NESTA youth funding opportunity

We have identified a number of competencies required for young people to develop their capacity to innovate, so they can excel in our rapidly changing world, develop creative solutions to problems, and seek out new opportunities. A crucial competency is being able to understand risk.

We are inviting outline proposals from organisations that wish to pilot and develop original ways of inspiring enterprising attitudes and behaviours around risk in:

• young people;
• the professionals that work with them;
• the environments that support them; or
• a combination of these.

We intend to support a small number of projects which together will:

• explore different methods of embedding these necessary competencies; and
• trial new ways of helping young people understand and acquire them;
• operate inside and outside of formal education.

We intend to fund 2-3 pilot projects between £10,000 and £60,000.

Organisations that may wish to submit initial proposals could include, but should not be restricted to:

• national and regional voluntary organisations;
• groups delivering enterprise education activities;
• youth agencies;
• organisations involved in delivering innovative education programmes;
• Business and Education Partnerships;
• Creative Partnerships;
• clusters of schools that wish to collaborate on a new project;
• partnerships between schools or colleges, and business.

How to apply

The closing date for proposals is 5pm on Friday, 11 May. Please use our online form to complete your initial proposal.

Successful applicants will be asked to provide a more in-depth proposal. We’ll provide guidance and support to help you do this.

Workshops: We may hold a workshop for people to learn more about this Call for Ideas, if there is sufficient demand. Please note: You can still submit a proposal without attending a workshop.

For further information about this Call for Ideas, including details about the application process, please read our guidance notes. If you have any further questions on this Call for Ideas or on how to complete the online form, please contact gerard.darby@nesta.org.uk

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