The US foreign aid funding freeze is threatening the stability of community-based organizations and their vital work for children and young people worldwide.
The Young Gamechangers Fund is a one-of-a-kind fund that puts funding directly in the hands of young people. It prioritizes young activists and funds individuals, groups, and organizations across the UK that are committed to transforming communities into safer, more sustainable, and more inclusive places to live.
The Young Gamechangers Fund (YGF) offers grants of up to £20k directly to individual young people aged 10-25 to help catalyse their ideas for turning their communities into safer, more sustainable and more inclusive places to live. Grants from the fund will also support youth led groups and organisations working to improve their communities.
Not only is the fund for young people, but it’s also been designed by young people. A youth steering group of 15 young people aged 18-25 built the fund from the ground up – from design to influencing grant decisions – to completely reimagine how youth-led funding is delivered in the UK.
There are loads of things that excite me about the Young Gamechangers Fund! One aspect of the fund that excites me is that it’s youth-led!!! From designing the fund to the marketing of the fund – it’s the young people who get to have the first and last say of the decisions being made – and I find that so empowering!
Mariama, 20, steering group member
YGF is funded by the Co-op Foundation, in partnership with Co-op and the #iwill Fund; and delivered by the GFC and Restless Development, alongside the Co-op Foundation.
