The Young Westminster Foundation Brighter Futures Fund aims to increase long-term funding for youth provision in Westminster. Established in 2019, the Fund is designed to respond to the changing needs of children and young people in the borough. through grants of up to £20,000.
For 2026 we have awarded over £330,000 in grants to 32 organisations working with children and young people in Westminster. Click here to read about this year’s grants.
This funding is made available by Westminster City Council as well as several corporate and funding partners who support the Young Westminster Foundation.
Funding focus
Our funding priorities for the latest grants round:
- Projects which offer engaging activities for children and young people
- Projects which demonstrate how they are responding to a local need
- Projects which give children and young people access to opportunities
- Organisations that are embedded within the Westminster Community.
Our funding aims are to help ensure that all “Children and Young People are happy and healthy, with access to a diverse range of activities and opportunities to support their physical, mental health and emotional wellbeing within the post- pandemic context, environmental challenges, and rising cost of living pressures”, and that “All our young people feel listened to, empowered to take action and have opportunities to co-produce/co-design services that affect them” as set out in the Bi-Borough Children and Young People’s Plan.
We encourage providers to consider the needs of young people as identified in our youth-led needs analysis Our City Our Future 2023/24, to work with Youth and Family Hubs across Westminster, and to adhere to the Early Help Strategy 2022 – 2025.
Eligibility
This fund is only open to members of the Young Westminster Foundation.
Funding is solely for the provision of new or existing programmes (including pilots) that benefit children and young people aged 0-25 in Westminster.
Grants can be used to cover project, activity, or programme costs, venue costs, or capital equipment directly related to the services.
REFERENCE PDF: BRIGHTER FUTURES FUND APPLICATION QUESTIONS
Please note: we have shifted our application process to an online form held on Survey Monkey.
Watch Our Case Study
Westbourne Park Family Centre’s ‘Skills For Life’ project was supported by Shaftesbury as a recipient of the 2020 Brighter Futures Fund.
WITH THANKS TO ALL INVESTORS:
