Future Changemakers Fund

Camden Giving Our mission is to end local poverty and inequality in Camden. We think that volunteering, participatory funding, resident decision-making and employment opportunities are important in creating equality, and we’ve learnt that the way these things are delivered is key.

Camden Giving provides grants that benefit people who live, work and play in Camden. We think that the people who live with Camden’s challenges are best placed to know how to overcome them, so if you receive funding from Camden Giving, it will always be given by a panel of local people, who receive money and training to make decisions.

FUTURE CHANGEMAKERS FUND - Grants of up to £10,000 for projects that keep young people safe in Camden.

In February 2018 three young men were tragically stabbed in Camden, two of them fatally. Young people in Camden face rising violence, poverty and cuts to the youth services that protect them. Camden Giving’s response to this is the Future Changemakers programme.

When it was first launched in 2019, the Future Changemakers panel was made up of ten 16-25 year olds living in Camden and they decided which youth services to fund, because we believe in putting power into the hands of those who understand the challenges best. We have now launched the second year of the programme and have fourteen new young panellists tasked with funding youth projects in Camden.

We strongly advise that you get in touch before making an application to talk through the criteria for funding.

With cuts to youth services and the effects of the pandemic, our new cohort of panellists believe that young people lack mentorship programmes to help empower Camden’s young people, prevent and respond to youth violence, improve their mental health, and increase their employment opportunities. As a result, the third years Future Changemakers Fund will focus on employment opportunities with links to mentoring.

The Future Changemakers Fund panel will only consider projects which will improve the safety of Camden’s young people aged 16-25, with a focus on the following criteria:

1. Providing opportunities for young people to have positive and relatable role models or mentors.
2. Skills and Employment opportunities to improve mental health, life skills and career progression.