The Young Roots programme is for projects that engage young people, aged 11 to 25, with heritage in the UK.You can apply for a grant of more than £10,000 and up to £50,000.
Under this programme, we fund partnerships of heritage and youth organisations to help young people shape and deliver their own projects in safe environments.
You can read more about Young Roots in the application guidance. Your application will have a better chance of success if you read this thoroughly before you apply.
Young people are bursting with creative ideas about how to explore and care for their heritage.
Whether restoring a vintage motorbike, designing a new nature trail or documenting changes to their community over time, through Young Roots projects young people make a real difference to the places where they live. In the process, their confidence grows and they learn valuable heritage and employability skills.
We support applicants to deliver high quality projects for all of the young people, staff and communities involved. Young Roots projects should achieve all of the outcomes for people and communities listed below, and one outcome for heritage.
Outcomes for people
With our investment, people will have:
- developed skills
- learnt about heritage
- changed their attitudes and / or behaviour
- had an enjoyable experience
Outcomes for communities
With our investment:
- more people and a wider range of people will have engaged with heritage
Outcomes for heritage
With our investment, heritage will be:
- in better condition
- better interpreted and explained
- identified/recorded
Young Roots is a rolling programme, meaning you can apply anytime. We will assess your application in eight weeks and then make a decision. Please contact your local team to find out when decisions are made.
We recommend that you send us a project enquiry form before you apply. Register a project enquiry.