The scheme is backed by the Camelot Foundation, the independent grant-making trust funded by lottery operator the Camelot Group. It has been developed by Camelot in partnership with a group of young people.
Who does it fund? Anyone aged 11 to 25 can apply for one of the awards as an individual or as small groups. Under-16s should generally be part of a small group and have an organisation to back them.
What will it fund? The fund is designed to turn good ideas to benefit the community into reality. This year the young award-makers have decided that applications for the 2005 awards should be on one of the following themes: improving my community, health and wellbeing, standing up for my rights or arts and music. Past winners include a group of 13- and 15-year-olds in south London who hosted a series of talent shows for young people, a theatre project for young asylum seekers, young people with physical disabilities who compiled a guide to disabled-friendly facilities in their town and a school radio project. The award should be able to cover the whole project rather than just be part of a wider fundraising process.
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