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Islington Giving Young Grant Makers' Fund 2026 application form

Welcome to our 2026 Young Grant Makers' Fund which has been shaped by 12 local young people! Please read their full guidance before applying, to ensure you are confident you meet their funding priorities and criteria.

There are two sections to this application.

When completing section one (pages 2-5) please remember that you are applying directly to young residents (aged 16-24) and will assess all the applications and decide how to allocate funds. Please avoid the use of sector-specific or complicated language or acronyms.

Section two (pages 6 and 7) contains information Islington Giving needs, such as contact details and checks on safeguarding and risk for Islington Giving staff. If you have completed a different Islington Giving funding application within the last year and have already shared information relating to these areas and nothing significant has changed please feel free to leave these sections blank.

If you are a Community Interest Company (CIC) thinking of applying please note: Islington Giving welcomes applications from CICs but it is very important that you read our guidance for CICs here before starting your application so you understand what information is required for your application to be eligible for funding.

Please ensure that you have read the guidelines before making an application.

IMPORTANT: Please set up an account when starting the application form to avoid losing data. Click on the save my progress and resume later link on the bottom right of the screen and register your email and a password. You can then save the application form as you progress and come back to it at any time.

Islington Giving is committed to working towards becoming a more inclusive funder. As part of this work we are interested in how organisations demonstrate that they are taking steps towards identifying and removing barriers preventing people living with disabilities from taking full advantage of your offer. For clarity, people living with disabilities, can be interpreted as anyone living with a physical disability, learning disability and/or mental ill-health.

Islington Giving is committed to ensuring our processes are accessible to all. Please contact us if you would like to discuss providing the information required in a different way.

Phone: 020 7288 6940 Email: anne.shewring@cripplegate.org.uk

If you have any questions or wish to discuss your application, please get in touch with laura.guy@cripplegate.org.uk

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Section one

About your organisation

1. Organisation name

2. What is the legal status of your organisation?

If you selected 'Other', please give details:

3. What year was your organisation established?

4. What are the aims and objectives of your organisation?

100-200 words

5. How would you describe the leadership of your organisation? Does your leadership represent the community your organisation serves? By leadership we mean trustees and senior managers (this is a required answer):

6. How many people have directly benefited from your organisation's work or services in the last 12 months?

7. What was your organisation's total income in your last financial year?

Please give the figure for the most recent financial year, even if your attached accounts are older.

8. How many full time staff do you employ?

Please do not leave this question blank - enter 0 if necessary.

9. How many part time staff do you employ?

Please do not leave this question blank - enter 0 if necessary.

10. How many people have volunteered for your organisation within the last 12 months?

Please do not leave this question blank - enter 0 if necessary.

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About your Project

Question 1

Project Title

Question 2

Project Start Date

Project End Date

Question 3

Summarise your project and explain how and where it will be delivered?

Please provide a timeline, number/locations and types of activities. Give a brief overview of your project clearly explaining the activities you wish to deliver and how these will meet the priorities specified by the Panel.

Question 4

Describe the need for your project and why your organisation is best placed to meet this need.?
Note: It is particularly important to the panel that the projects funded (and those delivering them) are engaging and relatable, so please include information about that here, too.

Question 5

This fund is about improving employment opportunities for young people in Islington, particularly those who may be more vulnerable to criminal exploitation and unemployment, to help them have safer and more successful futures. It is important to the Young Grant Makers that projects are inclusive and reduce barriers to participation.

Outline the target audience (including ages) and describe how you will promote your project and reduce barriers so those who need it most can take part?

Question 6

How many people will directly benefit from this project?

Question 7

How many of these will be Islington residents?

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The difference you will make

Question 1

This fund is for projects for 16-25 year olds, that do at least one of the following:

- Support young people to explore different industries and gain qualifications and/or workplace skills and networks to gain opportunities beyond the project.

- Offer careers support alongside internships and apprenticeships in interesting roles and industries, improving young people’s employability and reducing barriers to access opportunities.

