We've given out over £1million worth of funding to great organisations across the country

We’ve funded young people who have had innovative ideas that needed money to get them off the ground.  We’ve also helped third sector organisations to scale up innovative youth leadership projects and reach out across communities.

Learn about what our grant programmes delivered:

• Scaling Up. This fund has helped small organisations take their existing projects to the next level.  Find out what these projects have been doing here:
• Reaching Out. This fund has enabled established third sector organisations to develop new and exciting leadership projects.  Reaching Out has now closed for applications and there will be no further rounds.
• Young Leaders Fund. This fund has provided grants to 30 young people to deliver their own youth leadership projects in the community.

You can view more about our projects in our overview.

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More about the Fund

The Youth of Today Leadership Fund was set up to fill outstanding gaps in the provision of leadership opportunities available to young people. The Fund has helped to support programmes and has identified new innovations that have lead to greater sustainability and creativity in the sector.

The fund has been managed by The Young Foundation. Our vision is for all young people across England to have access to high-quality youth leadership opportunities.

Our mission has been to increase accessibility and raise the standard of youth leadership opportunities offered by third sector organisations across England.

Our values are to:

1. Support social organisations that allow young people to realise their potential.
2. Be visionary in approach and fair in application.
3. Respect and learn from communities in order to build on best practice.
4. Take an infectious approach to youth-led innovation.

Here's a video of the journey of our young people.