Funding

General Funding Information is available on the Girlguiding UK and LaSER websites to registered members (once signed in LaSER has a very good list of funding sources); the information here is more specific to Surrey East, or the county of Surrey generally.

High Sheriff Youth Awards - The High Sheriff Youth Awards scheme gives financial support to young people in Surrey who want to help reduce or prevent crime – and make their communities stronger and safer. They present awards to groups of young people who need funding for these projects. HSYA also welcomes applications from individual adults or organisations working with young people in this way. You may need help with the start-up costs of a new scheme. Or if you have an existing project that needs further support, tell them about it. They try to fund any project where young people, normally between the ages of 9 and 18, are actively involved in planning and running it.

Surrey Community Action As well as the general website, it's possible to sign up for funding alerts from this organisation which is a countywide charity offering advice, support and information to both voluntary and community groups. If they don’t know the answer to your question, they say they know someone who does.

Surrey Youth Focus (formerly Surrey CVYS) has a complete section on the grants it gives itself, and others available to Surrey. Have a look at the SYF website which has a good range of information pages relevant to voluntary youth organisations in Surrey and their meeting places.