- Projects that reach young people in the criminal justice system and get them ready for the world of work.

Please describe how this project achieves one or more of these priorities.

Question 2

Funded projects will need to provide young people with tangible outcomes towards employment which should benefit them beyond the end of the project (eg. A paid job, a qualification, practical or workplace skills).
Please include any other expected outcomes here too, for example improved confidence, mental health, community connections, etc.

Please describe your desired outcomes for young people, how these will benefit them beyond the project and how these outcomes will be achieved and measured?

Question 3

Please describe how you will amplify young people's voices and develop in response to their views and feedback?

If your proposed project has been co-produced in any way, please include that here.

Your budget

Question 1

What is the total budget for your project?

Question 2

How much money are you requesting from Islington Giving?

Maximum grants available are £20,000 for up to one year, or £30,000 total for multi-year (e.g. up to £15,000 per year over 2 years, etc).

We require a detailed breakdown of the full costs of the project, including details of how any other funds will be raised. We actively encourage the addition of a budget line to enable your offer to be more inclusive and accessible to people living with disabilities.

Please remember to upload your budget at the end of your application with the other documents required.

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Section two -
Note: If you have applied to Cripplegate Foundation or Islington Giving in the past year and nothing has changed, you can leave this section blank.

1. Organisation Details

Address

Street

City

Post code

Phone

Please enter a number with no spaces or hyphens, eg: 02077778888

Website

Email Address

2. Primary contact for this grant

Title

First Name

Last Name

Job title / Position in organisation

Work Phone

Please enter a number with no spaces or hyphens, eg: 02077778888

Mobile Phone

Please enter a number with no spaces or hyphens, eg: 07777777777

Email Address

Contact Address (if different from main organisation address)

Street

City

Post code

3. Please list the names and positions of all members of your organisation's governing body, (if not included in your attached accounts):

4. Please describe your organisation's approach to safeguarding, including the training, support and checks (eg. DBS) staff working on this project will receive.

200-300 words

5. Please describe your organisation's approach to risk management, including what relevant insurance cover you have in place:

100-200 words

6. Please tell us how your organisation was funded in your last financial year (if not included in your attached accounts):

We would like to know how much of your income came from statutory funding / trusts and foundations / membership or user fees / other sources. Please also list any single sources of income that account for more than 10% of the total.

7. Please list any funding you have received within the last three years from the following members of the Islington Giving coalition: Cloudesley, City Bridge Trust, The Paul Hamlyn Foundation, Esmee Fairbairn Foundation:

This will not affect the outcome of your application - it is for internal reference only.

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Declaration

Information in this form will be used for assessment and monitoring purposes. Some details will also be recorded on a database, which will be used to gather general information that may be made public. However, individual details will not be made public without permission. If you would like to discuss this further, please contact Islington Giving.

By submitting this application you are declaring that an appropriate member of your organisation's governing body has read and agreed to the above, and has approved the contents of the application.

Your name:

Your position in the organisation:

Supporting documents

Please attach the following documents.

To attach a file, click the 'Choose File' button and select the file you need.

To change the file (eg, if you accidentally attach the wrong document), just click the 'Choose File' button again and select the correct file. This will replace the first file.

To remove a file without replacing it, click the 'Choose File' button and then click 'Cancel'.

1. Constitution or governing document

2. Recent bank statement

Please ensure the uploaded document clearly shows the bank name, bank account name, account number and sort code.

3. Annual accounts for the most recent year available

You may attach draft accounts if a final version is not yet available.

4. Draft annual accounts and/or Management accounts for current year if annual accounts are over 6 months old or your organisation has only been in operation for less than a year

5. Project budget

6. Safeguarding policy

7. CIC 36 (CICs Only)

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Section two - Note: If you have applied to Cripplegate Foundation or Islington Giving in the past year and nothing has changed, you can leave this section blank.

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Section two -
Note: If you have applied to Cripplegate Foundation or Islington Giving in the past year and nothing has changed, you can leave this section blank.