The aim of the fund is to extend opportunities to marginalised young people aged 14-18 living or educated in the most disadvantaged neighbourhoods of Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, North East Lincolnshire and North Lincolnshire.
The Fund will award grants to support the social mobility of local young people aged 14 to 18 to overcome disadvantage and achieve their full potential in life.
Each award will enable and empower young people to access or prepare for employment pathways. For example, undertaking an apprenticeship, developing work experience or alternative educational experiences.
The maximum award is £2,000 except at the discretion of the trustees.
Grants are awarded on the basis of the “funder of last resort” – this means that where funding is not already available from public sources locally, regionally or nationally to support the young person.
Activity costs directly relating to developing the identified talent, career, employment, education or potential of the young person.
Course specific books and/or small equipment (less than £150) required for the course but not provided by the educational provider.
Commuting travel costs related to working in an apprenticeship.
Individual training fees for courses not funded by public funds.
Individual professional development that is not funded by public funds such as coaching or mentoring fees, membership or affiliation fees.
Individual professional assessments leading to support regarding barriers to education, employment, careers or progression in life. Assessments must not by fundable by public funds
Travel and accommodation costs regarding identifying and building new networks, new collaborators or partners for your talent, career or education.
Costs related to services that create, edit or combine audio or video recordings that promote the young person in demonstrating their talent.
Costs related to entrepreneurship or starting an enterprise.
The fund does not support grants to organisations, community groups, sports clubs, schools or statutory organisations working with young people.
The fund does not support anything that is illegal, political, discriminatory or likely to attract negative attention to the charity.
Grants will not be given for money that has already been spent or to pay the young person’s debts, wages, salary or self-employed fees.
The charity will not support applications for capital equipment or insurance of capital equipment except at the discretion of the trustees.
All decisions will be made by the Board of Trustees at their monthly meetings.
Each award offer must be spent within one year of the award being made or the offer will be rescinded. Grant awards are to be used for expenditure that can be paid directly to a supplier by the charity rather than as a cash award to individual beneficiaries.
Suppliers of the awards will be validated under Safer Recruitment practices and on-boarded in Safeguarding prior to deployment
