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Warwickshire County Council

Warwickshire Youth Club Grants

Warwickshire Youth Service grants of £3,000 to £5,000 for community and voluntary groups running, or starting, a weekly youth club for 11 to 18-year-olds in Warwickshire. The money pays for youth work staffing and, exceptionally, contributions to rent for 12 months of evening or weekend sessions. Clubs must be universal: open to any young person, with no referral route. The Autumn 2026 round closes on 6 November 2026.

Apply on the funder’s site
You could get
£3,000 – £5,000
Closes in
13 days left
6 November
Effort
Moderate
full application with documents

Who can apply

  • Constituted not-for-profit community and voluntary organisations in Warwickshire that run, or want to start, a youth club for 11 to 18-year-olds
  • The club must be youth work, inclusive of all young people aged 11-18, accessed by young people themselves (no referral system), and run weekly in the evenings after 6pm and at weekends
  • All clubs need a constitution, every paid or volunteer staff member needs a valid DBS certificate, and there should be a safeguarding lead
  • Cannot apply: organisations funded for youth work by the Warwickshire Youth Service in the last 12 months (previous youth club grantees may apply only as their 12 months ends, and are not paid until it does); party political or lobby groups; individuals; statutory organisations; schools; organisations that solely provide alternative education; specialist groups offering only one activity (sport, arts, music); uniformed groups

What it funds

  • Staffing/wages for weekly youth clubs over 12 months, in the evenings after 6pm and at weekends
  • Contributions towards rental costs, in exceptional circumstances (agreed with the Warwickshire Youth Service at the start of the funding term)

The grant is for revenue, not capital. Free training (NVQ 2 in Youth Work, Safeguarding in Youth Work, Emergency First Aid) is also offered to staff and volunteers, up to three bookings per organisation per module.

What it will not fund

  • Projects that promote religious or party-political beliefs
  • Projects for personal profit or personal gain
  • Costs relating to anything prior to the award of funding
  • Loans or debt repayments
  • Activities that are part of statutory obligations
  • Existing contractual arrangements with WCC
  • Any building or equipment maintenance
  • Any projects that exclude groups of young people
  • Any project that does not provide universal youth club provision (available for all) to young people aged between 11 and 18
  • Vehicles
  • Running costs of existing buildings
  • Leasing buildings or renting office space
  • Any activity equipment
  • Electronics, televisions, and ICT equipment
  • Residential
  • Conferences
  • DBS checks and management costs
  • Holiday clubs, delivery only in school holidays, or short-term youth projects

How to apply

  1. Complete the Youth Club Grant application form (Microsoft Form), which first checks you meet the funding criteria, by Friday 6 November 2026
  2. If funded, submit quarterly data performance reports and a case study of a young person

After 6 November 2026 you will need to apply in the next funding round.

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