New Deal for Young People Funding Opportunity

Young people have been hit hard by Covid-19 and are a top priority for the Mayor and the London Recovery Board. Young Londoners have told us about the transformational impact that mentors and role models can have on their lives.  

The New Deal for Young People has committed that by 2024 all young people most in need of support will be entitled to a personal mentor and all young Londoners have access to quality youth activities.  

The Mayor of London is providing grant funding across three programmes to build on the amazing work already happening across London providing personalised support to those young people that need it the most. Our aim is to champion this great work and embed the best quality mentoring possible and increase their reach to even more young people. 

Today we are launching funding opportunities for three programmes with a focus on mentoring: 

Leaders: 7-12 grants of between £100,000 and £500,000 to expand quality mentoring for young people and provide support to other organisations delivering mentoring 

Headstart Action: 2 grants of up to £150,000 to support local organisations to deliver mentoring and youth social action, and provide employability training and work experience opportunities for young people across London 

STEAM Mentoring*: 5-10 grants of between £50,000 and £100,000 to expand quality STEAM mentoring for young people and to support STEAM employers who want to expand or introduce mentoring programmes.  

The deadline for applications is 5pm on Monday 17 January. To find out more about these opportunities please visit www.london.gov.uk/new-deal-young-people or register to attend an online Information Session on Wednesday 8 December, 1pm – 2:30pm https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/information-session-new-deal-for-young-people-funding-tickets-221045522107