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#Chances4Children: Empowerment organisations get share of £1.8m Co-op Foundation grant

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The Co-op Foundation is set to award £1.8m to organisations which empower young people to help their local community, support their peers and improve their wellbeing.
The Co-op Foundation helps bereaved young people through Edward's Trust. Picture: Co-op Foundation
The Co-op Foundation helps bereaved young people through Edward's Trust. Picture: Co-op Foundation

Forty-two organisations across England will receive grants from Co-op’s charity, the Co-op Foundation, in its largest #iwill Fund to date.

The chosen projects will encourage young people to advocate for change in their local communities and help others.

Co-op Foundation has given £1.125m to 17 organisations helping young people with the transition to secondary school. 

A further 16 projects were awarded a share of £421k to support young people with experiences of bereavement and encouraging them to help each other.

Additionally, three organisations which received funding last year will be given a further £209k to build on their work with young people in the local community.

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