About
The7Stars Foundation exists to support the most vulnerable and overlooked young people in the UK (aged 18 and under), providing essential support, skills, and hope for a brighter future. The foundation offers various grant funding schemes supporting charities delivering meaningful projects for young people challenged by abuse, addiction, homelessness, child poverty, and young carers. They focus on tackling root causes of disadvantage, breaking cycles of inequality, and building a more inclusive and compassionate society through long-term partnerships with organizations working with vulnerable youth.
Funding Opportunities
Apprenticeships Training Funding Programme
The 7stars foundation offers funding to charities, CICs, Schools, Nurseries and Children's Homes to provide apprenticeship training for their staff. The training must result in support and benefit to young people challenged by issues the foundation prioritises, including survivors of abuse, those challenged by addiction or homelessness, or young carers. The funding covers the employer contribution relating to apprenticeship training for staff, which is typically 5% of the apprenticeship training programme cost. This funding is available to non-levy paying employers, making fully funded apprenticeships up to and including Level 4 accessible at no cost to eligible organizations. The foundation endeavours to review and provide a funding decision within one month of application submission. Training must support roles which create impact for young people facing the challenges the foundation prioritises.
Individual Funding
The 7Stars Foundation offers small grants to safeguarding professionals (such as social workers, lawyers, school outreach officers) representing young people within the UK care or legal system who need extra help. Grants pay for activities or items that young people need to further their potential or opportunities or promote healing, when other routes of funding are not available. The young person must be a survivor of abuse, a young carer, living with addiction, or be at risk of or currently homeless. Applicants must be safeguarding referees who will receive the grant on behalf of the beneficiary and submit expenditure records as part of monitoring policies. Grants are available for up to £500 for each award.
Social Impact Funding
The 7 Stars Foundation Social Impact Funding provides grants for charities working to address key societal issues affecting young people aged 18 years old and under, aligned to one of the foundation's annual focus areas. Funding is intended to support both direct solutions and approaches that address the wider societal challenges linked to each focus area. Applications may focus on either aspect or incorporate both. Grants are available for £10,000 over two years (£5,000 per year). One charity partner will be selected per focus area, per year. The fund focuses on five key areas: Child Exploitation, Child Mental Health, LGBTQ+ Inclusion & Support, Anti-Racism, and Online Abuse. Applicants must be registered UK charities with a turnover under £1.5 million and must not have more than 30% unrestricted reserves in comparison to income. The program seeks to fund organizations with expertise in their respective focus areas and demonstrated track records of working with young people.
Shine Bright Long Term Funding
The Shine Bright programme provides grants for charities delivering innovative, long-term solutions that support vulnerable young people aged 18 years old and under. The foundation aims to support organisations and initiatives that help future-proof the lives of children, focusing on solutions to the root causes of disadvantage. Applicants are encouraged to present bold and innovative approaches that address the systemic issues connected to abuse, addiction, homelessness and caring responsibilities — not just the symptoms. Grants are offered on an unrestricted basis to registered UK charities with a turnover of under £1.5 million. The programme focuses on four key pillars: abuse (services for survivors, early intervention, therapeutic care, and advocacy), addiction (support for young people affected by substance misuse, prevention and education programmes, and access to rehabilitation services), child carers (respite services, practical and emotional support, educational provision, and skill-building support), and homelessness (practical support for daily stability, support for young people in temporary accommodation, assistance for displaced children, and crisis fund support).
Project Funding
The 7stars Foundation offers project grants for registered UK charities, council-run children's homes, and schools across England to deliver projects for young people aged 18 years old and under. Grants of up to £5,000 are available on a one-off basis to support work aligned with the foundation's four prioritized themes: Abuse, Addiction, Child Carers, and Homelessness. Eligible applicants must have a turnover under £1.5 million, must have delivered services before 2020, and must not be volunteer-led. The foundation prioritizes organizations with no more than 30% unrestricted reserves compared to income. The Abuse pillar supports services for survivors of physical, emotional, or sexual abuse including online, early intervention and safeguarding initiatives, therapeutic and trauma-informed care, and advocacy for young victims. The Addiction pillar focuses on support for young people affected by substance misuse and other addictions, prevention and education programmes, access to counseling and rehabilitation services, and peer support networks. The Child Carers pillar provides respite and wellbeing services, practical and emotional support, educational provision, programmes to reduce isolation and improve mental health, and skill-building support. The Homelessness pillar offers practical support for daily stability, support for young people in emergency and temporary accommodation and children's homes, assistance for displaced children including refugees, and crisis fund support. The foundation seeks to support organizations with demonstrated expertise in their application's subject matter and a track record of delivering services to vulnerable young people. Grant recipients must submit a brief progress report within three months of receiving the grant.
At a Glance
- Total Funding Opportunities
- 5
- Active Now
- 5
- Source Domain
- the7starsfoundation.co.uk
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