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The Allan Lane Foundation
Funding to Support Disadvantaged Young People (UK – excl Greater London)
What is available?
The Allan Lane Foundation is offering grants of between £5,000 and £25,000 to charities and not-for-profit organisations working with young people aged 12-21 who are socially excluded or marginalised, and who may have experienced significant issues within their lives.
The grants can be used to support a range of activities, including core costs, project work, and capital expenditure.
The Foundation is particularly interested in supporting organisations that focus their work on:
• Young people within the criminal justice system or those at risk of offending
• Looked after children or care leavers
• Those with significant mental health concerns or complex needs
• Young people who have been traumatised by challenging family backgrounds, neglect, violence or abuse
• Those that have fallen through the gaps in care and/or education
• Those already affected by, or vulnerable to, exploitation
• Whose experiences could seriously impact their transition into adulthood
Who can apply?
To maximise the impact of its grants, the Foundation will only fund smaller organisations. Organisations that work across a local area, such as a village, estate, or town, must have an annual income of less than £100,000 to be eligible. Organisations that work across the entire UK must have an annual income of less than £250,000 to be eligible.
A small number of grants have already been awarded to work with young people, including funding for a crisis drop-in for young people who have been sexually abused in Dundee; a young parents project in Bolton; funding for a youth worker to support teenagers with autism in Northern Ireland; a drama and arts project aimed at young people with a history of offending in Jaywick, Essex.
How to apply
Applications can be submitted at any time.
The next meeting an application could be considered at is in October 2024.
To find out more and apply please visit: Young People’s Programme – The Allen Lane Foundation
