The aim of this grant programme is to fund skills initiatives for young people aged 11-25 years old, living in Southampton and Eastleigh. 

This fund is about supporting young people to acquire new skills. Both life skills and employability skills can help remove or reduce the barriers faced by young people as they enter their adult lives, helping them to grow into active citizens who take on volunteering, employment, or further learning.

These grants are for nonprofit community organisations that reach young people aged 11-25 years old through skills-based interventions. Examples of projects could include: youth clubs with sustained and structured activity programmes, coding clubs, themed workshops (for example IT, public speaking, CV writing); work experience initiatives; social enterprises that offer skills for participants.