Leslie Church Memorial Fund in the United Kingdom

Leslie Church Memorial Fund in the United Kingdom

Deadline: 27-Jun-2025

The Northamptonshire Community Foundation is accepting applications for the Leslie Church Memorial Fund to provide educational and training opportunities for young people (children and young people up to the age of 25).

Funding Information

• Groups can apply for a grant of up to £4,000 for their project.

Eligible Projects

• Examples of some of the types of projects this fund could support include:
  • Skills-based workshops, supporting young people to learn new skills in areas such as creative arts, design, digital technology or food and health
  • Providing educational opportunities outside of school or higher education settings, such as youth groups, clubs, ambassador programmes
  • Supporting young people who may be facing barriers to accessing mainstream education and training, such as those who have experienced being in care

Eligibility Criteria

• Your group must be a small, locally managed VCSE organisation such as a charity, constituted community group, social enterprise such as a Community Interest Company (CIC), or a company limited by guarantee with charitable aims. Please note that as a general exclusion, they do not fund social enterprises that have a person with significant control (PSC).
• You must be based in Northamptonshire
• You must have a set of written rules or constitution that your group adheres to, that contains a dissolution clause. They can help advise you on how to do this especially if you are a new group
• You must have safeguarding policies in place if relevant to your work and all groups must have an Equality policy in place

For more information, visit Northamptonshire Community Foundation.