantaged young people, in relation to things to do and places
to go, conveying a powerful message to young people that their
needs and aspirations are important.
The process changes the way that local authorities and their
partners provide activities and facilities for young people,
especially in deprived neighbourhoods, increasing the
responsiveness of providers to what young people want.
The grants improve things to do and places to go in line with
what young people want in their neighbourhoods along with providing
opportunities for young people to develop their confidence,
knowledge, skills and abilities, gaining recognition and
accreditation.
Ultimately, it is hoped that it will increase the well-being of
young people and their engagement with services and with the
democratic process at local level.
These funds involved young people, especially those hard to
reach, in identifying positive activities and things to do, and
supported their role as decision makers, grant givers and project
leaders. Arrangements for implementing the Youth Capital Fund
allowed for the active involvement of young people in decisions about how
the money was spent, and they were involved in all aspects of
planning, delivery, monitoring and the evaluation of the Youth
Capital Fund.
For more information email
youthfunding@kent.gov.uk,
or call 01622 694426.
If you wish to make an apllication for funding, please click on
the links below for a copies of the application forms and guidance
notes.
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