#iwill

Seed funding from Government and the Big Lottery Fund created the #iwill investment pot.

#iwill is a match funding programme, so every donation is doubled by the fund.

#iwill achieves the following:

• Promotes social action amongst 10-20 year olds
• Helps young people support their own communities through programmes which encourage campaigning, volunteering, fundraising.
• Practical, sustainable skills and confidence building are key impacts sought through the funded projects.

The 6 principal qualities of social action are:

• Reflective – Supports critical reflection and learning
• Challenging – Ambitious, enjoyable and enabling
• Youth-led –     Shaped by young people’s decisions, needs and ideas
• Impactful –      Benefits issue, community or cause
• Progressive – Links to other opportunities and ideas
• Embedded –  Linked with existing pathways, becoming a habit for life
• Over 2017/18, WCF funded 18 youth-led projects across Worcestershire

The programme will return for distribution via the national CF network.

For funded projects go to OUR STORIES

Bromsgrove Arts Centre Trust
Pershore Riverside Centre
St Chads Church
Bromsgrove & Redditch Network (BARN)
Heartstone
Ourside Youth Association
Worcester Community Trust
YSS Ltd
Worcester Snoezelen
Reach CIC
Redditch Youth & Community Enterprise LTD
Perdiswell Young Peoples Leisure Club
Direct Sports Activity
Your Ideas Youth & Community Project
Unlocking Potential Foundation CIC