YouthChexA grant giving organisation.

By young people, for young people.

YouthChex

Youth Chex provides grant money for projects that involve Young People in the Scottish Borders.

Am I young?• As long as your between 12-25

How much money do we have?• We give out £20,000 twice a year• That’s £140,000 in the last three years!

So who’s got the money?

• Berwickshire High School got £1800

• Gala Fairydean FC junior Section got £1076.44

• LGBT Youth Borders got £1910

• Galashiels Academy got £300

So what’s the catch?The projects that we fund are:• Youth Led ( to the appropriate degree ) • Innovative• Value for Money• Benefit the wider Community as well as young

people• And meet the “Getting it right for every child”

criteria• Comply with the Curriculum for Excellence• Its also nice if you’ve tried to raise some money

towards your project too!

INCLUDEDHelping

everyone in the

community take part

RESPECTED &

RESPONSIBLE

Increasing citizenship& the positive

image of young people

ACTIVEHelping you to increase

your physical activity

through sport

NURTURED

helping you feel

happier, safer, and supported

ACHIEVING helping you learn something

new or improve skills

HEALTHY making you feel good and well.

SAFEHelping you to stay safe

in community, school and local area

Youth Chex

Getting it Right for

Every Child

So how does it work?

• By young people, for young people!• Your Grant will be assessed by trained

young grant makers• We will score your application based on

our outcomes, and those with the top scores will get money to help make there project happen

• But don’t let this put you off!

After the Decision making day

If you receive the money:• You will have the chance to carry out your

project with the money we have granted• But you may have only been part fundedIf you receive any money • you will be expected to refer to us in your

publications• and complete a monitoring and evaluation

form

And if you didn’t receive the money

• Take our returned advice and apply again next time!

• If you don’t meet our criteria, other funding is available through Jean Robertson at SBC

Current Events

Improvements are currently being made to make YouthChex more youth led so unfortunately…

No dates have yet been set for new applications however once there has been it will be launched

on SBC’s twitter page and the SBC website.

Follow us on Twitter! @scotborders

Both YouthChex staff and Grant makers are here tonight, so if you have any questions please don’t hesitate to ask one of us at the

end of today's event

Thankyou for Listening!