The Starbucks Youth Action programme will initially run in 10 locations in the UK and Ireland and will involve young people and Starbucks staff working together to deliver projects in their communities.
The coffee chain will make about £10,000 available in each location and young people will be encouraged to bid to run projects of their choice. The winning projects will be decided by a Dragons’ Den-style panel in each area.
In addition to the funding, young people will be invited to attend workshops and receive training from UK Youth. Starbucks volunteers will then assist young people to run the winning schemes.
Speaking at the launch of the event today (5 April), Darcy Willson-Rymer, managing director of Starbucks UK and Ireland, said: "We’re keeping a very open mind about the programme. We’re saying that it is 10 cities and there will be somewhere between three to five projects per city and funding for somewhere between £2,000 and £5,000 per project. But we don’t know what ideas the young people will be coming up with."
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