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YOUTHBANK UNITED KINGDON

YouthBank is a new and innovative UK-wide grantmaking initiative run by young people for young people. Local YouthBanks provide small grants to projects led by young people, of benefit to the community and that also benefit the young people taking part.
YouthBank is unique in that it is young people themselves who make decisions about how local YouthBanks are managed and run and, through a Board of young people, also direct the UK-wide programme.

But YouthBank is more than just a way of giving out grants – it is about supporting and training young people to enable them, through grantmaking and related activity, to benefit other young people and the community, as well as themselves.

YouthBank builds on young people’s skills and experiences to enable them to reach their full potential and to play a full part in their own communities

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YOUTHBANK

Youth Bank is a grant-making programme managed by young people for young people. Enabling local youth groups to implement small-scale youth led activities and actions that have been designed, described and developed by local youth groups to meet the needs of local young people. Youth Bank grants are assessed by local youth for small projects. Local young people who do not need to be a constituted group, will make applications to the Youth Bank committee who have a straight forward application procedure and quick response time to applications.
The Youth Banks run across England, Scotland, NI and Ireland and there are at present around 40 licensed Youth Banks, Rhyl will be a pilot for Wales to join the network.

YouthBank is about power transfer and youth involvment in community decision making and regeneration, enabeling local young people to award small grants to thier peers that will help those youths steer clear of red tape and make a diference to their community while building their own confidence and skills.