Young Start Program

Young Start Program is sponsored by The National Lottery Community Fund. This program helps young people aged eight to 24 become more confident and play an active part in realising their potential.

Young Start - Main Grants | The National Lottery Community Fund Young Start - Main Grants There are 2 types of Young Start funding: Young Start – Small Grants Young Start – Main Grants Learn about Young Start – Small Grants here . This section is about Young Start – Main Grants.

Young Start – Main Grants funding This funding is for organisations that: include children and young people, aged 8 to 24, in the project or organisation The children and young people should be able to: choose when and how they're involved influence and make decisions about your organisation, its activities or services work on a project, including the idea, design and delivery decide what activities happen and how they run share ideas and feedback that leads to changes get involved at all levels of your organisation You can apply for between £20,001 and £150,000 to fund a project that runs for up to 3 years.

We worked with children and young people to design this funding. It focuses on what matters to them and how they want to be involved. Outcomes your project must meet Projects must meet at least one of these outcomes.

Your project must help children and young people: build positive relationships that improve their wellbeing learn more about themselves or other people take action on issues that matter to them learn skills that help them feel more confident for the future You can meet more than one outcome. But you will not improve your chances of getting funding by meeting more than one outcome.

Young Start is funded by the Dormant Assets Scheme with priorities set by the Scottish Government. Funding is distributed by The National Lottery Community Fund.