Alliance for Youth Organising is launching the Anchor Grants Fund, offering unrestricted funding for organisations across the UK working to support youth organising to strengthen, sustain, and expand their core work and build youth power.

The Anchor Grants Fund will support organisations that already have a track record of supporting youth organising and do one or more of the following:

Provide training, coaching, or capacity building, specifically for youth organising groups.
Run organising and/or political education training programmes, or leadership development specifically for young organisers or activists.
Offer resources, advice, guidance, tools, or platforms that strengthen youth organising capacity or help new groups to be established.
Facilitate networks or coalitions that connect and strengthen youth organising.
Provide legal, communications, or other specialist support services to young organisers.
Offer fiscal sponsorship, incubation, or infrastructure support for young organisers.

Priority will be given to:

Youth-led organisations.
Supporting organising in Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland, or in rural areas or small towns in England.
Supporting organising led by young people from marginalised and minoritised communities.
Supporting youth organising that strengthens international solidarity and learning from outside the UK (although funding is for UK-based organisations only).
Supporting organisations that engage young people who are new to organising.

Grants of up to £40,000 per year for two years are available. Successful applicants will also receive an additional £5,000 to support learning and to provide strategic insight into the Alliance to shape its future strategy.

Applications will be accepted between 1 December 2025 and 26 January 2026.

For more information please visit Core Fund