Paul Hamlyn Foundation

MLMS is a youth-led charity that aims to empower young people to participate in democracy. MLMS will expand the scope and nature of their democratic engagement activities by increasing Democracy Cafes, establishing a Common Futures Forum and developing a Social Inclusion Unit.

YWCA Scotland – The Young Women’s Movement is a feminist organisation that creates transformational spaces to enable young women to lead personal, community and institutional change. YWCA runs safe spaces for young women aged 14 to 30 to participate in thematic activities of personal development, leadership, democracy and parliamentary system. This grant will support the organisation to strengthen the voice and influence of young women in Scotland to reduce gender inequality.

Circles South West works with local communities to prevent sexual abuse by providing support and accountability in the South West. This grant will enable the organisation to expand services across the region, develop a trading arm and provide training and consultancy to other organisations.

Free Radical is a youth-led company in Birmingham that supports young people to develop skills, confidence and networks through creative activities and events. This grant will support the senior team to ensure that governance and infrastructure keeps up with increased levels of delivery during a period of significant organisational growth.

1625 Independent People provides support for young people who are experiencing homeless, leaving care or at risk of homelessness. This grant will help four Local Authorities in the South West to embed Psychologically Informed Environments within their youth and social care teams.

ABOB provides a unique rites-of-passage mentoring programme for young men aged 18-25 who have experience of the criminal justice system. Through this grant ABOB aims to set-up eight new franchises and develop volunteer communities to work with over 840 young men over the next two years.

Based in Islington, Abianda works with gang-affected young women and the professionals who support them. This grant will fund a Training and Participation Officer to grow the organisation’s income generating training arm. This would allow the Director to focus on scaling delivery and developing strategic partnerships.

Action for Kids plans to work with schools across eight North London boroughs, encouraging them to make the voice of young people with learning disabilities central to planning for their future. This grant will contribute to senior staff salaries to enable them to spend time influencing school leaders and spreading good practice.

Agenda campaigns for systems and services to be transformed; to raise awareness across sectors; and to promote public and political understanding of the lives of women and girls experiencing multiple disadvantage. The Girls Speak campaign aims to ensure girls and young women facing inequality, poverty and violence get the support and protection they need, and to influence policy recommendations and service improvements.

Allsorts works with disabled young people and their families from across Gloucestershire. This grant will support the organisation to create a range of new employment and personal development pathways for disabled young people across the area.