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Multi Agency Participation Guide
Practical ways of involving children, young people and families in decision making


Local Funding Sources


Many projects and organisations will have to look for external funding to assist in future provision of services. More often than not, external funding criteria will ask either how you have involved users in the process or are going to involve your users in the evaluation of the specific project.

Warwickshire offers a web based funding database called ‘Grantnet’. This database allows organisations and projects to find out about relevant funding that is available. Click this link to go through to Grantnet

There are lots of grant organisations, which are offering funding for specific children and young people projects. Here are a few local grant giving bodies which may help you on your way:


  • Heart of England- Community Fund
    Award grants of up to £2000 to community groups, which are run by local people and promote the involvement of local people.

    For more information please call 02476 883185
  • Heart of England-Local Network Fund
    Grants are awarded for projects or organisations that can show that their application or a project fits into the following themes:

    Aspirations and experiences
    Disadvantage
    Isolation and Access
    Children’s Voices

    For more information please call 02473 883185 or 01926 450156
  • Warwickshire Youth Opportunity Fund
    The Youth Opportunity Fund is a pot of money given by the Government to pay for young people’s activities locally. This money is there for young people to bid for things you’d like to do but haven’t had the chance to. This may be things like residentials, DJ Workshops, arts projects, developing projects which benefit other young people.

    The fund is managed by a group of young people from your area, who will meet to consider and discuss your application and decide on how the fund will be given out.

    For further information, please contact the County Youth Officer on 01926 738494 or download an application pack from Youth Opportunity Fund
  • Warwickshire Council for Voluntary Youth Services (WCVYS)
    Manages grants to youth groups in the voluntary and community sector on behalf of the Community Education Service. Applications are for affiliated groups only and are available to assist with training and programme development.

    For more information call WCVYS on 01926 413611.
  • Warwickshire Crimebeat
    Crimebeat was set up by the High Sheriff of Warwickshire and aims to encourage young people to identify crime and community safety issues. It provides grants of up to £500 to groups who work with young people. All applications need to be written and developed by young people and need to demonstrate that projects aim to reduce crime and improve community safety.

    For more information call 01926 413280.
  • Youth Development Grants
    The Youth Development Grants are distributed at Area level by a panel of young people and County Councillors and are managed by the Area Youth & Community Manager.

    Youth Development Grants are, in brief, for:

    • Any voluntary youth organisation that is working with 11-25 year olds making a contribution to the “Warwickshire Youth Offer”.

    • Any partnership project that contributes towards the “Warwickshire Youth Offer” including at least two of the enhanced youth support services.

    • Support for any International Exchange involving young people organised outside of a school, college or university.


    Application details can be obtained by contacting the Youth & Community
    Service Area Offices:-

    Stratford Area
    Suite 1, Arden Court, Arden Street, Stratford-Upon-Avon, Warwickshire, CV37 6NT
    tel. 01926 413603

    Warwick Area
    71 Coten End, Warwick, CV34 4NU
    tel. 01926 498088

    Rugby Area
    Newton Hall, Lower Hillmorton Road, Rugby, CV21 3TU
    tel. 01926 736500

    Nuneaton/Bedworth Area
    Park House, Riversley Rd, Nuneaton, CV11 5QS
    tel. 02476 382815

    North Warwickshire
    Warwick House, 1st Floor, Ratcliffe Street, Atherstone, CV9 1JP
    tel. 01926 413900

    Visit our website http://www.warwickshire.gov.uk/youthandcommunity
    or WCVYS http://www.warkscvys.org.uk/ for full details of our grants, to download the application forms and look at the Youth Development Grant Report Form.





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