Comic Relief

This funding opportunity aims to support organisations that work to empower young people who are at immediate risk of, or experiencing homelessness to access the right support at the right time.

Through this funding programme, we will provide flexible, core funding to organisations which do both of the following:

• Specialise in the provision of holistic support to young people aged 16-25 in the UK, who are at immediate risk of, or experiencing homelessness. Support services should be tailored, inclusive and accessible, to remove barriers and better meet the multiple and diverse needs of young people at immediate risk of or experiencing homelessness. This work could be delivered by the applicant alone or in partnership.
• Meaningfully involve young people with lived experience of homelessness, or who have been at risk of homelessness. This should include involving young people in the development of the organisation’s work and priority areas, and/or in the running of the organisation.

Who can apply?

• UK based organisations that currently specialise in supporting young people at risk of, or experiencing homelessness in the UK, and meet Comic Relief’s general eligibility criteria.
• Organisations that have an annual income from £250,000 to £10 million.
• Comic Relief predominantly funds charities. (Specific information is included in the eligibility questionnaire.)
• Proposals can be made by single applicants, or by partnerships of two or three organisations that will receive funding (but only one organisation can act as grant holder)
• You are welcome to include collaboration with government organisations, but Comic Relief will not directly fund government organisations.
• To give as many organisations as fair a chance as possible, organisations can only submit one proposal (though they can be named as partners on any number of applications). Please be aware we will not read more than one proposal per organisation.

The application deadline is 3pm on Tuesday 7th May, 2024.