Funding

Funding Focus: Youth mentorship grants

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The Youth Endowment Fund (YEF) has announced a £10mn investment into a programme aiming to help young people turn to mentors instead of violence. The YEF launched in 2019 with the aim of investing £200mn of Home Office funding over a decade into finding effective ways to prevent young people from getting involved in violence.
Mentoring schemes are among those likely to be funded. Picture: Adobe Stock
The fund offers grants to mentorship schemes

What are the latest grants?

The YEF’s latest £10mn investment will focus on expanding targeted mentorship across England and Wales to prevent young people from becoming involved in crime, violence and exploitation.

Young people referred to the programme will be paired with trained mentors, who have had similar backgrounds, and will help young people engage in education, training and employment opportunities through a long-term approach.

Who has received them?

Media Academy Cymru, Spark2Life, St Giles and UpskillU are the organsiations which the YEF will fund and evaluate.

Media Academy Cymru will receive £2mn for its Cerridwen project in Wales, and St Giles will receive £2.1mn for SOS+ across England.

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