Unrestricted grants are available for organisations across the UK working to support youth organising and build youth power. 

Alliance for Youth Organising is a group of organisers and campaigners from across the UK that aims to shift power and money to young people, so they can work together to create change and organise towards social, economic, racial, disability, gender, and environmental justice. 

This fund aims to support wider access to youth organising and strengthen the youth organising field.

Unrestricted grants are available for organisations working to support youth organising to allow them to focus on their core work. 

Value of the Grant

Grants of up to £40,000 a year for two years are available.

Successful groups will also receive an additional £5,000 to support learning and to provide strategic insight to the Alliance to shape its future strategy.

It is anticipated that between seven and ten grants will be awarded. 

Who Can Apply

UK-based organisations supporting youth organising can apply.

This fund is for organisations that already have a track record of supporting youth organising and, with Alliance funding, would have more impact.

Organisations should do one or more of the following things:

• Provide training, coaching, or capacity building, specifically for youth organising groups.
• Run organising and/or political education training programmes, or leadership development specifically for young organisers or activists.
• Offer resources, advice, guidance, tools, or platforms that strengthen youth organising capacity or help new groups to be established.
• Facilitate networks or coalitions that connect and strengthen youth organising.
• Provide legal, communications, or other specialist support services to young organisers.
• Offer fiscal sponsorship, incubation, or infrastructure support for young organisers.

Priority will be given to

• Youth-led organisations.
• Supporting organising in Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland, or in rural areas or small towns in England.
• Supporting organising led by young people from marginalised and minoritised communities.
• Supporting youth organising that strengthens international solidarity and learning from outside the UK (although funding is for UK-based organisations only).
• Supporting organisations that engage young people who are new to organising. 

Restrictions

The following are not eligible for funding:

• Groups that don’t work with young people.
• Groups that don’t have a track record of supporting youth organising.
• Groups are where young people do not have meaningful roles in leadership and decision-making.
• Groups that provide only general leadership development without specific organising skills, political education, collective power, or a focus on systemic injustice.
• Groups that offer educational programmes about injustice but do not develop organising skills or collective power.
• Groups that focus on individual development, mentoring, or support, without collective action.
• Groups that support youth panels, ambassadors, and steering committees that are not rooted in organising principles.
• Groups that work in advocacy or policy but do not support grassroots organising or youth-led campaigns.

How To Apply

This fund will be accepting applications between 1 December 2025 and 26 January 2026.

The Alliance will host two online information sessions (dates to be confirmed).

Guidance notes and an application form are available from the Alliance for Youth Organising website.

Alliance for Youth Organising – Anchor Grants