Pears Youth Fund 2023

Pears Youth Fund is a partnership with Pears Foundation. The Fund supports youth organisations in Leeds and Bradford, providing flexible grants to help with organisations’ core costs or project delivery. By doing this, the Fund helps to give young people a voice in society through youth work, empowerment and engagement. 

The latest round of Pears Youth Fund invested £50,000 in 5 Community Organisations in the summer of 2023. 

The organisations that were awarded funding are: 

• • • • Brave Words CIC, Leeds 

• • • • Hollings Youth Association, Bradford 
      • Kidz Klub, Leeds 
      • SNAPS (Special Needs And Parent Support) Yorkshire CIO, Leeds 
      • SNOOP, Bradford 

Some of these organisations were awarded grants to contribute to their core costs. Other funded activities include: 

• • • • A Youth-Focus Project delivering weekly recreational and sporting activities to support young people’s mental and physical health 
      • A Young Leader’s mentoring programme for children who wish to be role models for others in their community 
      • A weekly youth club for young people with learning disabilities and/or neuro-diverse conditions, where they can take part in different indoor and outdoor activities  

These organisations join many funded through Pears Youth Fund since it first opened in 2017. To-date, the Fund has awarded a total of 75 grants and over £600,000, and more than 6,500 young people have benefited. We look forward to sharing more about the ways in which young people benefit from this round, once activity is complete. 

For more information on grants awarded, visit the What We’ve Funded page.