MYAN E-Bulletin : Issue 12: Autumn 2007

3. Funding & Other Opportunities

FUNDING

The Wakeham Trust

The Wakeham Trust provides grants to help people rebuild their communities. We are particularly interested in neighbourhood projects, community arts projects, projects involving community service by young people, or projects set up by those who are socially excluded.
We also support innovative projects to promote excellence in teaching (at any level, from primary schools to universities), though we never support individuals.

We aim to refresh the parts that other funding sources can't reach, especially new ideas and unpopular causes. Because we don't appeal to the public for funds, we can take risks.
Because we are mostly run by volunteers, we can afford to make very small grants, without our funds being eaten up by administration costs.

We favour small projects - often, but not always, start-ups. We try to break the vicious circle whereby you have to be established to get funding from major charities, but you have to get funding to get established.

You can apply for a grant either by sending them a letter to The Wakeham Trust, Wakeham House, Rogate, Petersfield, Hants GU31 5EJ or by filling in the online form at www.wakehamtrust.org/iwanttoapply.php

Young Roots

Young Roots offers grants of between £5,000 and £25,000. The scheme aims to involve 13-20 year-olds (up to 25 for those with special needs) in finding out about their heritage, developing skills, building confidence and promoting community involvement.

Young Roots projects stem directly from young peoples' interests and ideas, harnessing their creativity and energy and helping them work with others in their local community.

For more information visit www.hlf.org.uk/english/howtoapply/ourgrantgivingprogrammes/youngroots

Here to HELP

Created by Save the Children and British Gas, the here to HELP Awards want to get young people involved in dynamic and lasting community projects.
The latest round has just closed but they are planning to launch a bigger and better awards scheme in the New Year so if you are interested in joining their mailing list for further information, email helpyourselves@savethechildren.org.uk with your contact details.

CHANGEit Awards

Young campaigners are being urged to come forward and CHANGEit.
CHANGEit, launched on 10 October and is open to nominations until 15 December.
The awards have nothing to do with academic achievement or exam grades, but everything to do with good citizenship and positive action. Campaigns covering all topics are welcome! Campaigns can be really big or really small - the judges are looking for achievable ideas and determination to make them happen, or evidence of a campaign that has had an impact and the way it has been delivered.

The awards have two categories:

The Innovation Awards
For young people who want to get their campaigning idea off the ground.

The Performance Awards
For young people who deserve to have their campaigning efforts recognised.

Find out more by visiting www.commonpurpose.org.uk/home/about-us/changeit.aspx

MediaBox - England

The Department for Education and Skills has invested £6 million in Mediabox which is run by a consortium consisting of First Light Movies, Media Trust, Skillset and the UK Film Council.

Mediabox is a £6 million fund that aims to give 13-19 year olds lifelong skills in media production, opportunities to boost their social and personal development, and a platform for their voices to be heard. Mediabox will offer grants for film, radio, television, print, photography and interactive media projects ranging from £1,000 to £80,000 to be completed and distributed by March 2008.

Young people will be at the core of Mediabox at every stage, from inception to final delivery.
Mediabox is a new fund that offers disadvantaged 13 to 19 year olds the oppor tunity to develop and produce creative media projects, using film, television, print, radio or online platforms. Mediabox is for young people to; express their own opinions, ideas and views, gain new skills, encourage creativity, boost personal development and get their voices heard.

Mediabox offers three different types of grants ranging from £100 to £80,000 to create and distribute youth-led media projects that express young people’s ideas and/or views in a creative way, using their preferred media platform.

The three types of grants offered by Mediabox are:

My Mediabox – open to individual young people and groups of young people. My Mediabox is for 13 to 19 year olds to apply individually or in groups for one-off project funding. It has a simple and quick application process – applications can be made anytime, as long as the projects are finished by March 2008. They aim to make a decision in about two weeks.

Mid Mediabox - grants from £1,000-£20,000 Mid Mediabox grants are for organisations with a strong track record of working with young people and which may or may not have delivered media projects in the past. Experienced youth media organisations that want to work on a smaller scale project may also want to apply for the Mid Mediabox grant. Mid Mediabox application deadlines run until November 2007 and all projects must be capable of being finished by March 2008.

Big Mediabox – open to youth and/or media focused organisations. Grants from £20,000-£80,000. Big Mediabox grants are for organisations with a strong track record of working on media projects with young people and which are able to deliver a new or expanded programme quickly. Big Mediabox application deadlines run until November 2007 and all projects must be capable of being finished by March 2008.

Mediabox can only award grants to organisations and young people in England.
These deadlines are for Big Mediabox and Mid Mediabox only: decisions will be announced eight weeks from the deadline date.

Round 6 deadline: 20 November 2007. More information from the Mediabox website www.media-box.co.uk Contact them on 0121 753 4866 or email info@media-box.co.uk

Volvo Adventure

Volvo Adventure, in partnership with the United Nations Environment Programme, is an educational programme that rewards environmental activities among the decision makers of the future. Environmental projects are undertaken by young people to improve their local environment. The best projects will be selected for an all expenses paid trip to Sweden.

Who is it for: Volvo Adventure is open to young people around the world aged between 13 and 16 years. Teams must be between 2 to 5 young people with one adult as a supervisor.

Prizes: The best projects each year are invited to the final conference in Göteborg (Gothenburg), Sweden. Here the best projects will be awarded: 1st prize - 10,000 USD; 2nd prize - 6,000 USD; 3rd prize - 4,000 USD.

What teams have to do: The teams need to submit their team details and project information: The project subject; The objectives for the project; Research to support the need for the project; Create an action plan and carry out improvement activities; Follow up and define the results of the action plan; Provide a summary of the project with up to 20 photographs.

Support and deadlines: The deadline for submitting projects is midnight on 31 January. This means that the submission tool will close when your clocks turn to 1 February 2008. Teams get support from: monthly updates; an interactive environment journey; access to educational expertise; documents and activities to help start projects.

Volvo Eco Adventure, Fast Track, 21 Dartmouth Street, London SW1H 9BP 020 7593 5278 volvoawards@fstrk.com www.volvoecoadventure.org www.volvoadventure.org

OTHER OPPORTUNITIES

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