Speaking Out Briefing No.25: Small Grants Programme
In February 2008 the Speaking Out Small Grants Programme (SGP) was launched. It aimed to enable voluntary and community organisations working with children and young people aged 0 to 25 in England to apply for small grants of up to £1000; in order that they may deliver one-off projects or activities in their local communities. The programme has continued and this paper reports on the second round of funding, highlighting the significant amount of work that can be done for children and young people with very limited resources. In 2009 the recession deepened across England, thus making such work on a small budget even more crucial. The grants were set up to fund the implementation and development of new activities or extensions of existing projects that would raise the voice of the children and young people’s voluntary and community sector, focusing on five key themes: health, community empowerment, youth justice, homelessness and housing, employment, education and training. The grants, worth £1,000, were distributed to 16 different projects.
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