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Community Cash Awards are grants of up to £5,000 to help young people set up a project that will benefit their community. You just have to come up with an idea for a project that will improve life in a local community in the UK. Maybe a new basketball court, a music studio, a youth club, sex education workshops in schools, a youth advisory board, even a local magazine.
Anyone who is: aged 14-16 and is in school, but struggling; or aged 16-25, unemployed or working less than 16 hours a week. Can apply.
To be eligible projects must: be run and managed by people between the ages of 14 and 25; clearly benefit the local community; benefit the people running the project; and be a new or developing project. Funding of up to £1,000 is available for 14-16 year olds; Funding of up to £5,000 is available for those aged 16-25. They will also provide you with advice and support to give you the best chance of success.
To apply call them free Tel: 0800 842 842, fill out an online form.
Website: http://www.princes-trust.org.uk/Main%20Site%20v2/14-30%20and%20need%20help/grants%20for%20community%20projects.asp

Hedley Foundation
A charitable foundation which supports young people, the disabled and the terminally ill.
The main objective of the Trustees' grant-making is to assist and encourage development and change. It follows that most grants will be of capital or one-off nature, but the Trustees sometimes agree to help fund the introduction of new and innovative projects with a series of up to 3 annual grants. Few grants exceed £5,000 and most of them go to charities where they can make an impact. They do not support large or national appeals.
Within the main objective, the Foundation makes grants according to its published criteria, which are reviewed from time to time.
For further information and applications please contact: Mrs Pauline Barker, The Hedley Foundation, 1-3 College Hill, London EC4R 2RA Email: pbarker@hedleyfoundation.org.uk. Website: http://www.hedleyfoundation.org.uk/