We recognise the interconnected and complex challenges and issues that children and young people face. Below are our current thematic and geographical areas of interest for North region.

We’d like to see more applications for youth work provision across the North which provides food to children and young people alongside the activities delivered.

Thematic areas of interest:

Projects and organisations supporting children and young people from any of the below:

• • children and young people who have been criminally exploited are vulnerable to violence,
  • children and young people with experience of care,
  • children and young people affected by domestic abuse.

Geographic areas of interest:

Projects and organisations supporting children and young people living in any of the below Local Authorities:

• • Tameside, Bolton & Rochdale (Greater Manchester),
  • Burnley and Pendle (Lancashire),
  • Bradford and Kirklees (West Yorkshire),
  • Newcastle upon Tyne and Sunderland (Tyne & Wear),
  • Hull (East Yorkshire),
  • Tees Valley.

We recognise the interconnected and complex challenges and issues that children and young people face. Below are our current thematic and geographical areas of interest for Central region.

Thematic areas of interest:

Projects and organisations supporting children and young people from any of the below:

• • gender and sexual Identity,
  • early years services,
  • children and young people from Gypsy, Roma and Traveller Communities.

Geographic areas of interest:

Projects and organisations supporting children and young people living in any of the below Local Authorities:

• • Coventry,
  • Dudley,
  • Staffordshire.

We recognise the interconnected and complex challenges and issues that children and young people face. Below are our current thematic and geographical areas of interest for London region.

Thematic areas of interest:

Projects and organisations supporting children and young people from any of the below:

• • with experience of care
  • children and families living in unstable, unsuitable or temporary accommodation.

Geographic areas of interest:

Projects and organisations supporting children and young people living in any of the below Local Authorities:

• • Barking and Dagenham,
  • Bexley,
  • Brent,
  • Enfield,
  • Greenwich,
  • Harrow,
  • Havering,
  • Hillingdon,
  • Merton,
  • Newham,
  • Redbridge,
  • Tower Hamlets.

We recognise the interconnected and complex challenges and issues that children and young people face. Below are our current thematic and geographical areas of interest for South-East region.

Thematic areas of interest:

Projects and organisations supporting children and young people from any of the below:

• • gender and sexual Identity,
  • with experience of care,
  • young carers,
  • children and young people experiencing personal harm,
  • children and young people with poor physical health.

Geographic areas of interest:

Projects and organisations supporting children and young people living in any of the below Local Authorities:

• • Dover,
  • Folkestone & Hythe,
  • Gravesham, Hastings,
  • Isle of Wight,
  • Milton Keynes,
  • Southampton,
  • Thanet.

We recognise the interconnected and complex challenges and issues that children and young people face. Below are our current thematic and geographical areas of interest for South-west region.

Please note that we do not fund work that a school or local authority has a statutory obligation to provide. Please refer to our A-Z Guidance section on schools and school-time working for further guidance on what we do and do not fund.

Thematic areas of interest:

Include projects and organisations supporting children and young people from any of the below:

• • Supporting children and young people from communities experiencing racial inequality,
  • activities outside of the school curriculum that help children and young people to overcome barriers to their education,
  • children and young people living in rural and coastal areas where access and isolation presents extra challenges to connecting with services and support. Examples of these challenges include physical remoteness, transport, and digital connectivity.

Geographic areas of interest:

Projects and organisations supporting children and young people living in any of the below Local Authorities:

• • East Devon,
  • Mid-Devon,
  • Torridge,
  • Plymouth,
  • Swindon.

We recognise the interconnected and complex challenges and issues that children and young people face. Below are our current thematic and geographical areas of interest for Scotland.

Thematic areas of interest:

Our current thematic areas of interest across Scotland include projects and organisations supporting:

• • pre-school age children, especially affected by food insecurity;
  • building the confidence and aspiration of boys and young men aged from 14 – 18 years old;
  • children and young people from Asian and other minoritised ethnic communities
  • disabled children and young people.

Geographic areas of interest:

Our current geographic areas of interest are those projects and organisations supporting children and young people in remote rural and island communities Scottish Government Urban Rural Classification 2020 where their location presents additional challenges in accessing support and services.

We recognise the interconnected and complex challenges and issues that children and young people face. Below are our current thematic and geographical areas of interest for Wales.

Thematic areas of interest:

Our current thematic areas of interest in Wales include projects and organisations supporting children and young people who are: 

• Criminally exploited and/or vulnerable to violence 

• Those living in areas where access and isolation presents extra challenges to connecting with services and support. Examples of these challenges include physical remoteness, transport, and digital connectivity. 

Geographic areas of interest:

Projects and organisations supporting children and young people living in any of the counties of: 

• Blaenau Gwent 
• Merthyr Tydfil 
• Flintshire 
• Powys 

We recognise the interconnected and complex challenges and issues that children and young people face. Below are our current thematic and geographical areas of interest for Northern Ireland.

Our intersecting thematic and geographic areas of interest include:

• • Children and young people experiencing racial inequality, outside of the Belfast area;
  • Newly settled children and young people from refugees and asylum-seeking communities;
  • Emotional wellbeing support for children in the early years, where this is provided by the voluntary sector;
  • Children and young people with experience of care;
  • Generic youth work in the voluntary sector that address current gaps in provision. Please talk to a member of the team prior to find out more.
  • Fun and friendship type programmes targeting neuro-divergent children and young people
  • Children and young people vulnerable to violence, including young girls.
  • Organisations in ward areas within Strabane, Newry Mourne and Down, Mid and East Antrim, Fermanagh and Omagh.
  • Emotional wellbeing support for primary aged children in the greater Belfast and Derry/Londonderry city area.