Youth Opportunity & Capital Funds
Yoppital Wonga
Presents
Leicester City Youth Opportunity and
Youth Capital Fund 2008/2009
The government has given Leicester two exciting funds designed to enable young people to become actively involved in funding and running activities and facilities in their area.
Youth Opportunity Fund
This financial year the fund is giving £364,000 to Leicester to be used for things young people would like to do and places they would like to go in their area.
Youth Capital Fund
This financial year the fund is giving £208,000 to Leicester, this fund can be used to help change and improve existing youth premises or to create new local facilities.
- These funds have been designed to work together, so you can use the YOF for an activity (project) and use the YCF to improve premises and buy any equipment needed to run the project.
- The applications will be assessed by ‘Yoppital Wonga’, a panel of young people who have undertaken the accredited YouthBankUK grant-maker training.
- Please note: all applications must be filled in clearly in Black ink however in special circumstances type will be accepted with a valid reason for this.
- All applicants will be informed of the panel’s decision by June.
The deadline for all applications is 4pm on Friday 16th May 2008 and no applications received after this date will be considered.
Completed applications should be posted to:
Young People First, County Scout HQ, Winchester Road, Blaby,
Leicestershire, LE8 4HN