The £2.8m fund, awarded to 28 recipients in total including the CWU, was announced at the TUC conference last week by employment relations minister Pat McFadden.
The postal and telecom sectors' union developed its Youth Empowerment Strategy to ensure young people's voices were better heard, said Simon Sapper, the CWU's national youth officer. "We have about 27,000 members under 30, but we know that they are under-represented in decision-making and senior positions," he said.
The grants will be used to increase involvement of young people across union activities. This will include a tailored response to new joiners under 30 with a questionnaire aimed at matching their interests to union activities.
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