Grow Wild Youth Grant Program – United Kingdom

They are calling on young individuals to come up with a project idea to champion UK native plants and/or fungi. Whether you’re into sowing or sewing, photography or video making, science or cooking if you’ve got an idea, they want to hear from you.

Benefits

• A £500 grant for your project. This can be used for anything you might need from materials, equipment, resources to helpful training.
• Support, online sessions and resources from Grow Wild.
• Opportunities to connect with other participants across the UK and see your project featured in a collective portfolio.
• The chance to complete Kew’s Young Environmental Leader Award designed to work alongside your Grow Wild project and recognise your achievements.

Eligible Projects

• Projects that focus on UK native plants and/or fungi.
• Projects that will involve others. You should aim to share your project with at least 100 people. This can include people taking part in person and engaging with online or social media content about your project,
• Projects that benefit others. Think about the positive impact your project will have on other people and tell them all about it!
• Projects that will make good use of the £500 grant – tell them how you will use the money to make the biggest impact. You can use the grant to pay for any equipment or materials, training, resources, or expert help you need. Please note that the grant cannot be used to pay yourself a wage or salary.
• Project ideas that are ambitious and interesting, but also sound well planned and realistic to complete.
• Projects cannot take place in open countryside, conservation areas, or protected sites like SSSIs (Sites of Special Scientific Interest).
• Grow Wild can’t support growing projects that require planning permission, due to the programme timelines.
• Projects that involve foraging are not eligible for funding.

Eligibility Criteria

• They’re inviting young individuals aged 16-25 from across the UK.
• As a Supporting Organisation you must be:
  • An established and relevant organisation that is charitable in purpose or not for profit. In particular:
    • Voluntary, youth or community group
    • Education body
    • Arts or environmental charity
    • Local authority or other council body
    • Health authority
  • Able to provide a member of staff or volunteer who will:
    • Liaise with Grow Wild.
    • Support the young person/group as required e.g. with access to facilities and equipment, publicising activities, providing advice and guidance, safeguarding individuals under 18 or vulnerable adults.
    • Remain contactable during the full project period.
    • This staff member can’t be of any family connection to the young person completing the project.
  • Financially responsible for the project with:
    • A bank account in the name of their organisation or in the name of the local authority or public sector body where relevant.
  • The following organisations are not eligible:
    • Private businesses that operate for profit and have no social purpose.
    • Organisations with a solely commercial purpose.

Application Requirements

• Your video should be no longer than two minutes. That’s it!
• You don’t need any fancy equipment for this – just a mobile phone is fine. There are lots of ways to create your video, (they’re more interested in your ideas than your film making skills)
  • You don’t have to be on camera.
  • You could provide an audio or subtitled description.
  • You could interview other members of your group or wider community, explaining why the project idea is fantastic.
• If creating a video is difficult for you due to specific access needs, please contact Grow Wild to discuss a suitable alternative.
• In the video please include:
  • A catchy project name.
  • Your project idea and how you plan to bring it to life.
  • How your project will champion UK native plants and/or fungi.
  • The ways your project will involve and benefit others.
  • Where your project will take place.
  • A summary of how you will spend the £500.

For more information, visit Grow Wild.