1. The Brighter Futures Fund
From Westminster City Council & Young Westminster Foundation

2. Background
Funding was made available by Westminster City Council and the Young Westminster Foundation
Investment in youth services sits at the heart of the Council’s ambition to create a City for All and contributes to the growing community of stakeholders investing in young people in Westminster
Programme is designed to allow providers to connect with Youth and Family Hubs across Westminster to build up each other’s knowledge
Opportunity to sign up to the Early Help Strategy – 2022
three emerging Family Hubs at the Bessborough Centre, Portman Centre and in 88 Bravington Road, Queens Park

3. How much funding is available?
£230,000 available this year: £180,000 made available by WCC and £50,000 corporate investment by YWF founding partners
This is a pilot but there is an aspiration to extend the funding for two more years
one year grants of up to £30k (Multiyear grants may become available depending on funding)

4. What are we looking for? Work must show understanding of need
Ensure Youth Voice
Early Help outcomes
Evaluation
Link with Youth Hubs
Engaging year olds
Maximising reach

5. Timelines Open for Applications: Friday 1st November 2019
Drop in funding surgeries: 1st November , 6th November, 7th November 2019
Application Deadline: 5pm Monday 2nd December 2019
Panel Meeting:
December 2019

6. DRAFT Young Westminster Foundation
Activities
Mechanisms of Change
Outcomes
Aims
Practical life skills (L/S, cooking, driving)
Health and wellbeing workshops and resources, including sexual health
Creative and digital (arts and crafts, coding, young reporters, radio)
Holiday programme
Youth work: targeted, open access, dethatched
one-to-one support for young people, such as mentoring
Gangs exit programme
Sports
Social action/ leadership/ democratic participation/ citizenship
Youth leaderships
Accompanying young people to meetings/appointments
Activities are shaped by young people
Strong relationships between staff and peers
Young people are supported by staff and peers
Young people feel trusted and able to trust others
All delivery partners are trusted points of contact for young people
Young people have someone who will listen
Young people feel included
Young people feel respected
Difference and diversity is celebrated
Affordable access to opportunities
Young people feel a sense of enjoyment
Young people feel safe
Young people feel a sense of empowerment
Young people feel supportively challenged
Young people feel a sense of purpose
Activities are geographically accessible to young people
Increased knowledge/understanding of how to feel/stay safe
Improved/maintained emotional and physical health and wellbeing
Increased community cohesion/ crossing post-code boundaries
Improved self-efficacy
Reduced social isolation
Improved leadership capabilities
Increased sense of pride in self
Increased sense of optimisms for the future
Improved social and emotional skills
Increased resilience
Activities with and for Young People across the Foundation’s membership
Variety of opportunities on offer for young people
Better transitions towards adulthood
Better knowledge of other organisations’ offer
Young people lead healthy lifestyles
Increased appropriate opportunities for young people
For a connected and thriving community of practitioners to be created and maintained
Increased influence of how youth provision is funded
Fiscal responsibility
Partners authentically regard young people as experts of their experience
Transparency
Strong relationships between partners
Co-production with young people
Explicit knowledge of YWF partners’ offer
Safety promotion
Quarterly partnership meetings
Work placements
Signposting between partners
Advocacy for young people and youth work
Joint fundraising
Foundation activities