GE YouthBank
'make it happen'

YouthBank funds projects that are developed by local young people.

Apply for grants! New application form

The money has to be spent on projects in the local area and is decided and awarded, by young people, in form of grants.

YouthBank application form 2010, pdf 1.2mb.

Do you want to apply for a grant?

Contact Linda McG lynn and the Young Grant makers at GE Youthbank.

Criteria

To be awarded a YouthBank grant, your project/group must fall into the following criteria:

• Applicants must be between 11 and 25 years of age.
• The projects must benefit the wider community, not only the applicant/group applying for the grant.
• The applications must meet and involve young people from Greater Easterhouse, Baillieston, and/or Shettleston.
• The project must not tarnish the image of GE-YB in any way, shape or form.
• YouthBank will gave great consideration to groups/projects who are doing fundraising, or match-funding.
• YouthBank will fund ‘Diverse’ ventures, but only with STRONG supporting information.

Priorities

YouthBank will also strive to fund projects which will assist in the following:

• Stop/prevent vandalism/gang fighting.
• SAFE entertainment for young people.
• Training courses for young people.
• Projects which will promote health and well being for young people.

Funded projects

These are some of the previous projects that GE-YB has funded:

• The Healthy Active Promotion of Positive Youngsters (HAPPY) Club, which received £500 for hall hire and resources for disabled youngsters in the East End of Glasgow.
• The Gladiator Programme – they received £500 to assist with payments for a coach to coach the kids in junior football, helping to keep them off the streets and keep them healthy.
• Innerzone – Innerzone received £200 to create CD’s, which involved the members of Innerzone recording famous Christmas songs with the help of John Wheatley College. This was a massive success, and sold well, increasing the confidence of the singers.

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Youth engagement project

YouthBank is also an engagement project which is giving young people from Glasgow East the chance to have control over money.

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Working with GE YouthBank? What do you get from it?

YouthBank’s provide grants to fund young people’s good ideas to benefit their own communities. Local young people make decisions about how their YouthBank is managed and run and decide on which projects get money. 

Gaining qualifications

Our local GE YouthBank young grant makers where busy over their September weekend gaining a National recognised qualification, Introduction to Young People’s Grant Making Level 1 (SCQF level 4).

Getting training

GE YouthBank young grant makers took part in the pilot training programme at the local John Wheatley College; the training is now ready to be rolled out to all Scottish YouthBanks. This is in line with the Open College Network (OCN) units utilised by YouthBanks in England, Wales and Northern Ireland, the OCN gave YouthBank Scotland and the Adam Smith Collage in Fife their permission to credit, rate and level each unit using the Scottish Credit and Qualification Framework giving each unit a relevance and currency for Scottish learners.

This allows young grant makers to gain a qualification for all the skills and knowledge they develop being part of a YouthBank while giving grants to local community groups.

Congratulations to all..

14 Young Grant Makers has gained the qualification; Introduction to Young People’s Grant Making Level 1, SCQF level 4.

• David Weir,
• Stephen Scott,
• Colin Shannon,
• Greg McGarrity,
• Robert Riddell,
• Shaunagh Cooke,
• Nicola Stevenson,
• Jade Cassidy,
• Chelsea Marshall,
• Thomas Sneddon,
• Kyle Laverty,
• Ian McNeil,
• Gary Knox
• Patrick Molloy.

Congratulations to them!!! 

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Updated 19/11/08