As part of our review of our first seven years, we have looked at recent research on how to help life outcomes for young people from poorer homes. We have mapped our grants against the latest recommendations, showing that the money we have given has gone to the right kinds of projects. We now turn to [...]
In our previous blog, we highlighted several findings from the research undertaken in recent years: Self confidence matters and our young people seem to be lacking the self-esteem which generates self confidence. We should expect more of all our young people and make them believe that they can achieve more at school and in life. Middle [...]
Nearly four years ago, two PF trustees sat down with Paul Perkins, the articulate and thoughtful chief executive of the Winch, an inspirational youth centre in Swiss Cottage, Camden. There was no agenda – we were simply exploring whether there were any areas Paul was thinking about which might be of interest to [...]
One of the first recipients of our grant programme was Connection at St Martin, a charity which works with homeless people in Central London. As our three year grant cycle to them has just come to an end, we asked them to summarise the impact of our grant in a guest blog. Pip Hobby writes as [...]
We receive many applications, some of which are very well put together and which make us want to learn more. Others are much less likely to attract a positive response so here are some pointers: Do look at our funding criteria. These are clearly set out on this website and charities which have not looked [...]
We are interested in helping young people to make a valuable contribution to society and one way to help them achieve this is by helping them into the world of work. We are always challenging the charities we work with to demonstrate that they are making a real difference to young people’s lives and prospects. We [...]
Over the 17 years since our first grant round in 2008/9, we have now made grants of around £4 million to nearly 100 different charities. Over this period, we have: Encouraged grantee charities to focus on evaluation and have funded many to create evaluation approaches. Encouraged charities to try out new approaches and new projects, [...]