Pears Youth Fund 2024

The latest round of Pears Youth Fund invested £180,000 in 9 community organisations in Leeds and Bradford. The Fund is a partnership with Pears Foundation, and supports organisations to deliver youth work and promote youth voice, youth empowerment and youth activities. 

The organisations that were awarded funding are: 

• • • • Basecamp Adventure Trust, Leeds 

• • • • e:merge (UK) Limited, Bradford 

• • • • Get Out More CIC, Bradford 

• • • • Heads Together Productions/Chapel FM Arts Centre, Leeds 

• • • • Pingpong4u, Leeds 

• • • • St Christopher’s Family Centre, Bradford 

• • • • St Luke’s Cares, Leeds 

• • • • The Market Place, Leeds 

• • • • West-Bowling-Community-Advice-and-Training-Centre, Bradford 

 

The funded activities include: 

• • • • Delivering a project that uses skills in radio and other arts to create dialogue with teenage peers from international community radio stations & arts centres, and asylum seekers living in the local community.  

• • • • Growing an adventure programme that supports 12–13-year-olds to break down the barriers they face, transform their perceptions of themselves and learn skills for life. 

• • • • Delivering a project which enables young people aged 11-16 to improve their mental health, build life skills for the future and become vocal and active members of the local community. 

 

These organisations join many funded through Pears Youth Fund since it first opened in 2017. To-date, the Fund has awarded 84 grants and almost £800,000. So far, nearly 9,000 young people have taken part in activities funded by the programme. 

 

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