Camelot funding for rural young people

Following a strategic funding review in 2005 the Camelot Foundation Trustees resolved to develop a thematic approach to their grant-giving. The Foundation is now launching its Summer 2006 theme of: Out of town, out of mind? - Promoting the social inclusion of young people in rural areas

Although many of the problems associated with living in rural and remote areas affect all young people, young people in the Foundation’s priority groups face additional difficulties on top of their geographical isolation and narrow range of opportunities.

They envisage that most applications will fall in the range £10,000 - £75,000. Within this, applicants should cost their projects at a realistic level. Applying for smaller amounts of funding will not increase your chance of success if the budget is unrealistic for the work you want to do.

A list of future themes for the remainder of 2006, along with deadlines, are on their website.

They give priority to the following kinds of activity, designed to promote the social inclusion of young people:

• Creating an “ordinary life” - access to services
• Giving a voice - enabling young people to express their needs and hopes, and influence the way services are provided
• Taking part in community and civic life - in neighbourhoods, local and regional areas and nationally
• Developing young people’s skills
• Freedom from fear and discrimination

The objectives of the programme are:

• To promote the social inclusionof young people from our priority groups in rural areas
• To support innovative methods to tackle rural young people’s isolation and exclusion
• To support work which is accessible to young people and informed by their views

They will prioritise schemes which focus on supporting young people in one or more of the Foundation’s priority groups, namely:-

• Young parents or those at risk of becoming young parents
• Young exiles, newly arrived in the UK
• Young people with mental health problems
• Young disabled people

To apply for one of their grants, your organisation must:

• Be working in the UK, with young people, aged 11-25
• Be a registered charity (if a consortium, the lead agency must be a registered charity)
• Have unrestricted reserves of less than one year’s running costs

They are able to consider requests for:

• One-off grants
• Pilot Projects
• Project costs, salaries, running costs or management costs

They will not fund:

• Work with children under 11 or adults over 25
• Local work, except where there is genuine potential to influence others on a wider scale
• Well established or routine approaches
• Proposals which aim to continue or increase the volume of existing activities, but do not develop anything new
• Work that is the responsibility of a local authority or health authority
• Capital projects (buildings)
• Academic research that is not linked to a development project
• Overseas travel
• Playschemes, holidays or after school clubs
• Individuals
• General appeals

How to Apply

The deadline for submitting an application under the current theme is 9^th June 2006.

Shortlisted applicants will be interviewed by telephone or in person during July and August. All applicants will receive a decision by the 19^th September.

www.camelotfoundation.org.uk

Guidelines Document