£60,000 youth work funding available

Are you interested in delivering open access youth work with young people aged 11 and over?

Communities and Families is opening a participatory budgeting grant programme to support such work in 2017-18. Applications will be assessed by a team of young people and Council officers before a voting process for young people. It will be the combination of these two processes that will determine who is awarded funding.  The total budget available is £60,000 with a minimum award level of £500 and the maximum award level of £10,000. The work should benefit young people in Edinburgh and can be locally based or citywide work.

Application packs will be available on the Edinburgh Compact website from 6^th February and the closing date will be 3pm on 24^th February.

Briefings for applicants will be held at Waverley Court on

• Tuesday 7^th February 2pm
• Tuesday 7^th February 5.30pm
• Tuesday 14^th February 5.30pm

Please book a place by contacting CF.Commissioning@edinburgh.gov.uk