YouthBank is a participatory grant-making model that empowers young people aged 14 to 25 to make decisions on issues that matter to them. The fully supported YouthBank model is now available to community groups and charities in Greater Manchester that want to deliver impactful youth voice programmes.
YouthBanks have been going for 25 years in England and across the world. By setting up a YouthBank your organisation will be joining an international network of like-minded community-focussed organisations.
Your staff will be trained and supported throughout with all the materials and resources required to run effective YouthBank sessions, taking your young people through five stages of effective grant-making, from learning about themselves and their communities through to making grants and monitoring the impact.
If your youth workers would benefit from a powerful youth voice tool, with key features being youth-led decision-making, community impact, skill development and inclusivity, then please get in touch and we'll discuss if setting up a YouthBank is right for your organisation.
Contact Julia Wright at Julia.Wright@YouthBankInternational.org to have an informal chat about it.